The conference at the Victoria University of Wellington (August 28-29, 2010) explores the spread of nationalized thinking as it relates to the body. How did people in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans classify each other in terms of national concepts? Topics of interest include: bodily practices, literary concepts of the body, national sexuality, national clothing, sporting nationalism, and eugenics. We expect to publish selected proceedings. Abstracts are due 1 June 2010.