Ceræ – Volume 1 Online Now! Submissions for Volume 2 – due Oct 15, 2014

Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is delighted to present its inaugural issue on the theme of ‘Emotions in History’, now available online at http://openjournals.arts.uwa.edu.au/index.php/cerae/issue/current. The contributions to this volume cover an exciting (and impressive) range of subjects which is a testament to the complexity and scope of this topic—watch this blog for future feature discussions on individual articles. We are also pleased to be able to present a number of reviews of both books and digital humanities projects.

We are also happy to announce that the deadline for submissions to Volume 2 has now been extended to 15 October, and that we are currently accepting both non-themed contributions, and submissions on the theme of ‘Transitions, Fractures and Fragments’. Submissions can be made online. Thanks to the generosity of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at UWA, we will be offering a prize of $400 for the best article by a graduate student or early career researcher published in this volume.

The link to the volume itself is available here: http://openjournals.arts.uwa.edu.au/index.php/cerae/index

The blog post is available here: http://ceraejournal.com/2014/10/03/volume-1-2014-emotions-in-history-launch/

Cerae: Extended Submission Deadline for Second Issue – Call For Papers

Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is excited to announce a two week extension of the deadline for submissions to its second issue, to be published in 2015. The new deadline is October 15th, 2014.

Ceræ is a peer-reviewed Australasian journal of medieval and early modern studies. Administered from the University of Western Australia with the generous support of faculty and staff, the journal is directed by a committee of Australian and international graduate students and early career researchers united in our commitment to open-access publishing, the possibilities of the digital humanities, and to forging a strong community of medieval and early modern scholars in the region. Ceræ accepts manuscripts from any discipline related to medieval and early modern studies, including submissions with accompanying audio-visual material.

Thanks to the generosity of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at UWA, we are pleased to offer a prize of $400 for the best article by a graduate student or early career researcher published in this issue.

The theme for Volume 2 is “Transitions, Fractures, and Fragments,” to be interpreted in any way the author sees fit. Ceræ is also accepting non-themed submissions for publication. Articles should be approximately 5000-7000 words. Submissions should be made online at: http://openjournals.arts.uwa.edu.au/index.php/cerae/about/submissions.

For further information, please contact editorcerae@gmail.com, or follow our blog at ceraejournal.com for news, updates and articles of general interest.

Queenship and Counsel in the Early Modern World – Call For Papers

Call for Contributors: Queenship and Counsel in the Early Modern World
Editors: Helen Graham-Matheson (UCL) and Joanne Paul (NCH)

This collection attempts to highlight the ways in which queenship and counsel were negotiated and represented throughout the early modern age (1400-1800). Advice-giving was one of the most prevalent topics in early modern political discourse, but was often limited to the interaction between a male monarch and his male councillors. Queenship and counsel thus posed a potential problem for early modern political theory and practice. Although this topic has been studied with reference to individual queens, no collection has attempted to study the relationship between queenship and counsel in grand perspective. The volume will be submitted to the Queenship and Power series (Palgrave Macmillan) edited by Carole Levin and Charles Beem, with planned publication in early 2017.

We are seeking proposals for submissions from graduate students and scholars in history, literature, philosophy, art history or related fields. Although some longue durée and comparative papers will be accepted, the intention is to produce a collection of chapters each focusing on a single reign, individual or relationship. We welcome submissions which focus on any geographical area within the early modern world, and those from a non-European perspective are especially encouraged. Submissions might focus on any of the four categories of queenship – regnant, regent, dowager and consort – and on both formal and informal varieties of counsel.

Suggested themes include:

  • Rhetoric, persuasion and power
  • Reason, prudence and emotion
  • Legislation and institutionalized councils
  • Ceremonials, representation and symbolism
  • Diplomacy, intelligence and espionage
  • Marriage, family, sexuality and the body
  • Religion and philosophy
  • Culture and patronage

Chapter proposals of 500 words, accompanied by a short summary of biography and research interests (maximum of 250 words), must be submitted to queenshipandcounsel@gmail.com by 15 January 2015 to be considered. Accepted authors will be notified by March 2015, and final submissions due Dec 2015.

Co-editors:
Helen Graham-Matheson will complete her PhD at University College London in 2014. Her thesis focuses on the political role of female courtier at the mid-Tudor courts. She has published on related topics in Journal of Early Modern Women, The Politics of the Female Household (Brill, 2013) and Book Culture in Provincial Society (Ashgate, 2014).

Joanne Paul is Lecturer in the History of Ideas at New College of the Humanities, London. Her PhD completed at Queen Mary, University of London (2013) explored the discourse of political counsel in Anglophone writing from 1485-1651, and she has published on related topics in Renaissance Quarterly, the Journal of Intellectual History and Political Thought and in her own co-edited volume, Governing Diversities (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011).

ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotion @ UWA – 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – Call For Applications

Two postdoctoral research fellowships based at The University of Western Australia node of The ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions are currently being advertised.

