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Call for Papers

SHAKESPEARE AND THE LOW COUNTRIES
Edited by Ton Hoenselaars and Holger Klein

The 2004 issue of the Shakespeare Yearbook will be devoted to
"Shakespeare and the Low Countries." The editors invite papers that
address Anglo-Dutch relations in the widest sense of the term insofar as
these manifestations of cultural exchange have a bearing on Shakespeare,
his fellow playwrights, and English Renaissance drama as a whole. Papers
on Shakespeare and Dutch culture may address topics including:

Early Theatre 4 (2001) is now printed and being mailed out to
subscribers. Subsequent volumes of this journal will appear in two
issues, spring and fall. We invite the submission of note-length or
article length essays for the coming issues.

> CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
>
> to a special issue of Journal of Religious History entitled 'Lay
> Devotion and the Urban Setting in Early Modern Europe'.
>
> This is a call for contributors of articles to a special issue of the
> Journal of Religious History. The issue is to be dedicated to the
> theme of the elusive yet vital relationship between the devotional
> practices of the European laity and the urban context of such lay

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

for "Form and Persuasion in Women's Informal Letters, 1400-1700," a
collection of essays to be published as a book.

Essays are sought on women's letters from any part of Europe EXCEPT
England, France and Italy, which are already well represented. Essays
on Spain, Germany and Central Europe are particularly needed. Essays on
letters by French or English women may be considered if they come from
mercantile, artisan, or other non-elite backgrounds.

With apologies for cross posting --

Announcing a new series from Ashgate-

The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions

Series Editors: Betty S. Travitsky and Patrick Cullen

Designed to complement The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile
Library of Essential Works, this series presents both modernized and
old-spelling editions of texts not only by women but also for and about
women. The contents of a volume can range from a single text to an
anthology, and editorial methodology is also flexible, the choice
depending on the subject and audience.

Proposals should take the form of either

Our journal "Zeistprünge. Forschungen zur Frühen Neuzeit"
(information on website of Verlag Vittorio Klostermann) is inviting
articles on early modern history, culture, and science. Articles are
published in German or English. Please submit your articles
- in printed form to:
   Zentrum zur Erforschung der Fruehen Neuzeit
   Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet
   D - 60054 Frankfurt am Main
- as an email attachment in Rich Text Format to
  G.Engel_at_em.uni-frankfurt.de

Yours,
G.Engel

Dr. Gisela Engel
Zentrum zur Erforschung der Fruehen Neuzeit
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet
D - 60054 Frankfurt am Main

Tel. (069) 7982 3282
Fax (069) 7982 5122

On behalf of the Saint Louis University Center for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies and its new journal, Allegorica, I would like to
post the following announcement:

Dear Colleague:

Now in its 26th year, the formerly annual journal Explorations in
Renaissance Culture announces that, beginning with the summer of 2000, it
will be a biannual publication. Each year's issues will appear in Summer
and Winter.

We therefore heartily encourage the submission of articles on subjects in
any discipline in Renaissance/Early Modern studies: literature, art and
iconography, music, history, gender studies, languages, culture, etc.

           THE JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES

                   Published by Duke University Press

        
             Council of Editors of Learned Journals Winner

       1998 Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement

The editors invite submissions to our calls for papers for each
issue of the journal (Winter, Spring, Fall). The Winter and Fall
issues are on special-topics, while the Spring issue is open. For
current calls for submissions with deadlines and directions for
submitting, see the most recent issue of the journal or our website
at www.duke.edu/~jmems/jmems.

The Centre for Studies in Early Modern History, Culture and
Science (Zentrum zur Erforschung der Fruehen Neuzeit) at Johann
Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet at Frankfurt a.M. publishes the
journal "Zeitspruenge". The next issue will be focussed on
apocalyse/millenarianism/end of the world problems. We are
looking for relevant essays. Please submit your essay to

Professor Dr. Klaus Reichert
Zentrum zur Erforschung der Fruehen Neuzeit
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet
D - 60054 Frankfurt am Main

email addresses: my address or: K.Reichert_at_em.uni-frankfurt.de

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW JOURNAL

Early Theatre: A Journal associated with the Records of Early English
Drama (acronym ET/REED, ISSN 1206-9078) will appear annually beginning in
the fall of 1998. Early Theatre is a peer-reviewed journal with a
nine-menber international editorial board. The first volume will contain
articles and notes on a variety of cultural and theatrical concerns, such
as: