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>From: "Dr Rob Fisher" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: CFP: Perspectives on Evil and Human 
>Wickedness 8 (Austria) (3/2/07; 3/19/07-3/23/07)
>
>8th Global Conference
>Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness
>
>Monday 19th March - Friday 23rd March 2007
>Salzburg, Austria
>
>Call for Papers
>(please cross post where appropriate)
>
>This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary 
>conference seeks to examine and explore issues 
>surrounding evil and human wickedness. 
>Perspectives are sought from those engaged in 
>the fields of anthropology, criminology, 
>cultural studies, legal studies, literature, 
>philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology. 
>Perspectives are sought from those working in 
>the caring professions, the media, prison 
>services, politics, psychiatry and other 
>work-related and vocational areas.
>
>Papers, reports, work-in-progress and workshops 
>are invited on issues related to any of the 
>following themes;
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>* the concept and language of ëevilí and ëwickednessí
>* the nature and sources of evil and human wickedness
>* moral intuitions about dreadful crimes
>* psychopathic behaviour - mad or bad?
>* choice, responsibility, and diminished responsibility
>* social and cultural reactions to evil and human wickedness
>* the portrayal of evil and human wickedness in the media and popular culture
>* suffering in literature and film
>* individual acts of evil, group violence, 
>holocaust and genocide; obligations of bystanders
>* terrorism, war, ethnic cleansing; the evils of 
>terrorism, fear of terrorism, international 
>relations especially with regard to the modern 
>nation state, superpower interventionist 
>strategies, post-war reorganisation following 
>the evils of war
>* the search for meaning and sense in evil and human wickedness
>* the nature and tasks of theodicy
>* religious understandings of evil and human wickedness
>* postmodern approaches to evil and human wickedness
>* ecocriticism, evil and suffering
>* gender and evil
>* evil and the use/abuse of technology; evil in cyberspace
>
>The Steering Group particularly welcomes the 
>submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers 
>will also be considered on any related theme. 
>300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 
>24th November 2006. If an abstract is accepted 
>for the conference, a full draft paper should be 
>submitted by Friday 2nd March 2007.
>
>300 word abstracts should be submitted to the 
>Organising Joint Chairs; abstracts may be in 
>Word, WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats.
>
>Organising Committee
>Margaret green
>Department of English, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, USA
>E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>Rob Fisher
>Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
>Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK
>E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>Stephen Morris
>Independent Scholar,
>New York, USA
>E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>Eight themed volumes have and are in the process 
>of being published. All papers accepted for and 
>presented at the conference will be eligible for 
>inclusion in an ISBN eBook. In addition, 
>selected papers accepted for and presented at 
>this conference will also be published in a 
>themed volume. In addition, selected papers and 
>conference sessions will be recorded for the 
>purpose of being made available as pod casts.
>
>The conference is part of a larger series of 
>ongoing conferences, run under the general 
>banner ëAt the Interfaceí. It aims to bring 
>together people from different areas and 
>interests to share ideas and explore various 
>discussions which are innovative and exciting.
>
>For further details about the project please visit:
>http://www.wickedness.net/pehw.htm
>
>For further details about the conference please visit:
>http://www.wickedness.net/Evil/Evil%208/cfp.html

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