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Dear Friends and Colleagues,This message is to announce the 2009 Graduate Student Conference atthe New School For Social Research: The Phenomenological Body, itsSpaces and LimitsDate: March 26-27th, 2009Paper Submission Deadline: October 15th, 2008Keynote Speakers: Jay M. Bernstein (New School), Hubert L. Dreyfus (UCBerkeley)This year's conference invites explorations of phenomenologicalapproaches to the body, the spaces that these approaches open up andthe limits they face. We welcome papers on phenomenological accountsof the body, both from a historical perspective and withincontemporary debates, as well as papers that offer alternativeaccounts of the body and embodiment that engage with or criticize thephenomenological approach.Phenomenology counters the marginalization of the body resulting fromCartesian mind/body dualism by addressing the body's role inunderstanding such issues as intentionality and human agency. Theseissues continue to play a key role in contemporary interdisciplinarydebates that take place on the threshold between phenomenology,philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Although the fruitfulness ofthese debates demonstrates the relevance of phenomenologicalapproaches to the lived body, alternate accounts open up questionsabout its possible limits. For example, psychoanalysis, postmodernism,and feminist and gender theory have helped refine our understanding ofthe body, focusing on themes such as the body's vulnerability, sexualidentity, violence, and bodily integrity-issues which some believe areneglected in phenomenological approaches. This year's conference aimsto facilitate conversations that contribute to an understanding ofphenomenological accounts of the body as well as its relation toalternative accounts.Possible Topics Include:- Embodied cognition- Intentionality- Unreflective coping and skill-acquisition- Embodied self-consciousness- Embodiment and intersubjectivity- Collective embodiment- Sexual identity- Bodily integrity- Bodily vulnerability- Violence and powerFrom a thematic angle:- Phenomenology- Cognitive Science- Psychoanalysis- Gender and Feminist theory- Bioethics- Postmodernism- Philosophy of MindFrom a historical angle:- Aristotle- Spinoza- Descartes- Fichte- Nietzsche- Freud- Husserl- Plessner- Merleau-Ponty- Heidegger- Deleuze- Irigaray- Butler- VarelaSubmission Guidelines:Papers ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 words should be submitted in blindreview format via [NSSRphilconference2009@gmail.com-&#62;NSSRphilconference2009@gmail.com] and should includethe following in the body of the email:i. Author's nameii. Title of Paperiii. Institutional affiliationiv. Contact information (email, phone number, mailing address)Please omit any self-identifying information within the body of thepaper.Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than December 19th,2008.Sincerely,Janna van GrunsvenGraduate Conference OrganizerThe New School for Social ResearchNSSRphilconference2009@gmail.com