CFP. Monsters: Subject, Object, Abject



Monsters: Subject, Object, Abject

April 12^th-13^th 2012

The Manchester Museum, Oxford Road

Manchester, United Kingdom

From children’s toys to religious architecture, from medical and legal definitions to Gothic romance – cultural products resonate with fear, obsession and desire for the monster.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Proposals are sought for 20-minute papers. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):

• Monsters in literature, art, music and film
• Architectural monsters
• Subjectivity and the monster
• Objectification and the monster
• Historical definition of the monstrous
• Medical and legal monsters
• Theorizations of the monstrous
• Mythology, folklore and legends
• Hybrids and hybridity
• Cyborgs and the posthuman

Please send 300-word abstracts to conference@hic-dragones.co.uk by Sunday 1^st January 2012. For more information, please see our website: www.hic-dragones.co.uk/events.

Following the conference, there will be a two-day public Monsters Convention in Manchester. We would be interested in hearing from anyone interested in offering a talk or seminar at this convention. Please email Dr. Hannah Priest for more info: events@hic-dragones.co.uk.

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