Research Associate – Literature and Culture of War, Conflict and Violence
http://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/493545/research-associate-literature-and-culture-of-war-conflict-and-violence-ref-493545
Contact: Prof Andrew Lynch (andrew.lynch@uwa.edu.au)

Research Associate – Passions for Learning
http://external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/493544/research-associate-passions-for-learning-ref-493544
Contact: Prof Yasmin Haskell (yasmin.haskell@uwa.edu.au)

Applications for both positions close on Friday 24 October 2014.

This information is also available on the CHE website:
http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/get-involved/postdoctoral-research-fellows.aspx

The International Christopher Marlowe – Call For Papers

The International Christopher Marlowe
University of Exeter
7–8 September, 2015

Keynote speaker: Professor Alan Stewart (Columbia)

Much current and historical scholarship has tended to consider Marlowe’s plays, poems and translations from an English cultural and literary perspective. With one or two exceptions, his connections to the thought and literature of non-English cultures have been less thoroughly explored, even as scholars have begun to examine the highly cosmopolitan, multi-lingual character of English literary production and consumption during the 1580s and 1590s.

To what extent was Marlowe an ‘international’ writer? In what ways did his work absorb, respond to, imitate or challenge literary, dramatic and intellectual trends in France, Spain, Italy, the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, Turkey or further afield? What role, if any, has the reception of his work played in non-English-speaking cultures?

We invite proposals for papers of up to 30 minutes on any aspect of the “international” content or contexts of Marlowe and his work. Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words to E.J.Paleit@exeter.ac.uk or N.Williams@exeter.ac.uk by 14 November 2014. We also welcome any queries at this address.

Organisers: Dr. Edward Paleit, Nora Williams (University of Exeter)

Project website: christophermarlowe.exeter.ac.uk

Journal of the Northern Renaissance: Issue 7 – Call For Papers

The Journal of the Northern Renaissance (northernrenaissance.org) is calling for submissions for our open-themed seventh issue on any aspect of the cultural practice of Northern Europe in the period circa 1430-1650, including but not limited to:

  • literature
  • the history of art and architecture
  • music history
  • philosophy
  • theology
  • politics
  • scientific technologies

The Journal of the Northern Renaissance (JNR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal dedicated to the study of early modern Northern European cultural production. We are particularly interested in studies exploring alternative cultural geographies, challenging existing conceptualizations and periodizations of the Renaissance in the North, and/or establishing continuities and ruptures with earlier and later epochs. Part of our intention, however, in having an open, unthemed issue, is to gauge where the most interesting work is being done and what questions are being asked by scholars working on Northern Renaissance culture across a wide range of disciplines.

Potential contributors are advised to consult the Information page of our website for details of the submissions procedure and style guidelines. We also welcome initial enquiries regarding possible contributions, which can be sent to us at northernrenaissance@gmail.com.

Newnham College, University of Cambridge – Two Junior Fellowships 2014/15

Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Junior Research Fellowships

The purpose of Junior Research Fellowships is to allow highly-talented women (fellowships at Newnham are restricted to women. These appointments comply with legislation on sex discrimination, relying on the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 22, and Article 3 of the College Charter) to pursue their research single-mindedly in a supportive academic environment. Fellowships are normally awarded to women just finishing their PhDs, or those in their first post-doctoral appointment.

Research Fellows are appointed for a period of three years, although many leave sooner if they are successful in gaining faculty appointments in Cambridge or elsewhere. Both selection panels use the concept of “research age” in judging how long a candidate has been active in research, so that time out of research for professional or family reasons will not be a disadvantage.

During their tenure JRFs have no other duties other than to pursue their research, but they may, if they wish, participate in College teaching. They are members of the College Governing Body, and may serve on other College committees.

The Fellowships carry a competitive stipend, plus accommodation in a college set or flat. An additional allowance is paid if the holder chooses to live in non-College accommodation. Fellowships may be also be awarded on a non-stipendiary basis to women who hold another post-doctoral appointment in the University or in a recognised University Partner Institution (UPI). Funds are available to support research costs, such as conference travel: all Research Fellows are also entitled to a one-off sum of up to £10K towards the cost of a research project, or towards running a Newnham-based research event, such as a conference or workshop.

We normally elect two women to Junior Research Fellowships each year, one in the Sciences (including Mathematics, Engineering and Psychology) and one in the Humanities and Social Sciences. However, for 2014/15 one Junior Research Fellowship will be offered in the Sciences, and two in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship subjects are normally offered on a three-year rotation. However, for 2014/15 only, one Fellowship will be offered in the rotational subjects as listed below, and the second will be entirely open as to field within the Humanities and Social Sciences.

2014/15: Classics, Human, Social and Political Sciences (HSPS) (including Archaeology and Anthropology, Politics and International Studies, Social Sciences) Modern and Medieval Languages (including Theoretical and Applied Linguistics), Philosophy, Geography, History and Philosophy of Science.

Applications are currently being accepted, with appointment wef 1st October 2015.
The closing date for applications is Friday 31st October 2014.

Newnham research students in the whole field of the Humanities and Social Sciences are eligible for both Research Fellowships, regardless of the rotational listing.
For further information re: both Humanities Fellowships, and details of how to apply click here.

2015/16: Economics, English, Education, Business & Management, Land Economy, Music, Law.
(Applications will open in late summer 2015, with appointment wef 1 October 2016)

2016/17: History, Architecture, History of Art, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Divinity.
(Applications will open in late summer 2016, with appointment wef 1 October 2017)

ANZAMEMS Conference Panel: Representations of Masculinity Within the Medieval and Early Modern Period – Call For Papers

As a reaction to the implicit masculine gendering of history and literature up until the latter part of the twentieth century, gender-based studies of the medieval and early modern period have tended to focus on representations of femininity at the expense of masculinity. While this approach has been invaluable in exposing the way in which women have been marginalised and effaced across time, it risks obscuring some elements of both the constructed nature of masculinity and of historical representations of masculine/feminine binaries.

This panel seeks to explore the possibilities offered by an explicitly gendered focus on representations of masculinity within the medieval and early modern period. The panel will convene at the ANZAMEMS Tenth Biennial Conference at the University of Queensland on the 14–18 July, 2015: http://anzamems.org/?page_id=7.

Possible topics for papers include but are not limited to:

  • Masculinity and labour
  • Masculinity and race
  • Masculinity and violence
  • Masculinity and physiology
  • Masculinity and domesticity
  • Masculinity and honour
  • Masculinity and sexuality
  • Masculinity and kingship

If you would like to contribute a paper to this panel, please send a 250 word abstract for a 20 minute paper together a brief biography to deborah.seiler@research.uwa.edu.au by the 23 October, 2014. Please put ‘Masculinities Panel’ in the subject line.

Professor Graham Holderness – Early Modern Literature Forum Public Lecture

“Early Modern Literature Forum: The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy”, Professor Graham Holderness (University of Hertfordshire)
Date: Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Time: 4:00pm
Venue: Room 202A, Learning & Innovation Building, University of Queensland

This year will see the publication by Bloomsbury/Methuen Drama of Sulayman Al-Bassam’s The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy, which presents English-language versions of his three Shakespeare adaptations: The Al-Hamlet Summit (Hamlet), An Arab Tragedy (Richard III) and The Speaker’s Progress (Twelfth Night). Graham Holderness reviews the trilogy as a whole, considering the plays as political theatre, ‘arabized’ drama and globalized culture. Of interest to all those concerned with Shakespeare, transnational culture and relations between the West and the Middle East.

Graham Holderness has taught at the universities of Oxford, Swansea, Roehampton and Hertfordshire. Most of his 40 published books focus on Shakespeare, with particular interests in Shakespeare’s history plays, Shakespeare and the media, Shakespeare editing, Shakespeare and contemporary culture and transnational Shakespeare. Recent publications include Shakespeare in Venice (2009) and the innovative new biography Nine Lives of William Shakespeare (Bloomsbury, 2011). Influential publications include: D.H. Lawrence: History, Ideology and Fiction (1982); The Shakespeare Myth (1988); Shakespeare: The Histories (2000); and the trilogy Cultural Shakespeare: Essays in the Shakespeare Myth (2001), Visual Shakespeare: Essays in Film and Television (2002), and Textual Shakespeare: Writing and the Word (2003). Graham Holderness is also a novelist, poet and dramatist. His novel The Prince of Denmark was published in 2001; his poetry collection Craeft received a Poetry Book Society award in 2002; and his play Wholly Writ was recently performed at Shakespeare’s Globe, and by Royal Shakespeare Company actors in Stratford-upon-Avon.

The Early Modern Literature Forum is an opportunity for those working on English and European literature and drama, 1500-1800 (or in related fields, such as history, philosophy, music, or the history of art) to share research and engage in discussion about texts and issues of common interest. Regular fortnightly meetings will take place on Fridays at 4:00pm in Room 202A of the Learning and Innovation Building on the UQ St Lucia campus. For further information contact Ross Knecht (r.knecht@uq.edu.au) or Brandon Chua (b.chua@uq.edu.au).

Richard III: Histories — Transformations — Afterlives – Call For Papers

Richard III: Histories — Transformations — Afterlives
A one-day conference at De Montfort University, Leicester
Trinity House, The Newarke, Leicester
25 March 2015

Coinciding with the interment of King Richard III in Leicester, De Montfort University’s Centre for Textual Studies and Centre for Adaptations are co-hosting a one-day conference called “Richard III: Histories–Transformations–Afterlives”.

20-minute papers are invited on all topics related to:

  • The historical King Richard III
  • Dramatic/fictional Richards onstage and elsewhere
  • The genre of the history play in its own time and after
  • Textual problems in the editions of Shakespeare’s history plays
  • The relationship between history and tragedy then and later
  • How Richard III changes in adaptations
  • History plays and the shifting geographies of England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom and beyond.

Please send proposals for papers comprising titles and abstracts (100-300 words) to Prof Deborah Cartmell (djc@dmu.ac.uk) and Prof Gabriel Egan (gegan@dmu.ac.uk) by 15 January 2015.

The conference day programme and the registration fee include a private guided tour of the newly opened King Richard III Visitor Centre in Leicester city centre, which commemorates the discovery in 2012 of Richard III’s remains, just 200 metres from the De Montfort University campus.