European Perspectives on Cultures of Violence

Estudios de género, Estudios culturales

Shifting to local studies, new questions arise. What was the cultural significance of violence and the law in specific regions? Were these meanings specific to differing social groups and did they change across time? Was interpersonal violence necessarily incompatible with local perceptions of civilised behaviour? What can the study of these communities add to anthropological debates over relations between local cultures and systems of universal values? We want to encourage interaction and discussion of violence as a source of social and political power, and as an aspect of culturally relative interpersonal relations. Confirmed speakers: Prof Andy Wood, Prof Peter King, Prof Patricia Skinner and Dr Joanne Bailey. We welcome proposed papers that deal with one or more of the following issues: -domestic violence -gendered experience of violence -violence and the state -violence and ethnicity -geographies of homicide -comparative histories of criminal justice reform -public perceptions of violent crime and punishment -the emotions of violence -trauma and memories of violence and conflict We hope that this call for papers will be answered both by historians but also by researchers in other disciplines who deal with these questions. Although our main focus will be Europe, papers presenting comparative studies from other regions are also sought. Proposals for papers of approximately 300 words should be sent to simon.sandall@winchester.ac.uk before 30 March 2013, accompanied by short biographical details.

Reino Unido

simon.sandall@winchester.ac.uk