7th Global Conference: Fear, Horror and Terror

7th Global Conference Fear, Horror and Terror Thursday 5th September â€" Saturday 7th September 2013 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Presentations This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore issues which lie at the interface of fear, horror and terror. In particular the project is interested in investigating the various contexts of fear, horror and terror, and assessing issues surrounding the artistic, cinematic, literary, moral, social, (geo) political, philosophical, psychological and religious significance of them, both individually and together. We seek to explore the role and consequences of fear, horror and terror and how society, people or groups manage and control fear, horror or terror. We invite proposals on any area related to the conference purpose and encourage creative and challenging presentations. In addition to academic analysis, we welcome the submission of case studies or other approaches from those involved with its practice, such as people in religious orders, therapists, victims of events which have been provoked by experiences of fear, horror and terror â€" for example, lawyers or others involved with law enforcement, medical practitioners, or fiction authors whose work aims to evoke these reactions. Presentations, papers, reports, work-in-progress and workshops are invited on issues related to any of the following themes: 1. About Fear, Horror and Terror -Definitions, interdisciplinary studies, cross cultural comparisons -Comparison with other emotions/experiences -Institutions, constructions, and deconstructions of fear, horror and terror -Theories for studying fear, horror or terror: social, political, sociological, literary, architecture, legal, scientific, artists, philosophical and any others 2. The Contexts of Fear, Horror and Terror - case studies - professions dealing with the Fear, Horror and Terror (Therapists, Clergy, Lawyers, Law enforcement etc.) - creating and experiencing fear, horror and terror - the properties, language, meaning or significance of fear, horror and terror 3. At the Interface of Fear, Horror and Terror - the role of fear, horror and terror - emotional releases (pleasant or negative) achieved by fear, horror and terror - techniques, marketing, consumption and management of fear, horror and terror - recreational or aesthetic fear, horror and terror - the temperature, sound, smell, sight or feel of fear, horror and terror -silence as a strategic subversion of the operation of fear, horror and terror -fear, horror and terror and the visible/invisible -work, law, government policy, accounting or human resources and fear, horror or terror 4. Representations of Fear, Horror and Terror and: - the imagination or the sublime - art, cinema, theatre, media and the creative arts -survival horror video games - literature (including children’s stories) - the other - hope and despair - relations to anxiety, disgust, dread, loathing - hope and the future - the sublime 5. Relationships with Fear, Horror and Terror: -use of space, tools, architecture, outer space and rural/urban settings -militarisation, control and fear - rituals, ceremonies, performances and fear, horror and terror in everyday life or fiction/art -weapons, engineering and technology Papers will be accepted which deal with related areas and themes. What to Send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 22nd March 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 21st June 2013. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords E-mails should be entitled: FHT7 Abstract Submission Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Shona Hill & Shilinka Smith: shs@inter-disciplinary.net Rob Fisher: fht7@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the 'At the Interface' series of research projects. The aim of the conference is to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference are eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into a themed ISBN hard copy volume. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/evil/fear-horror-terror/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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3rd Global Conference:Beauty

3rd Global Conference Beauty Sunday 15th September - Tuesday 17th September 2013 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Presentations 'The first real problem I faced in my life was that of beauty,' wrote the poet-playwright-novelist Yukio Mishima, in Temple of the Golden Pavilion as he pondered beauty's relevance, meanings, and the spell it cast over him. Beauty is complicated by the word beauty itself. Limited or overloaded, beauty has been celebrated as essential or denounced as irrelevant. The existence of beauty has been challenged, called a search for Eldorado. Some find no beauty in life, a recurring motif in subcultures, music lyrics, and the notes left by suicides. Others dismiss that perspective, arguing that common sense, experience, and multidisciplinary research reveal the reality and centrality of beauty in our lives. But what exactly is beauty? Speculations about the nature of beauty are various and contradictory. Some philosophers have argued that it will remain a mystery. Other theorists have held less modest beliefs, arguing that beauty expresses a basic spiritual reality, has universal physical properties, or is an experience and construction of mind and culture. The