Call for Papers
Reading Healings, Writing Cures
In the current era of multifaceted crises, not only human beings but social institutions, nation-states, and the non-human world are caught in a state of precarity. The “catastrophic times,” as Isabelle Stengers characterizes, bespeak the urgency of reconsidering the scope of literary intervention, particularly in terms of literature’s healing and curative potential. From ancient oral traditions to contemporary “narrative medicine,” humans seek healing and curing through stories. The rise of “reparative reading,” “bibliotherapy,” and “narrative care” also provide enriching, interdisciplinary approaches to how health discourses and narratives engage with politics, economics, ethics, religion, and identity.
The 2021 COEDA Conference will be held on September 24, 2021 at National Taiwan University. This conference welcomes papers that re-examine ways of practicing, imagining, and representing healing/curing. We look for new critical perspectives and approaches from fields including literature, linguistics, and cultural studies across all eras.
COEDA 2021@NTU is now open for submissions. Papers should be limited to 15 minutes long in presentation. Please email your title, 250-word abstract, and one-page bio in a Word document to your university’s COEDA representative by May 31, 2021.
For more information and latest updates, please visit the 2021 COEDA Conference website at https://sites.google.com/view/coeda/home. Please direct further queries to:
Prof. Hamilton Yang at mtyang@ntu.edu.tw
Rebecca Ning Lee at coeda2021@gmail.com