International Conference on Biography and Autobiography (ICBA)

The state of the field—past trajectories, new directionsGenre, social action and auto/biographyPublic transit: famous, infamous, ordinary livesTransitory stories: making identity across and through bordersAuto/biographical frontiersTravelling as identity and as workIndigenous stories in transitionTransnational lives and the idea of placeGet outside (the human): ecocriticism, the biosphere, animal lifeNetworked selves: new media in transitLife History and anthropologyUpdates: diaries, letters, blogs, Pinterest, tumblr, and moreLiterary movements and life writingBeing moved: affect and narrativeTrans/it: queering life storiesLife Studies: pedagogical issues and approaches