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ANZAMEMS Conference 2017: Announcing our Keynote Speakers

ANZAMEMS is delighted to announce the keynote speakers for our 2017 conference in Wellington, New Zealand. We look forward to welcoming Dr Erin Griffey, Professor Martha Howell, Professor Lorna Hutson, and Professor Cary Nederman to ANZAMEMS 2017, with thanks to our generous sponsors.

Dr Erin Griffey, Department of Art History, University of Auckland

http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/people/egri016

Sponsored by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Europe 1100-1800

Professor Martha Howell, Miriam Champion Professor of History at Columbia University

http://history.columbia.edu/faculty/Howell.html

Sponsored by the W.H. Oliver Humanities Research Academy, Massey University

Professor Lorna Hutson, Berry Professor of English Literature, University of St Andrews

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/people/academicstaff/hutson/

Sponsored by the Early Modern Women’s Research Network, University of Newcastle, in partnership with the British Council of New Zealand

Professor Cary Nederman, Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University

http://tinyurl.com/gveebjk

Sponsored by the Department of History and Art History, University of Otago, and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington

‘What legacy shall I bequeath to thee?’: Shakespeare in the Context of his Time – Call For Papers

‘What legacy shall I bequeath to thee?’ – Shakespeare in the Context of his Time
An Interdisciplinary Graduate and Early Career Symposium
Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen
22 October, 2016

Both universal and a product of his time Shakespeare remains an enigmatic writer. The celebration of the 400th anniversary of his death demonstrates his continued impact on scholarly thought and popular culture. Investigating Shakespeare among his contemporaries in a period of transformations will help to understand his enduring popularity. The symposium ‘Shakespeare in the Context of his Time’ invites proposals which consider the cultural transfer and translation of Shakespearean ideas on his time, but also the influence of the cultural context of the intellectual and cultural world of the sixteenth century on Shakespeare himself. This includes the intellectual exchange between Shakespeare and his contemporaries examined through all aspects of cultural, literary and theatrical influence. Papers are invited from early career scholars and graduate students in all disciplines which touch on Shakespeare’s work. ‘Shakespeare in the Context of his Time’ is organised by the Centre for Early Modern Studies at the University of Aberdeen.

Please email 250-word abstracts by Sunday 15 of May to Alison Passe and Julia Kotzur at shakespeareincontext@gmail.com. Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes in length. Please include a brief biography (no more than 150 words). Possible topics could include:

  • Shakespeare and Europe
  • Contemporaneous intellectual sources of Shakespeare’s ideas
  • The transfer of ideas between playwrights
  • Shakespearean linguistics
  • English History Plays
  • Influences across multiple genres
  • Performance history including Shakespearean theatre and use of his stage

SEMA 2016: Place and Power – Call For Papers

SEMA 2016: Place and Power
Knoxville, Tennessee
October 6-8, 2016

The Southeastern Medieval Association (SEMA) invites proposals for papers on the theme of “Place and Power” for its 55th meeting, October 6-8, 2016. The meeting is hosted by the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and University of Tennessee Knoxville and will take place at the Downtown Hilton, Knoxville, Tennessee.

We invite individual submissions and panels from all disciplines exploring any aspect of medieval places and medieval powers as they were conceptualized, experienced, imagined, and embodied. We welcome papers considering, but not limited to:

  • Places as spaces, territories, and/or boundaries
  • Sacred and profane spaces
  • Practices of power
  • Geopolitics and the environment
  • Gendered and sexualized power

As the conference date coincides with the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, we also seek sessions and papers pertaining to the Norman Conquest. We desire a variety of methodological approaches to the theme, including eco-criticism, landscape studies, gender studies, and environmental perspectives. Proposals on other medieval topics or relating “Place and Power” to teaching are also welcome. Several sessions will be devoted to undergraduate research so we encourage submissions from undergraduate students.

Please submit proposals for sessions and for individual papers at http://goo.gl/forms/Xi6JTYSnjk no later than June 1, 2016.