beauty 'project' will explore, assess, and map a number of key core themes. These will include: 1. Understanding Beauty - Defining beauty - Theorising beauty - Power of beauty - History of beauty - Politics of beauty - Culture of beauty - Religion of beauty - Beauty Myths 2. Experiences of and Representations of Beauty - Pursuit of beauty - Expressions of beauty - Appearance of beauty - Making beauty - Documenting beauty - Emotion and beauty - Beauty and seduction - Representing beauty in art, literature and popular culture 3. Beauty and Nature - Beauty and the natural world - Beauty and the Sublime - Beauty and desire - Science and mathematics of beauty - Medical aspects of beauty 4. Beauty, Culture, and Identity - Beauty subcultures - Beauty and social stratification: gender, sexuality, class, race, ethnicity, age, etc. - Beauty collectors - Beauty specialists - Beauty disciples - Enhancing the body beautiful: cosmetics, tattoos, piercings, surgical interventions, and other forms of body modification 5. The Business of Beauty - Beauty and consumer culture - Beauty and cultural capital - Beauty professions and trades - Beauty cities - Beauty marketing and forecasting - Professional beauties (models, actors, celebrities, beauty pageants etc.) - Fashion and beauty - Glamour and beauty 6. Diminishing the Beautiful - Beauty and transgression - Beauty and ugliness - Beauty and aging - Defiling the beautiful - Destroying the beautiful - Beauty and death - Beauty and decay Presentations will be accepted which deal with related areas and themes. The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. What to Send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 22nd March 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 21st June 2013. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords E-mails should be entitled: Beauty3 Abstract Submission. Please Note: In this email please attach TWO versions of your abstract as follows: 1) One with title and body of abstract only (no identification of the authorâ€"this version will be for our blind peer review process). 2) The other with the following information about the author(s): affiliation, email, title of abstract, title and body of abstract Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Jacque Lynn Foltyn: jfoltyn@nu.edu Rob Fisher: beau3@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Critical Issues series of research projects. The aim of the conference is to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference are eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into a themed ISBN hard copy volume. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/beauty/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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4th Global Conference: Space and Place

4th Global Conference Space and Place Monday 9th September - Thursday 12th September 2013 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Presentations Questions of space and place affect the very way in which we experience and recreate the world. Wars are fought over both real and imagined spaces; boundaries are erected against the "Other" constructing a lived landscape of division and disenfranchisement; while ideology constructs a national identity based upon the dialectics of inclusion and exclusion. The construction of space and place is also a fundamental aspect of the creative arts either through the art of reconstruction of a known space or in establishing a relationship between the audience and the performance. Politics, power and knowledge are also fundamental components of space as is the relationship between visibility and invisibility. This new inter- and multi-disciplinary conference project seeks to explore these and other topics and open up a dialogue about the politics and practices of space and place. We seek submissions from a range of disciplines including archaeology, architecture, urban geography, the visual and creative arts, philosophy and politics and also actively encourage practitioners and non-academics with an interest in the topic to participate. We welcome traditional papers, preformed panels of papers, workshop proposals and other forms of performance - recognising that different disciplines express themselves in different mediums. Submissions are sought on any aspect of space and place, including the following: 1. Theorising Space and Place - Philosophies and space and place - Surveillance, sight and the panoptic structures and spaces of contemporary life - Space and place as realms of becoming - Rhizomatics and/or postmodernist constructions of space as a "meshwork of paths" (Ingold: 2008) - The relationship between spatiality and temporality/space as a temporal-spatial event (Massey: 2005) - The language and semiotics of space and place 2.The situation and location of Identities - Gendered spaces including the tension between domestic and public spheres - Work spaces and hierarchies of power - Geographies and archaeologies of space including Orientalism and Occidentalism - Ethnic spaces/ethnicity and space - Disabled spaces/places - Queer places and spaces - Alterity and its relationship to the production of space and place - Spatialities in Rural areas of nature - Queer Ruralities - Dangerous Nature vs. Civilisation 3. The Contestation of Existing Spaces and Places - Contemporary local and global political insurgencies and the politics of occupation in urban spaces and places, including the Occupy movement, the Arab Spring, the London Riots and the incursion by M23 into the DRC. - The economic, political, social and cultural contestation of urban space and its effect upon the production of place - The politics and ideology of constructions and discourses of space and place including the construction of gated communities as a response to real/imagined terrorism, class politics, or ethnic and cultural heterogeneity. - The relationship between power, knowledge and the construction of place and space - Territorial wars, both real and imagined. - The relationship between the global and the local and their relationship to space and place - Barriers, obstructions and disenfranchisement in the construction of lived spaces - Space and place from colonisation to globalisation - Real and imagined maps/cartographies of place - Transnational and translocal spaces and places 4. Representations of place and space - Embodied/disembodied spaces - Lived spaces and the places of the architecture of identity - Haunted spaces/places and non-spaces - Set design the construction of space and the representation of place in film, television and theatre - Authenticity and the reproduction/representation of place in the creative arts - Technology and developments in the representation of space and place including new media technologies and 3D technologies of viewing - Future cities/futurology and the future of urban space and place - Representations of the urban and the city in the media and creative arts - The spaces and places of and within digital gaming and digital games 5. Networks of Mobility and the Relationship to Movement and Space - The spaces of flows - Mobility, movement, and their effects upon the production and ontology of space and place - Non-spaces and their relationship to mobility and movement - The space of Immobile mobiles (Urry, Castells) and their effects upon the nature of place - The places of mobility What to Send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 22nd March 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 21st June 2013. 300 word abstracts should be submitted to the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords E-mails should be entitled: SP4 Abstract Submission Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs: Matt Melia: mjmeliasp3@gmail.com Rob Fisher: sp4@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the 'Ethos' series of research projects, which in turn belong to the Critical Issues programmes of ID.Net. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and challenging. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into 20-25 page chapters for publication in a themed dialogic ISBN hard copy volume. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/space-and-place/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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2nd Conference of the European Beat Studies Network

2nd Conference of the European Beat Studies Network 28th to 30th August 2013 Aalborg, Denmark Theme: The Beat Generation and the idea of the image: Beat art, installation, film, video, photography, animation, comics; visual representations of the Beats; the Beats and image-making. Also: Beats and transnationalism, politics, gender, teaching. Enquiries: bent@cgs.aau.dk Web address: http://ebsn.eu/ebsn-conference-2013-aalborg-university/ Sponsored by: European Beat Studies Network

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3rd Global Conference: Communication and Conflict

3rd Global Conference Communication and Conflict Thursday 5th September - Saturday 7th September 2013 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Presentations Our ability to communicate successfully affects so many aspects of our lives. Difficulties, indeed failures, or breakdowns in communication can play a major role in hostility, conflict and war. Communication problems can also lead to personal frustration and desired outcomes not being realised. The nature of our communications can raise larger contextual issues about human learning, exchange of knowledge and the nature of humanity. How can we communicate where those involved have quite different languages, specialisations and views of the world? How can we avoid conflict when we strongly disagree based on the great differences in how we perceive things? How can we appreciate and consider highly divergent views from our own? How can we still communicate effectively when the conceptual gap is so large? How can we make good decisions and complete tasks when communication is difficult? Wars may be started and sustained by communication difficulties. When we communicate we are not just stating facts, but also emotions and personal positions that may underlie them. In the cut and thrust of everyday life, being able to recognise, track, and respond to the varied levels in communication can be challenging. It may require us to appreciate knowledge and realities vastly different than our own; bridging communication gaps may place us well outside our comfort zone. This new inter- and multi-disciplinary conference project seeks to explore these and other topics and create dialogue about communication and conflict. We seek submissions from a range of disciplines including communication studies, journalism, public affair's, public relations, philosophy, psychology, literature, management, business studies, information technology, science, the visual and creative