*Call for Abstracts: Gender and the Politics of Shame*


 *London School of Economics and Political Science*


 *14th November 2015*


 Recent decades have seen unprecedented scholarly interest in affect and
the politics of emotion, particularly in feminist and queer theoretical
frames. At the same time, activists outside the academy have drawn
attention to the role emotions, particularly the self-conscious emotion of
shame, have played in mobilisations against marginalised groups, and have
suggested ways of countering the shaming of said groups. While significant
advances have been made in the development of shame theory and in the
further theorisation of affect and political emotions, scholars and
activists are now invited to take stock of contemporary theoretical work on
shame, and to present new and promising ways of thinking about and engaging
the conference theme of *gender and the* *politics of shame*.


To this end, papers might address, without being limited to, the following
topics:

   - -       Shame and masculinities and femininities


   - -       Shame and LGBTQI experiences


   - -       Shame and class


   - -       Racialized shame


   - -       Shame and theories of emotion and affect


   - -       Shame and related self-conscious emotions (embarrassment,
   guilt, pride)


   - -       Shame and agency/subverting shame


   - -       Body shame


   - -       Shame and the nation-state


   - -       Shame and aesthetics


   - -       Shame and social movements/activism



Given the interdisciplinary interest in shame and the politics of emotion,
papers from a variety of disciplines, including gender studies, philosophy,
politics, sociology, cultural studies, and history, are welcome.


Confirmed keynoted address: Professor Bonnie Mann (University of Oregon).


Please submit abstracts of not more than 500 words by *September 1, 2015*
 to [log in to unmask] Successful applicants will be contacted by *14th
September*.


This conference is supported by an award from the British Academy.


-- 
Dr. Clara Fischer
Newton International Fellow of the British Academy
Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
Research Associate, University College Dublin Women's Studies

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