Sexuality calls for papers / meetings & conferences

Call for Papers: Under Her Skin: Victorian Literature, the Female Body, and Touch

44th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) March 21-24, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts

The 44th Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2012

Under Her Skin: Victorian Literature, the Female Body, and Touch

A recent trend in feminist scholarship explores the role the skin plays in formations of the self. The skin functions as a boundary between self and other that is permeable, specifically in relation to touch. This panel invites abstracts that explore constructions of female subjectivity and sexualities in Victorian literature, focusing on the skin surface localized to the hand, or more generally to the female body, as a site of tactile exchange. Send 250-500 word abstracts to Kimberly Cox, SUNY Stony Brook, kcox006@gmail.com

Concurrent Session Call for Programs: School and College Organization for Prevention Educators (SCOPE) 2012 Annual Conference

SCOPE is soliciting program proposals for its 2nd Annual Conference, to be held October 18-20, 2012 at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, FL.

• The Call for Programs closes on June 1, 2012.
• Notifications of acceptance/rejection will go out electronically by June 15, 2012.

Selections will be based on the following criteria:

o Relevance to the topics of: advocacy, alcohol abuse, bullying, bystander intervention, diversity, drug abuse, eating disorders, harassment, hazing, mental health, peer education, primary prevention, relationship/domestic/intimate partner violence, research, sexual assault, sexuality, sexual health, social norms, stalking, suicide, tobacco
o Completeness, detail and professionalism of the proposal
o Willingness of presenters to facilitate roundtable discussions in addition to their concurrent session(s)
o Evidence‐based, promising and innovative model programs/practices are welcome
o Engaging format, presenters and/or concepts

• You are encouraged to submit multiple proposals
• Co‐presented sessions are encouraged
• All presenters must register for the conference. You need not be a SCOPE member to attend, nor present.
• If accepted, presentation materials will be due on September 4, 2012.

All emails should be directed to Michelle Issadore, executive director via email to execdir@wearescope.org. To reach the SCOPE office by phone, call 610.993.0227.

Call for Abstracts: 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights

September 19-22, 2012 Windhoek, Namibia

The Scientific Committee of the 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights is pleased to invite Abstracts (oral presentations and posters) exploring the overall theme of the conference – “Sexual Health and Rights in Africa – Where Are We?” and through the following sub-themes:

- Adolescent and Youth Sexuality
- Women’s and Girls Sexuality
- Disabilities and Sexual Rights
- Sexual Rights and Sex Work
- HIV/AIDS and Sexuality
- Sexuality, Culture and Religion
- Sexual and Reproductive Rights (Legal, Policy and Programme Issues- financing, equity, access, implementation, enforcement and redress)
- Sexual Orientation, Sexual/Gender Identity and Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Capacity building and Knowledge Management

Abstract Format
1. 15-minute oral presentations (10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes for questions).

2. 5 minute oral poster presentations (3 minutes for presentation + 2 minutes for questions).

Authors may choose among the following abstract formats:

- Standard format (Introduction and objectives, Method(s), Results and Conclusion).

- Qualitative Research Studies (Introduction, Method(s), Findings and discussion, Recommendations and References)

- Experiential & Practice Samples (Introduction, Action. Outcome, Discussion, Recommendations and References).

- Historical Survey (Introduction, Approach, Findings and discussions and References).

Abstracts Submission & Evaluation Criteria
- Abstracts should be submitted for poster and podium presentations.

- All abstracts must be submitted online at www.africasexuality.org/abstract/openconf.php

- Abstracts can be submitted in English, French or Portuguese.

- Abstracts will be printed as submitted. It is the author’s responsibility to submit the abstract in the correct order with no spelling or grammar errors.

- Abstracts that are not received in the proper format will not be considered for review by the Scientific Committee.

- The Abstract should include a summary of not more than 200 words and an extended abstract of 2-3 pages (Arial font 11, spacing 1.5).

- The abstract should provide as much relevant information as possible and should follow the one of the 4 formats highlighted above.

- The title should be in capital letters.

- For multiple submissions, consistency in authors’ names should be maintained to avoid duplication in the Author index of the final Program.

- The presenting author’s name should be listed first and underlined.

- Authors must indicate the name of the funders (if any) of research being presented.

- Authors must disclose any potential conflict of interest for their research.

- PowerPoint presentations using a PC data projector will be the standard method of visual data presentation.

- Authors should indicate whether they prefer a podium or poster presentation.

- The final decision on the presentation format will be made by the Scientific Committee.

- Receipt of all abstracts will be acknowledged by e-mail.

- All accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings, online and may be reproduced in relevant scientific journals.

- Submitted Abstracts will be treated with utmost confidentiality.

For further information and questions, contact conference@africasexuality.org

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2012

Conference Host
Namibia Planned Parenthood Association
P.O. Box 10936
Windhoek, Namibia
Tel: +264 61 230250
Fax: +264 61 230251
Email: conference@africasexuality.org
www.nappa.com.na

Call for Abstracts: Summer Conference Research in Forensic Psychiatry

5th to 6th July 2012, in Regensburg, Germany

The Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Unit at the University of Regensburg invites you to take part in its 8th International Summer Conference from July 5 to 6, 2012.

The annual Summer Conference in Regensburg (Germany) is an international conference on topics of the Forensic Psychiatry. International experts for Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Psychology and Criminology are invited as keynote speakers and chairs. Apart from an active participation as a presenter a passive participation is possible as well.

Proposals should address one of the following topics:

prediction of dangerousness & recidivism
offender treatment
crime scene analysis / investigative psychology
risk management
forensic juvenile psychiatry
psychopathy: concepts & research
forensic neurobiology & neuroimaging
forensic assessment
sexual preference disorders
sexual abuse & maltreatment

The keynote speakers this year are Prof. Dr. Michael C. Seto (Canada) and Prof. Dr. Stephen W. Smallbone (Australia)

Deadline for abstract submission: May 25, 2012

For further information visit the conference website or contact Ms Simone Schwabenbauer at simone.schwabenbauer@medbo.de