CfP: What Can BodyCultures Do? Ontological Pluralism in Medicine and the Humanities

In collaboration with Katrin Solhdju and my colleagues Laurence Dufour-Villeneuve and Julie D'Haussy, we are organizing a conference entitled "What Can BodyCultures Do? Ontological Pluralism in Medicine and the Humanities" at the University of Mons on June 17-18-19, 2026.

This conference asks whether the biomedical humanities can intervene in the very constitution of the phenomena they study. We propose to rethink the body as a relational entity shaped by biological, social, environmental, and existential assemblages—moving beyond traditional partitions (body/mind, nature/culture, biological/social) that structure contemporary medicine.

Proposals for papers should be sent before December 15th to the organiser: Charline Marbaix, PhD Student UMons, Aspirante F.R.S-FNRS