For conference website, see:
http://nemla.org/convention/2013/cfp_theory.html

44th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 21-24, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts

The 44th Annual Convention will feature approximately 350 sessions, as well as dynamic speakers and cultural events. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.

Conference (8-9 September 2013)

Psychoactive substances, whether narcotics, stimulants or hallucinogens,

Centre for Medical History: University of Exeter, United Kingdom
22 - 24th April 2013

In many near eastern traditions, demons appear as a cause of illness: most

See also the conference website: http://diwan.hypotheses.org/688

The objective of this conference is to focus on the development of Graeco-Arabic medicine in Egypt. Graeco-Arabic medicine developed in medieval Egypt in line with the scientific and intellectual advancements which took place in Bagdad during the first centuries of the Abbasid dynasty. In this conference, we will consider Egypt as a part of the Islamic world closely related to the scientific centers of learning that flourished over this period, as well as a specific milieu.

Date: 10 - 14 September 2012
Place: Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
CFP deadline: 1 July 2012

Major topics include:
BIOENHANCEMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS, TRANSHUMANISM, POSTHUMANISM, AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITES.