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17th&#160;November 2018,&#160;University of WarwickFunded by the Humanities Research Centre and the Department of English and Comparative Literary StudiesKeynote speakerProfessor Manuel Barcia (University of Leeds)TopicsSince Antiquity, eating practices have helped regulate human differences, and anthropophagy served as a marker of difference across cultures in order to underline improper diets, as well as to metaphorically describe inappropriate relationships between people from the nuclear family to wider spheres of socio-political structures. This one-day interdisciplinary conference exploring the evolution and the different uses of the tropes and figures of cannibalism aims to understand and deconstruct the fascination with anthropophagy and its continued afterlife, as well as to promote discussions and connections on this subject across disciplines and institutions.We invite abstracts on topics and disciplines including, but not limited to:Survival and/or war cannibalismCannibalism as a ritual and/or a practice in archaeology, anthropology&#160;and&#160;historyCorpse medicine and the Eucharist as cannibalism in early modern discourse &#160;Depiction of cannibalism in art, photography, film, other media, and in popular cultureLiteral or metaphorical cannibalism in fiction such as travel writing, horror, graphic novels, etc.Cannibalism in myths, (fairy) tales, legends, and folkloreCannibalism and monstrosity, and monster theoryLiterary and cultural cannibalism in literature, (post-)colonial studies, and philosophyMetaphorical cannibalism to describe otherness, abuse of power, improper relationships, etc.Cannibalism as a taboo and/or trope in&#160;socialisation, psychoanalysis, and criminologyCorporate and market cannibalism and economyZoological cannibalism and ecologySubmission guidelinesWe invite individual proposals for 20-minute papers, as well as proposals for panels (three 20-minute papers). Please send an abstract (200-300 words) and a brief biography to&#160;cannibalism.warwick@gmail.com&#160;&#160;by&#160;17th&#160;July 2018.Following the conference, delegates will be invited to submit their work for publication with the Warwick Series in the Humanities (with Routledge).Organisation and evaluation of proposalsGiulia Champion