[See Conference Program here]
The Department is extremely glad to announce our 2022 Graduate Student Conference that will be held in-person (and hybrid) on campus on Friday November 4th. Presentation proposals will be accepted until October 20th, 22. The general topic and title of the conference is:
I was not born to love: Capabilities, affect and care
Yo no nací para amar: Capacidades, afectos y cuidados.
Eu não nasci para amar: Capacidades, afeto e cuidados
Of the many things that have been said about love, there are two that stand out as opposites: love is either a form of control or it is a subversive feeling. Between these two poles, one can find multiple approaches that make the experience of love an unique way of being in the world. Love can be understood, therefore, as a politics that questions how we relate to one another and the options we are given to engage in those relationships. Who are those who love? Do we need to have the ability to love and be loved? What is the connection between sex and love? Is the capacity to love manifested through sex and sexuality? Loving is a way of putting (oneself) at risk. Through love, one practices care, but this is also connected to the act of choosing; choosing who deserves our attention and who we might harm in order to take care of what (or who) we love. This ambiguity makes the experience of love a power that questions our ways of being with others.
DEADLINE ABSTRACT: October 20th, 2022
Keynote Speaker: PJ DiPietro (Syracuse University)
We invite you to participate in Spanish, English or Portuguese with papers related to, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Latin American Diasporas
- Languages that imagine the Dis/U/topical future
- Science, nature and affect
- Affection, love and care within the home
- Love on the border, or border loves
- Affective dissonances: power and violence
- Loving bodies, loved bodies
- Sex work and affection
- Aesthetics and poetics of care
- Disability studies and crip theory
- Critical race theory
- Pandemics and the politics of care
Presentation proposals should be 200 to 300 words in length, in either Spanish, Portuguese or English, and should include full name, academic affiliation, and contact information. Please submit proposals electronically to <conferenciagraduadalacshll@gmail.com>
Please write “Conferencia Graduada HLL SBU” as the subject of the email and specify your attendance preference so that we can accommodate you virtually or in-person.
The conference will take place on Stony Brook University campus on Friday, November 4, 2022. See conference program here .
See here the full GRADCON 22 PDF brochure (Spanish, English and Portuguese)