arts, music, politics and also actively encourage practitioners and non-academics with an interest in the topic to participate. We welcome traditional papers, preformed panels of papers, workshop proposals and other forms of performance recognising that different disciplines express themselves in different mediums. Submissions are sought on any aspect of Communications including the following: 1. Non-violent, or Compassionate, Communication (NVC) - Honest self-expression - Empathy - Spiritual Connections - Active Listening 2. Communication and Conflict - Workplace - Domestic - International Relations - Cultural - Spiritual - War - Terrorism 3 . Communication Breakdowns and Breakthroughs - Breakdowns (e.g. language and gender differences, misinterpretations,mental illness, failure to notice, to listen, effects of complexity, and disagreements etc.) - Breakthroughs (Creative responses such in music, drama, literature, art, humour, etc.) 4 . Dehumanising Communication - Reification - Alienation - Portraying others, strangers, the enemy - Effects of technology (electronic communication) 5. Dialogue - Friendship - Philosophy - Dialogical Relationships - Counselling - Teaching - Respect and recognition 6. Communication in Health and Illness - Stories and symptoms - Communicating meaning - Role of communication in treatment - Communicating identity and experience - Communicating care 7. Communication and Decision Making - Role of communication in making decisions, (group decisions) - Conflicting opinions and views - Group think The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers will also be considered on any related theme. What to Send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 22nd March 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 21st June 2013. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords. E-mails should be entitled: CC3 Abstract Submission Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs: Paul James: pj@inter-disciplinary.net Rob Fisher: cc3@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Probing the Boundaries programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/hostility-and-violence/communication-and-conflict/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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3rd Global Conference: The Value of Work

3rd Global Conference The Value of Work Sunday 1st September - Tuesday 3rd September 2013 Mansfield College, Oxford Call for Presentations This conference aims to bring together people from a wide range of disciplines to focus on a fundamental aspect of human life: work. Work has pervasive influence on human life. Where we live, how we live, how we learn and how we see the world is strongly shaped by the work we do. Since the industrial revolution some of the expected benefits of the implementation of technology, and contemporary management have not been realised. While working hours are generally not what they were in the Industrial revolution, actual working hours for many people have not decreased in the last 10-15 years. This is because many people work more than their formally specified hours in order to meet their job requirements. A common feature of contemporary management is an ongoing expectation of 'doing more with less'. This means many people are working at an increased pace of work, and/or are working longer. This conference seeks to gain understanding of the nature of work and the specific nature of its impacts. It also seeks perspectives and understanding that breaks from the logic of how work is often done. In particular what are the possibilities of work that contributes to human well being, and is the idea of excellence at work? It also seeks to investigate the relationship of work to leisure and friendship. Papers, workshops and presentations are invited on any of the following themes: 1. Understanding Work - defining work - understanding work. - new definitions of work shifting contexts and the spread of work 2. Inclusive Work - work where workers meaningfully participate in management - achieving participative management - preventing marginalisation and discrimination - understanding accounting for the role/influence gender has in work 3. Healthy Work - understanding the contribution of work to health and well being - understanding and addressing health hazards - understanding and addressing bullying in the workplace - understanding the role of spirituality in healthy work - creating a psychologically healthy workplace 4. Excellence at Work - the idea of craftsmanship - the spirituality and excellent work - learning challenges and opportunities for contemporary work - excellence and meaningful work - how to apply ethical values in challenging work environments, such as nursing, social work, psychological, psychiatric treatment, defence and police work. 5. Portrayals of Work - representations of work in tv, film, theatre and literature - how may portrayals of work help to emancipate workers? 6. Friendships at Work - understanding forms of friendship at work - fostering a friendly work environment - personal recognition and social capital 7. Work and Leisure - how does work and leisure impact on each other? - how can both work and leisure complement and enhance each other? - what is the contribution of voluntary work? - working in retirement The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Papers will also be considered on any related theme. What to Send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 22nd March 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 21st June 2013. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 key words. E-mails should be entitled: VOW3 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs: Paul James: pj@inter-disciplinary.net Rob Fisher: vow3@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Critical Issues programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/the-value-of-work/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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5th Global Conference: Fashion

5th Global Conference Fashion Monday 9th September - Thursday 12th September 2013 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Presentations Fashion is a statement, a stylised form of expression, which displays and begins to define a person, a place, a class, a time, a religion, a culture, subcultures, and even a nation. This inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary conference seeks to explore the historical, social, economic, political, psychological and artistic phenomenon of fashion, a powerful component of contemporary culture. Fashion lies at the very heart of persons, their sense of identity and the communities in which they live. Individuals emerge as icons of beauty and style; cities are identified as centres of fashion; the business of fashion is a billions of dollar per annum global industry, employing millions of people. The project will assess the history and meanings of fashion; evaluate its expressions in politics, business, pop culture, the arts, consumer culture, and social media; determine its effect on gender, sexuality, class, race, age, nation and other sources of identity; and explore future directions and trends. Building on the foundations of previous meetings, publications and collaborations, the conference will be structured around 5 main areas of focus. Each area will have the opportunity to enjoy specific as well as whole group sessions. Papers, presentations, demonstrations and workshops are invited on the following themes: 1. Understanding Fashion - Fashion, Style, Taste-Making, and Chic - Fashion and Fashionability - Fashion and Zeitgeist - History of Fashion - The Future of Fashion 2. Learning and Fashion - Tools and Methodology - Theorizing Fashion: Disciplines and Perspectives - Fashion Education and Fashion Studies - Identifying, Defining and Refining Concepts (e.g., 'style,' 'fashion,' 'look,' 'fad,' 'trend,' 'in and out') - Studying and Documenting Fashion (curatorial practice, collections, archives, and museums) - Fashion Specialists (e.g., pattern makers, fitters, embroiders, tailors, textile experts) - The Materials of Fashion 3. Representing and Disseminating Fashion - Fashion Icons - Designer and Muses - Stylists - Style Guides and Makeover Shows - Fashion Photography - Fashion Magazines, Blogs, and Social Media - Films and Documentaries about Fashion - Fashion and the Performing Arts, Music and Television - Celebrities as Fashion Designers 4. Identity and Fashion - Fashion and Identity (e.g., class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, nation, transnationalism, religion, etc.) - Fashion: (Sub)Cultures - Fashion, Politics, and Ideology: e.g., 'message' fashion; political platform, regimes, and revolutions) - Ethical Issues in Fashion (e.g., cruelty free fashion, eco-fashion, exploitative labour, the 'fakes' market) - Fashion as Performance - Fashion, the Body, and Self-Fashioning (e.g., beauty standards, body art, weight, plastic surgery, etc.) 5. The Business of Fashion - Fashion Professions and Trades - Fashion Cities, Fashion Weeks, Fashion's Night Out - Fashion Marketing (e.g., brands, flagship stores, guerilla stores, eCommerce) - Fashion Models - Fashion Forecasting - Marketing Platforms (e.g., communication, streaming video, social media, etc.) - Fashion Markets: Vintage, Nostalgia, Mass, Luxury, Emerging - Producing Displaying Fashion (production sites, showrooms, runways, window displays, websites, etc.) - The Rise of the Accessory as a Driving Force of Fashion The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. What to Send: 300 word abstracts are due by Friday 15th February 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 21st June 2013. Emails containing the abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords E-mails should be entitled: FASHION5 Abstract Submission. Please Note: In this email please attach TWO versions of your abstract as follows: 1) One with title and body of abstract only (no identification of the author - this version will be for our blind peer review process). 2) The other with the following information about the author(s): affiliation, email, title of abstract, title and body of abstract Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). Please note that a Book of Abstracts is planned for the end of the year. All accepted abstracts will be included in this publication. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Jacque Lynn Foltyn: jfoltyn@nu.edu Dr Rob Fisher: fash5@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Critical Issues series of research projects. The aim of the conference is to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference are eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into a themed ISBN hard copy volume. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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