Love, Lust and Longing: Rethinking Intimacy, 5th International Symposium

International Network for Alternative Academia – invites you to participate

5th International Symposium: Love, Lust and Longing: Rethinking Intimacy

Monday 11th to Wednesday 13th of May, 2015

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Call for Papers

(Abstract Submission Period Opened: 29th of October, 2014)

(Abstract Deadline: Monday 6th of April, 2015)

(Paper deadline: Monday 27th of April, 2015)

This project explores the lived experience of love; how it is described and practiced; how it differs from and overlaps with concern, care, friendship and lust and aims to raise questions about the ontology, expression and politics of love.

For a full description of our call for papers and to submit an abstract, please go to our symposium website:

http://www.alternative-academia.net/ocs-2.3.5/index.php/BCN2015/LLL-5/schedConf/cfp

Enquiries: [email protected]

Contact Person: Dr. Alejandro Cervantes-Carson 

Keywords for the symposium:  

Representations of love, Separation and the death of love, Everyday life practices, Ontology of love, Phenomenology of love, Narrative construction of love, Politics of love & lust, Friendship and bonds of care, Self and other, Discourse analysis, Cultural studies, Trans-disciplinary studies, Social Sciences & humanities, Media & film, Art studies