Call for Papers

A Sharing Of Speech: Scholarship On Or Inspired By The Work Of Luce Irigaray

8^th Conference of The Irigaray Circle

The Institute for Theological Partnerships at the University of Winchester, UK June 23^rd-25^th 2017

Luce Irigaray’s work has inspired and influenced scholars in a broad range of disciplines such as philosophy, literature, art, religion, architecture, the natural sciences and law. This conference will examine the diversity of scholarship inspired and informed by the philosophy of Luce Irigaray. It will bring together academics and other delegates drawing on Luce Irigaray’s immense body of work and will offer a significant opportunity for sharing research and networking.   

The conference will feature the following keynote speakers:

•          Ellen Mortensen, University of Bergen

•          Tina Chanter, Kingston University

•          Yvette Russell, University of Bristol

·             Hilary Robinson, Middlesex University

We welcome engagements with Irigaray in fields such as politics, philosophy, aesthetics, visual culture, linguistics, literature, media and cultural studies, psychoanalysis, religious studies, music, sound studies, architecture, education and legal studies.

In addition to the keynotes, the conference will include papers presented in 30 minutes with 10 minutes for discussion.  If you would like to participate, please send the following information to [log in to unmask] by 31^st March 2017.

• The title of your paper
• An abstract (max 300 words)
• 5 keywords
• A list of no more than six references

We welcome submissions from graduate students as well as faculty. If you would like to discuss your contribution before formally submitting your abstract, please contact Brenda Sharp at the University of Winchester at the email address listed above.

In addition, the Irigaray Circle will sponsor the 6th annual Karen Burke Memorial Prize, awarded to the best paper submitted by a graduate student or recent PhD (PhD awarded in 2011 or later.) The winner of the competition will give the Karen Burke Memorial Prize Lecture at a plenary session of the 2017 conference. Complete papers should be submitted to [log in to unmask] by March 31st, 2017.

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