*** DEADLINE EXTENDED to 9th May 2014 ***

Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies will hold its 9th Annual conference at the University of Western Australia on Friday the 20th of June, 2014. The conference aims to foster a supportive environment in which postgraduates and early career researchers can present their work. The Limina Editorial Collective is calling for conference submissions from postgraduate and early career researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences which engage with the theme of 'Fear and Loathing'.

Topics may include (but are not limited to):

• Social and/or Immigration Policy
• Gender and/or Sexuality
• Fear and Loathing in the Australian Context
• Experiences of Difference
• Digital and/or Popular Culture
• Anthropology
• Identity(ies)
• Religion
• Narratives of the Self
• Stigma

We welcome individual and panel session submissions of three papers. Each presenter will have 20 minutes presentation and 10 minutes discussion time. All submissions should include a title, biography and abstract of no more than 250 words in MS Word or RTF Format.

Conference presenters will have the opportunity to publish their work in a special edition of the journal (with an anticipated publication date of April 2015).

International and interstate presenters are eligible to apply for a travel bursary of $100 per person.

Please submit abstracts to liminajournal@gmail.com
FINAL abstract submission date: 09/05/2014