How did these fantasies of the national body emerge, and how did they affect human interactions?
Other topics of possible interest include: national bodily practices, literary concepts of national bodies, national sexuality or sexualities, national clothing or accoutrements, sporting nationalism, or eugenics. We welcome scholars working in history, anthropology, sociology, literary studies, film studies, and other related disciplines. We are initially soliciting papers for a conference hosted by the Antipodean East European Study Group at Victoria University and the Russian Programme at the University of Canterbury. The conference will take place on the weekend of 28-29 August 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. Abstracts are due 1 June 2010. The conference organizers then intend to publish selected papers either as an edited volume, or a special edition of a relevant journal. Final word lengths are flexible at this stage, but we suggest contributors aim for 6,000 words. For further information or informal questions, contact Alexander Maxwell.
