Call For Papers for Student Conference “The Sexual Revolution: its philosophical, historical and theological sources and influences”
Organized by the Association for the Study of Philosophy and Culture of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.
Coming up is the first Conference organized by Students and dedicated to the Students of the Roman Pontifical Universities.
The theme chosen was one of the most influential historical movements of the last century: the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s. With this movement, the codes of behavior that had governed sexuality and the traditional family were radically challenged and changed.
On this basis, “papers” are sought that examine the sources and subsequent influence of this important historical event from a philosophical, historical or theological perspective.
Dates: Deadline for abstracts (optional): March 15, 2023; Deadline for papers: May 5, 2023; Student Conference: Nov. 7, 2023.
NOTE: Students can still submit a paper, even if they have not submitted an abstract.
Audience: First- and second-cycle students enrolled in Roman Pontifical Universities, Universities, Faculties or Institutes.
Length: Papers must be between 4000 and 9000 words in length.
Selection Method: Papers will be selected by a scientific committee composed of faculty members of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.
Languages: Papers may be written in Italian, English and Spanish.
Prize: The papers will be published by the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and the students whose papers were selected will briefly present their papers during the conference. The student will also win a prize of 150 euros or a scholarship to participate in a diploma and specialization course of their choice at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.
We propose below examples of possible themes:
Philosophical sources of the sexual revolution.
Herbert Marcuse
Michel Foucault
Sigmund Freud
Wilhelm Reich
Alfred Kinsey
Margaret Mead
Frankfurt School
Marxism
Philosophical legacy of the sexual revolution
Second wave feminism
Gender theory
Humanities and the arts
Music and the sexual revolution.
Pop art and the sexual revolution
The film industry and the sexual revolution.
Literature on the sexual revolution
The Beat Generation:
Allen Ginsberg
William Burroughs
Jack Kerouac
The “Latin American Boom.”
Historical sources and legacy of the sexual revolution
The Pill
#MeToo
Pornography
Woodstock
Theology:
The sexual revolution as a reaction to Puritan tendencies in Victorian and early modern theology.
Influence of the sexual revolution on subsequent theological and moral teaching.
John Paul II’s theology of the Body as a way of dialogue.
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