Confirmed Speakers - Martial Arts Studies 2016

Martial Arts Studies Conference 2016

 

Cardiff University, 19-21 July

 

The Martial Arts Studies Conference in 2015 brought together eighty researchers from a wide range of fields and from all over the world, for two and a half days of keynotes, special sessions, workshops and socialising. Many new relationships were formed and new collaborations initiated. The second conference in July 2016 seeks to build on these foundations, and to bring more martial arts studies scholars and more disciplinary perspectives together, into face to face dialogue and debate.

 

Confirmed Speakers in 2016 Include:

 

·      Phillip Zarrilli – author of When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Pratices, and Discourses of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art (Oxford University Press)

 

·      Benjamin Spatz – author of What a Body Can Do: Technique as Knowledge, Practice as Research (Routledge)

 

·      Adam Frank – author of Taijiquan and the Search for the Little Old Chinese Man: Understanding Identity Through Martial Arts (Palgrave)

 

·      Benjamin Judkins – author of The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the South Asian Martial Arts (SUNY)

 

·      Paul Bowman – author of Martial Arts Studies: Disrupting Disciplinary Boundaries (Rowman & Littlefield International)

 

The Call for Papers is here:

·      https://mastudiesrn.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/martial-arts-studies-conference-july-2006-call-for-papers/

 

Registration is open now, here:

·      http://www.eventbrite.com/e/martial-arts-studies-conference-2016-tickets-16674422647?aff=erelexporg

 

Registration Options Include:

·      reduced rate for students

·      three nights in Cardiff University Halls

·      tea, coffee, refreshments, lunches

·      three conference dinners and evening social events

·      access to all keynotes, panels and workshops

 

Win A Free Registration!

·      For the chance to win free registration, students are invited to enter our short film making competition. See here for details:

·      https://mastudiesrn.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/martial-arts-studies-film-competition/

 

Publication Opportunities:

·      The Cardiff University Press open-access academic journal, Martial Arts Studies (www.martialartsstudies.org) invites participants to submit papers to be considered for publication.

 

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Martial Arts Studies Research Network:

·      www.mastudiesrn.org