renaissance

CFP: Gynaecology and British Culture, 1500 - 2000

Proposals are currently being sought for a collection of essays exploring the
history of British gynaecology between 1500 and 2000. The collection will be
edited by Andrew Mangham (University of Sheffield) and Greta Depledge (Birkbeck
College, University of London). We are particularly interested in essays with
an interdisciplinary approach. Possible subjects include, though are not
limited to:

CFP: Romantic Shakespeare. Shakespeare Yearbook, Winter 2007.

Henry James once noted that to the English an outing to Stratford was
not just a day out, not just a visit to a pretty old town with a
famous dead author, but a pilgrimage to "The Holy of Holies"; the
scene itself of the "nativity." James was being ironic, but to many
editors, and writers, and theatre personalities working in the era of
the English Romantic Movement, grappling with the works of
Shakespeare became a serious devotional duty.

Update: Deadline for abstracts has been extended.

M/MLA; Chicago, 11/9/06-11/12/06
Conference theme: High & Low Culture

"After Highbrow/Lowbrow: Shakespearean Cultural Capital" (Special
Session)

NEW DEADLINE: APRIL 25, 2006

Where: Midwestern Modern Language Association (MMLA) Conference in Chicago, November 09-11, 2006

Panel: Old Books, New Media: Using Technology to teach Pre-1900 Texts
 
With the advent of computer classrooms, web-based archives, digital storytelling, and a host of other technological marvels, technology in the literature classroom has moved beyond the occasional Zeffirelli or Merchant Ivory film to encompass a wide range of problems and possibilities for teachers and students alike.

For a proposed session at the Annual Renaissance Society of America conference to be held
in Miami, Florida 22-24 March 2007:

The Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture will hold its annual conference in Baltimore, MD, October 27-29, 2006.

Shakespeare's position in popular as well as high culture remains strong, with new works in fiction, film and other areas. But Shakespeare is not the only Renaissance figure to have a presence in modern popular culture. Other writers, historical figures, events and debates are still part of the popular landscape. This area welcomes topics on any aspect of the overlap or intersection between the Early Modern period (roughly 1500-1700) and the Postmodern one. Topics for this area can include, but are not limited to:

–Shakespeare on film, in TV, comics or fiction

Call for Papers=20

Fortune and Fatality: Performing the Tragic in Early Modern France =
(1553-1715)=20

The Graduate Center, City University of New York
20 October 2006

The Interdisciplinary Group for Seventeenth-Century French Studies at =
the Graduate Center of the City University of New York invites paper =
proposals for its annual student conference. This year=92s conference =
will be held on Friday 20 October 2006. Papers should be 15-20 minutes =
in length.

Distinguished Professor of French Domna C. Stanton will be our keynote =
speaker, and events will include a performance of seventeenth- and =
eighteenth-century French music on period instruments.

Dr Kevin Killeen
University of Reading
School of English and American Literature,
Whiteknights,
PO Box 218,
Reading,
Berkshire
RG6 6AA, UK
                
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Deadline added:

CFP: Women Writers and Stationers in Early Modern London (5/15/06; MMLA 11/9/06-11/13/06)

Shakespeare's Sisters: Women Writers and Stationers in Early Modern England.

For the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago, Nov
9-12, 2006

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The Eighth Annual British Graduate Shakespeare Conference
15-17 June 2006
The Shakespeare Institute
Mason Croft, Church Street
Stratford-upon-Avon, WARKS
CV37 6HP England

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Call for Papers

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
November 10-11 2006

**Session on English Literature pre-1700**
   
Proposals welcome for 15-minute paper presentations concerning any
aspect of British literature before 1700.

Please email 500-word proposals and 50-word abstracts (in text or
attachment) to kopatterson_at_ucdavis.edu.

Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and preferred
contact information with your proposal.

Deadline for abstracts: April 6, 2006 (PAMLA deadline has been extended)

M/MLA; Chicago, 11/9/06-11/12/06
Conference theme: High & Low Culture

"After Highbrow/Lowbrow: Shakespearean Cultural Capital" (Proposed
Special Session)

Please notice that the deadline for paper submissions has been extended from
March 15 to March 25, 2006.

We are now accepting proposals for the 2006 Rocky Mountain MLA convention in
Tucson, October 12-14 2006.

The Special Topic Session: "Early Modern Witchcraft on Trial" is looking for
submissions dealing with the problems of discerning, disputing and
displaying witchcraft and the occult in the fictional and non-fictional literature of
Renaissance Europe. We are looking in particular for cross-disciplinary
approaches that consider literary texts in the context of historical, political,
legal, anthropological and social analyses.