The聽Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics聽(since 1977) is pleased to聽announce聽that it is bringing out soon a聽Special Issue on Somaesthetics聽(in two volumes, theory and applications) to felicitate Prof. Richard Shusterman on his 70th birth anniversary. Many eminent scholars like Thomas W. … Read More
In the recent past, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research has provided remarkable progress and development within the humanities and social sciences. The early phase of this development witnessed preliminary dialogues between separate disciplines and their representatives who have gathered to discuss … Read More
International Conference hosted by the DFG-funded Research Training Group 鈥淓uropean Dream Cultures鈥� (GRK 2021) 21 – 23 March 2018 at Saarland University Dreams of Birth and Death: Liminal Bodily Experiences in Dreams: Literature, the Fine Arts, Theatre, Music and Film … Read More
The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites proposals for papers to be presented at a two-day conference, January 28鈥�29, 2016, at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Bodies are obviously the targets of one鈥檚 daily care in terms of personal … Read More
Human bodies are shaped not only by their genetic endowment but also by the belief systems of the cultures in which they develop and function. Such belief systems vary from unarticulated background assumptions to ritualized practices and explicit doctrines or … Read More