Daily Archives: 2 June 2016

Reception, Reputation and Circulation in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800 – Call For Papers

Reception, Reputation and Circulation in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800
Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway
22-25 March, 2017

Conference Website

Invited Speakers:

  • Ruth Ahnert (QMUL)
  • Sebastian Ahnert (Cambridge)
  • Robin Buning (Oxford)
  • Marc Caball (UCD)
  • Liesbeth Corens (Cambridge)
  • Gillian Dow (Southampton)
  • Julia Flanders (Northeastern)
  • Juliet Fleming (NYU)
  • Jaime Goodrich (Wayne State)
  • Jerome de Groot (Manchester)
  • Anne Larsen (Hope College)
  • Katherine Larson (Toronto)
  • Jason McElligott (Marsh’s Library)
  • Jennifer Richards (Newcastle, UK)
  • Eleanor Rycroft (Bristol)
  • Alex Samson (UCL)
  • Helen Smith (York)
  • Rosalind Smith (Newcastle, Australia)
  • Micheline White (Carleton)

This international conference will bring together scholars working on the reception of texts, the reputations of authors and individuals, and the circulation of people and things in the early modern world.

  • How did texts circulate in the early modern world?
  • How were authorial reputations fashioned?
  • How did gender affect the reception and/or circulation of texts?
  • How did circulation forge religious, scientific, or social networks?
  • How did cross-cultural encounters affect the circulation of texts, ideas, reputations, people, and goods across national and linguistic boundaries?
  • How were texts and authors received through media such as embroidery, artwork, or musical settings?
  • How can materiality affect reception?
  • What can quantitative methodologies tell us about textual transmission and/or authorial or personal reputations?
  • How can digital scholarship help us understand networks of circulation and influence?

Call For Papers

We invite proposals (max. 200 words) for 20-minute papers. To submit an abstract, complete the web form HERE by Monday 19 September, 2016.

The Distinction Between Passion and Emotion: In Search of Case Studies Workshop @ University of Western Australia

The Distinction Between Passion and Emotion: In Search of Case Studies Workshop

Date: Friday 17 June 2016
Time: 2–5 pm
Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (Arts 1.33), The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Registration: Free event but please RSVP for catering.
Contact: Pam Bond (pam.bond@uwa.edu.au)

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Louis Charland: (Partner Investigator, ARC Centre for the History of Emotions) Western University, Ontario, Canada
  • Kirk Essary: (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre for the History of Emotions) UWA
  • Sally Holloway: (Early Career Research Fellow, ARC Centre for the History of Emotions) Richmond, The American International University, London
  • Danijela Kambaskovic-Schwartz: (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre for the History of Emotions) UWA
  • Bob White: (Chief Investigator, ARC Centre for the History of Emotions) UWA

Meanings of the words ‘passions’ and ‘emotions’ changed significantly during the period 1500–1800, as medical paradigms and institutions evolved, societies became less theocentric and more secular, and body, mind and soul were seen in different analytical realms. The meanings have changed even more since the Romantic period in the early nineteenth century. Professor Charland is pioneering new ways of retrieving earlier models of thought in relation to the concepts behind these words, and applying them in twenty-first century psychiatry, cognitive science and clinical situations. In this Workshop he will present his overall theory, especially in terms of the changing distinctions between ‘passions’ and ‘emotions’, and together participants will explore possible case studies from different periods and different disciplines.

Do you know of an interesting example of a case where a writer distinguishes between the constructs ‘passion’ and ’emotion’ but argues or assumes we should retain both? Or any relevant cognate terms? Bring your example to the discussion!