MINORITY STUDIES '17 / International Interdisciplinary Conference on Minorities

MINORITY STUDIES '17 / International Interdisciplinary Conference on Minorities will be held at Nippon Meeting Halls in Istanbul. The conference is coordinated by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center) and will be organized by BILSAS (Science, Art, Sport Productions).

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All abstracts are going to be selected according to double blind reviews and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings E-Book with an ISBN number that will be given to you in a DVD box during conference registration.

We invite you to join us at the event in Istanbul and would like to emphasize that proposals from different parts of the world are welcomed.

THEMES

• Expression and Depiction  of Love in Literature and Poetry

• Expression and Depiction of Love in Music, Film and Plastic Arts

• Modern Societies and Understanding of Love

• Expression of Love in Daily Life

• Experience of Love in Private and Public Life

• Philosophers and Philosophical Perspectives

• Unrequited Love, Forbidden Love, Platonic Love

• Love Letters 

• Intellectual Production and Love

• Definition of Love as an Emotion

• The Subject and the Object of Love

• Sex and Eroticism

• Gender Issues and LGBT

• Relationships: Partnership, Marriage, One-Night Stands and Polygamy

• Prostitution

• Loyalty and Infidelity

• Selfishness and Loyality

• Adolescence and Elderly

• Fertility

• Ancient Views and Modern Perspectives

• Anthropological Research

• Biological Basis

• Psychological Basis

• Neuroscience

• Evolution and Fertility

• Adolescence and Elderly

• Complexity and Multifacetedness of Love

• Boundaries of the Concept: Love, Like and Adore or Hate

• Religious Views

• Mythology and Fairy Tales

• Love and Popular Culture

• History and Stories Centered around Love

• Politics and Human Rights

DRAFT PROGRAM

DAY 1
9:00 Registration
9:30 Opening Session

9:45 Keynote Lecture 1
10:15 Coffee Break

10:30 Keynote Lecture 2
11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 Session 1 & 2 & 3
12:15 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Session 4 & 5 & 6
14:30 Discussion 
14:45 Coffee Break

15:00 Session 7 & 8 & 9
16:00 Discussion
16:15 Coffee Break

16:30 Session 10 & 11 & 12
17:30 Discussion
16:15 Coffee Break

17:45 Closing Remarks

DAY 2
Historical City Tour & Social Events

All papers will be published in proceedings e-book as DVD (with an ISBN number) and then in DAKAM's online library. A selection will be made in the relevant DAKAM journal that will be reviewed by Thomson&Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index