Ulrika Maude has been awarded €17,000 by Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies to organise an interdisciplinary conference to be held in April 2017 on Embodiment and Emancipation. The conference will be co-organised with the political philosopher, Professor Leszek Koczanowicz (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland) and the historian, Dr Josephine Hoegaerts (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland).