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Call for Papers The Gestures of Diplomacy: Gifts, Ceremony, Body Language (1400-1750)
Toulouse, France, 30th May - 1st June 2019.
Confirmed Keynote speaker: Ellen R. Welch (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), author of A Theatre of Diplomacy (Penn, 2017)
The International Sidney Society invites proposals for two Sponsored Sessions at the Interational Congress on Medieval Studies focused on the life and work of Philip and Mary Sidney and/or the life and work of 16th and 17th century writers within their literary, religious, and political spheres of affiliation and influence. We welcome both traditional and innovative imaginings of "the Sidney Circle."
The Congress is the site of the International Sidney Society's annual meeting, bringing together leading scholars in the field with emerging voices. The conference will be held May 9-12, 2019 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Travel fellowships for graduate students are available on a competitive basis.
Call for Papers: “Envisioning the Renaissance” at CEA, March 28-30, 2019
| CEA 50th Annual Conference: “Visons and Revisions”
| Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans, 739 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
| Phone: (504) 962-0500
“See better” --Shakespeare
This call for papers is meant to solicit wide-ranging abstracts on the possibilities of “vision” in British literature of the 16th and 17th centuries for the annual conference of the College English Association, a collegial gathering of scholars and teachers in English studies. CEA celebrates its 50th anniversary with its 2019 national conference, to be held in the heart of the French Quarter.
PCA/ACA 2019 National Conference, April 17th – 20th, 2019 – Washington, D.C.
The Medievalism in Popular Culture Area (including Anglo-Saxon, Robin Hood, Arthurian, Norse, and other materials connected to medieval studies) accepts papers on all topics that explore either popular culture during the Middle Ages or transcribe some aspect of the Middle Ages into the popular culture of later periods. These representations can occur in any genre, including film, television, novels, graphic novels, gaming, advertising, art, etc. For this year’s conference, I would like to encourage submissions on some of the following topics:
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 14 SEPTEMBER 2018
Renaissance Conference of Southern California
63rd Annual Conference Saturday, 9 March 2019
The Huntington Library and Gardens Pasadena, CA
PLENARY ROUNDTABLE Teaching Race and the Renaissance
Amy Buono (Art History, Chapman University)
Ambereen Dadabhoy (Literature, Harvey Mudd College)
Liesder Mayea (Spanish, University of Redlands)
Danielle Terrazas Williams (History, Huntington Fellow 2018–19 and Oberlin College)
DIGITAL HUMANITIES TALK AND WORKSHOP
“The Huntington’s Collections: Virtual and Real”
Vanessa Wilkie (Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and British History, Huntington Library)
CFP: Pleasure
Time: February 15 - 16
Place: Rice University, Houston TX
Keynote presentation will be by Rita Felski from her new book, Hooked: Art and Attachment. Rita Felski is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of English at the University of Virginia, and Niels Bohr Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Her current interests are in aesthetics, interpretation, and method; recent books include Uses of Literature, The Limits of Critique, and Critique and Postcritique.
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The Shakespeare Society of India will host its International Conference on 7-8 March 2019 at Kirori Mal College, Delhi University
We invite you to send in your abstracts for conference. The timeline is as follows:
Expressions of Interest with Potential Title: 15th October 2018
Submission of Abstracts: 10th December 2018
Notification of Selected Abstracts: 31st December 2018
Submission of Full Papers: 15th February 2019
Concept Note:
SPENSER AT KALAMAZOO, MAY 9-12, 2019
54th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
This year we have two open sessions on any topic dealing with Edmund Spenser, and one roundtable session on teaching Spenser.
Reading time for papers in the open sessions should not exceed twenty minutes.
Panelists in the roundtable on teaching will speak for five minutes each and distribute copies of a handout.
As always, we encourage submissions by newcomers, including graduate students, and by established scholars of all ranks.