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Cerae (Vol. 4): Influence and Appropriation – Call For Papers (Extended to 31 January, 2017)

CERAE has extended its call for papers for its upcoming volume. The new deadline is 31 January, 2017.

Influence and Appropriation

CERAE: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is seeking contributions for its upcoming volume on the theme of “Influence and Appropriation”, to be published in 2017. We are, additionally, delighted to announce a prize of $200 for the best article published in this volume by a graduate student or early career researcher (details below).

Both individuals and entire cultural groups are influenced consciously and subconsciously as part of a receptive process, but they may actively respond to such influences by appropriating them for new purposes. Perhaps human beings cannot escape their influences, but think in terms of them regardless of whether they are taken as right or wrong, useful or otherwise. Such influences may have enduring effects on the lives of people and ideas, and may be co-opted for new social contexts to fit new purposes.

Contributors to this issue may consider some of the following areas:

  • How writers adapt received ideas and novel conceptual frameworks or adapt to them
  • How entire cultural groupings (national, vocational, socio-economic, religious, and so on) may be influenced by contact and exchange
  • The mentorship and authority of ideas and people
  • The use and abuse of old concepts for new polemics
  • The shifting influence of canonical texts across time
  • The way received ideas influence behaviours in specific situations
  • How medieval and early modern ideas are reshaped for use in modern situations

These topics are intended as guides. Any potential contributors who are unsure about the suitability of their idea are encouraged to contact the journal’s editor (Keagan Brewer) at editorcerae@gmail.com.

The deadline for themed submissions is 31 January, 2017. In addition to themed articles, however, we also welcome non-themed submissions, which can be made at any point throughout the year.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:

Articles should be approximately 5000-7000 words. Further details regarding submission, including author guidelines and the journal’s style sheet, can be found online at http://openjournals.arts.uwa.edu.au/index.php/cerae/about/submissions.

PRIZES:

Cerae is delighted to announce a prize of $200 for the best article to be published in Volume 4 by a graduate student or early career researcher (defined as five years out from PhD completion). Cerae is able to offer this prize thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. For a full list of organizations which have supported us in the past, see our sponsorship page. The journal reserves the right not to award a prize in any given year if no articles of sufficiently high standard are submitted.

Princeton University: Library Research Grants – Call For Applications

Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offer short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the research collections. The Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Fund also supports a limited number of library fellowships in Hellenic studies, and the Cotsen Children’s Library supports research in its collection on aspects of children’s books. The Maxwell Fund supports research on materials dealing with Portuguese-speaking cultures. In addition, awards will be made from the Sid Lapidus ’59 Research Fund for Studies of the Age of Revolution and the Enlightenment in the Atlantic World. This award covers work using materials pertinent to this topic donated by Mr. Lapidus as well as other also relevant materials in the collections.

These Library Research Grants, which have a value of up to $4,000 plus transporations costs, are meant to help defray expenses incurred in traveling to and residing in Princeton during the tenure of the grant. The length of the grant will depend on the applicant’s research proposal, but is ordinarily up to one month. Library Research Grants awarded in this academic year are tenable from May 2017 to April 2018, and the deadline for applications is January 31, 2017.

Applications will be considered for scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, including Mudd Library; as well as rare books in Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, and in the East Asian Library (Gest Collection).

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://rbsc.princeton.edu/friends-princeton-university-library-research-grants