Yvan Morin, De l'humain à l'humaniste dans le monde: Le sens de soi, du débat entre Ficin et Pic à Descartes et au XXIe siècle. De Ficin et la Modernité, via De quel Zoroastre à quel Dieu ? et Méditations oniriques, surgit le présent livre. De quel humain est-il question chez Ficin, Pic et Descartes ? …
“AS FOR THE MATTER OF GOVERNMENTS”:MARGARET CAVENDISH AND THE POLITICALThe Fifteenth International Margaret Cavendish SocietyBiennial Conference17–19 June 2026University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) Alongside her trenchant analysis of the best forms of rule and the causes and travails of the English Civil War, Margaret Cavendish offers disclaimers about women’s knowledge of, and involvement …
Department: Department of HistoryOpportunity type: Academic (full-time)Position title: Assistant Professor - Department of HistoryClassification: Assistant professorSupervisor's title: Department HeadPosted date: June 4, 2025Closing date: June 20, 2025Anticipated start date: August 15, 2025 Position description The Department of History at Mount Allison University invites applications for a full-time nine-month sessional position, at the rank of Lecturer …
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Yvan Morin, Méditations oniriques. De la physiologie ficinienne à une émergente raison platonicienne apte à rendre ses idées représentatives, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2025. Dans la suite de Ficin et la Modernité, puis De quel Zoroastre à quel Dieu ?, mes Méditations oniriques partent d’une expérience personnelle, mais sociohistoriquement contextualisée d’où mieux cerner son sens. Elles se …
CFP for the annual meeting of the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group (AMEMG), October 24-25, 2025 Please join us in Moncton (NB) for this year’s conference, co-hosted by the Université de Moncton and Crandall University. A reception and keynote lecture will be held on the evening of October 24 at the Université de Moncton, …
The Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) – the largest association for literary studies in Canada – invites members of The Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance to consider developing and proposing joint panels between our associations to appear on the 2025 ACCUTE conference program. …
Call for papers King’s University College and Western University invite paper proposals for the conference ‘Shakespeare After Werstine: Editing Shakespeare Now’. The conference, to be held May 1-3, 2025, in London, Ontario, will address the most urgent questions of editorial practice facing Shakespeare scholars today. Confirmed speakers include Brandi K. Adams, Alan Galey, Janelle Jenstad, …
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Upcoming holiday concert: the Diapente Book of Carols 2 on November 29th at St. Thomas's Anglican Church in Toronto. This concert is a collection of carols and motets from both the Old and New World telling the Christmas story, and features works by Michael Praetorius, Gaspar Fernandes, Guillaume Bouzignac, and Johann Eccard to name a …
Ficin et la Modernité s’est instauré comme anamnèse dialogique d’une modernité qui se dépasse en se retraçant et ressourçant au gré de la résurgence de ses prémices renaissantes. Ficin inaugure une révolution des savoirs : depuis une conduite morale, émerge une différence ontohénologique faisant s’articuler physique et mathématique jusqu’en métaphysique et théologie, à savoir de l’étant …
The GEMMS research team is very pleased to announce the release of Version 2 of the Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons (GEMMS) The Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons (https://gemms.usask.ca/), is an open-access, group-sourced bibliographic database of manuscript sermons from the British Isles and North America between 1530 and 1715. GEMMS is intended to …
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The 2024 conference of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies (CSRS) was hosted by McGill University (Montreal, Quebec) as a part of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our plenary speakers were Angela Vanhaelen (McGill University), Claude La Charité (Université du Québec à Rimouski), and Anna …
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“Intimacy and Spirituality in the Colonial Imaginary” / « Intimité et spiritualité dans l’imaginaire colonial » Dates: October 4-5, 2024 Location: Pavillon de la culture des peuples autochtones, University of Québec in Chicoutimi Submission deadline for abstracts: June 21, 2024 Conference website: http://www.uqac.ca/crpa/ cfp_2024_rev1Download
Les femmes dans la vie et l’œuvre d’Agrippa d’Aubigné. Appel à contribution pour Albineana 37 (2025), dirigé par Mathilde Bernard, Nadine Kuperty-Tsur et Alicia Viaud Le rapport d’Agrippa d’Aubigné aux femmes n’est pas simple ; l’enfant aegre partus ne doit sa vie qu’à la mort de l’une d’entre elles, ce qui peut expliquer une tendance à la …
Broadside ballads were single-sheet songs that sold for a penny a piece. This website concentrates on over 100 resoundingly successful examples that you can investigate through recordings, images and a wealth of other materials. Whether you are interested in music, art, love, gender, tragedy, politics, family life, crime, history, humour or death, you will find …
Summer Course for the Study of the Arts in Flanders 2024 ‘Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture’