Dear Colleagues,

AIDS is not simply an illness or a biomedical phenomenon. The conference cycle "AIDS in Culture" organised by Enkidu Magazine in Mexico City and the International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies (CHiCS) in cooperation with CNDH (The National Human Rights Commission in Mexico) seeks to examine cultural responses to AIDS in different cultures and societies across a wide range of perspectives. This interdisciplinary conference cycle explores the processes by which AIDS is constructed as a cultural phenomenon and how different societies in their encounters with AIDS attempt to create meaning in health, illness and disease.

The conference aims at bringing together academics working in all relevant disciplines as well as activists, artists and other professionals.

The deadline is rapidly approaching for registrations of paper proposals for the annual Aids in Culture conference in Mexico. This year we will organize “Aids in Culture: Explorations in the Cultural History of AIDS” International Conference for the sixth time. If you would like to register a paper proposal and have not already done so, please fill in the form on the conference homepage: http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/aidsinculture/registration_en.htm
or send your proposal as e-mail attachment to info@aidsinculture.org.

All correspondence for this conference will be conducted via email

The deadline for registrations of paper proposals is the 15 November 2010. After this day, only proposals that can be fitted into existing sessions or panels will be considered by the Academic Committee. Please consult the General Call for Papers for further details about the conference:
Call for Papers in English: http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/aidsinculture/cfp_AC10_02.htm
Call for Papers in Castillian: http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/aidsinculture/cfp_es_AC10_02.htm

In addition to sessions with formal paper presentations, several informal roundtable discussions on various topics with relation to the conference themes will be arranged during the conference. Academics, students, artists, activists and all other interested are cordially welcome to participate. If you would like to suggest a topic for a roundtable discussion, or be the moderator of such a discussion, please indicate this in your registration form. In previous years, we have had memorable, engaging, intriguing and enlightening discussions on a wide range of themes, promoting innovative multidisciplinary and multicultural exchange and dialogue.

It is also possible to sign up as observer participant or to display research posters or similar.

There are also opportunities at the event for participants to register a workshop. If you are interested in doing so, please contact the Committee of the conference: info@aidsinculture.org

Artists are welcome to suggest exhibitions and displays of art during the conference.

Organisations, universities and publishers are welcome to sign up for information stands at the conference centre. Commercial exhibitors pay a modest daily fee.

If you are interested in any kind of participation, please contact the Committee of the conference: info@aidsinculture.org

Best Regards
The Organizers