*Home and Abroad: Transnational **England**, 1750-1850*
* *A One-Day, Summer Conference at Holywell Manor, Oxford University
Friday, 28 July 2006
 
_Invited Speakers_:
Ros Ballaster (Mansfield College, Oxford University)
Michael Eberle-Sinatra (Université de Montréal)
Susan Manning (University of Edinburgh)
Fiona Stafford (Somerville College, Oxford University)
 
This interdisciplinary conference aims to examine discourses between
England and other countries from 1750-1850 through the lens of the
national and the global. 'Home and Abroad: Transnational England'
invites discussions concerning the formation of English identity or
'Englishness' through its distinction from and dialogue with other
nations. In addition, it asks us to consider the role, influence, and
representation of foreign cultures in England. Further, it offers the
opportunity to understand how distinctions between England and other
nations collapsed, as multinational cultural, ideological, political,
and commercial trends merged, were filtered, and dispersed.
            Papers are not limited to literary investigations, but their
relevance for the study of literature between 1750 and 1850 should be
addressed.
 
We invite abstracts for 15-minute papers on any topic pertaining to
"Home and Abroad: Transnational England." Possible topics may include --
_ _
_Art, Architecture, Landscape_
Sculpture, Paintings, Cathedrals, Palaces, Factories, Gardening, Design,
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_History, Politics and Society_
Reform Movements, Revolution, State Constitutions, Trade, Slavery,
Colonialism, Gender, Fashion, Conduct, Education, Journalism, Media,
Theaters, Museums, Migration, Travel,
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_Literature and Drama_
Sensibility, Sentimentality, Nature, Self, Poetic Genius, Theatre,
Performance, Performativity, Novels, Poetry, Literary Criticism,
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_Philosophy_
Empiricism, Idealism, Aesthetics, Common Sense, Rationalism, Skepticism,
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_Religion & Theology_
Religious Dissent, Anglicanism, Methodism, Pietism, Unitarianism,
Calvinism, Catholicism …
 
Please submit proposals via email (no more than 300 words) by *Friday,
26th May* to _both_ of the conference organizers:
 
Monika Class (Balliol College, Oxford University)
monika.class_at_balliol.oxford.ac.uk
<mailto:monika.class_at_balliol.oxford.ac.uk>
and
Terry F. Robinson (University of Colorado at Boulder)
terry.robinson_at_colorado.edu <mailto:terry.robinson_at_colorado.edu>
 
*Conference Web Page: *http://users.ox.ac.uk/~bodl0773/
<http://users.ox.ac.uk/%7Ebodl0773/>**
 
Sponsored by the Oxford University English Faculty, The British
Association for Romantic Studies (BARS), and the Balliol College
Graduate Student Centre, Holywell Manor.

--Terry F. RobinsonDepartment of EnglishHellems 101 / UCB 226University of Colorado at BoulderBoulder, CO 80309-0226U.S.A.--Email: terry.robinson_at_colorado.edu ========================================================== From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List CFP_at_english.upenn.edu Full Information at http://cfp.english.upenn.edu or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu ==========================================================Received on Mon May 08 2006 - 08:43:33 EDT