Call for Papers "Human Rights: A Growing World Without Them" Interdisciplinary Conference Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA (USA) 30-31 March 2006
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is organizing its fourth conference at James Madison University with the collaboration of the departments of English, the Center for Liberal and Applied Social Sciences and the Justice Studies Major, Philosophy and Religion, and the support of the College of Arts and Letters. This conference will bring together scholars/researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the sacrosanct and universal principle of human rights. On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The second and third paragraphs of the preamble to it states: Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law This important declaration was written and implemented in the aftermath of the Holocaust, revelations coming from the Nuremberg war crimes trials, the Bataan Death March, the atomic bomb, and other horrors smaller in magnitude but not in impact on the individuals they affected. Many people in a number of countries found they could no longer look the other way while tyrants jailed, tortured, and killed their neighbors. We are inviting faculty, students, and independent scholars and researchers in fields such as English and foreign literatures, history, art history, all sciences, philosophy and religion, music, theater and dance, political science, psychology, sociology and others, to submit abstract/proposals and convene panel discussions and/or workshops. We also encourage participants to organize and chair sessions. Submit abstracts of about 300 words to Giuliana Fazzion. Each abstract should include: title, author's name, affiliation, address, telephone number and e-mail address. Proposals with multiple authorships should indicate the person to be contacted. The deadline for submission of abstracts/proposals is February 28, 2006. Contact: Giuliana Fazzion Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures James Madison University 800 S. Main Street Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA Phone: +1 (540) 568-6068 or 6128 Fax: +1 (540) 568-6904 Email: [email protected] _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
