Call for Papers (due on 1 October 2014): Criminal Law and Emotions in European Legal Cultures: From 16th Century to the Present, to be held at the Centre for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, on 21-22 May 2015 KEYNOTES Elizabeth Lunbeck (Vanderbilt University) David Sabean (UCLA) ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Dagmar Ellerbrock (MPIB/TU Dresden) Terry Maroney (Vanderbilt University) This two-day conference seeks to historicize the relationship between law and emotions, focusing on the period from the sixteenth century to the present. It aims to ask how legal definitions, categorizations and judgments were influenced by, and themselves influenced, moral and social codes; religious and ideological norms; scientific and medical expertise; and perceptions of the body, gender, age, social status. By examining the period between the sixteenth century and the present day, this conference also seeks to challenge and problematize the demarcation between the early modern and the modern period, looking at patterns and continuities, as well as points of fissure and change, in the relationship between law and emotions. In particular, it seeks to question the extent to which ideas about law and emotions fundamentally shifted around the eighteenth century—the traditional marker of the ‘modern’ period. We invite submissions from scholars of different historical disciplines, working on early modern and modern periods and particularly encourage proposals from scholars working on Northern, Central and Eastern European countries, and the non-Western world. The conference will be held in English. Accommodation and travel expenses for those presenting will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. If you are interested in participating in this conference, please send us a proposal of no more than 300 words and a short CV by 1 October 2014 to [email protected]. Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes, in order to allow time for questions and discussion. Dr. Laura Kounine, Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin Dr. Gian Marco Vidor, Center for the History of Emotions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin
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