Effaced from History? Facial Difference and its Representation from Antiquity to the Present Day
The University of Winchester
31 March – 2 April, 2016
Papers of 20 minutes are invited that address any aspect of the theme of facial difference, whether through birth attributes, illness, injury or deliberate modifications such as tattooing, piercing, masks and make-up. Papers should speak to one or more of the key themes of staring and visibility, language, and/or materiality.
Subjects might include, but are not limited to:
- Medical approaches to facial difference
- Gender and difference
- War, violence and punishment
- Visual culture — sculpture, painting, photos…
- Literary responses (inc. drama)
- Shame and stigma
- Print media — news items, sensationalism, exhibiting the face
- Congenital and acquired differences
- Self-inflicted or faked differences
- Queering the face — what is ‘normal’?
If you prefer to offer a poster, we welcome submissions in that form as well.
The conference will open with a public lecture from Suzannah Biernoff on the evening of 31 March. Further keynote speakers to be announced.
Please send your abstract or poster outline (max 200 words) and a short bio (max 100 words) to emily.cock@winchester.ac.uk by Friday 11 December, 2015.
