BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T122930Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20120131T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20120131T090000 SUMMARY:Situating and Interpreting States of Mind 1700-2000 UID:20240329T122947Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Newcastle upon Tyne\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:
This cross-period and interdisciplinary conference seeks to situate and \ninterpret states of mind from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first\n questioning how the space\, place and historical context in which mental\n states are experienced shaped the narratives produced by individuals. \nInterweaving perspectives from across such disciplines as literature\, \nhistory\, philosophy\, art history\, creative writing\, psychology and \nsociology\, the conference will explore accounts of states of mind \nincluding mental illness\, dreams\, sleep-walking\, imaginative states and \nself-awareness. The conference seeks to assess how these varying states \nof consciousness are expressed and how such narratives are influenced by\n historical change\, continuity or the reconfiguration of these forms of \nexpression.
\nWe would like to invite abstracts for papers from across disciplines on \nthe theme of the conference\, particularly related\, but not limited\, to \nthe following key strands:
Experience and Representation of Mental Illness
Liminal States of Mind
\nSelf-awareness and Place
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Abstracts of 300 words for 20-minute papers should be submitted no later than 31 January 2012 to the conference organisers: anita.oconnell@northumbria.ac.uk or leigh.wetherall-dickson@northumbria.ac.uk.  \;Please see www.northumbria.ac.uk/statesofmind for details.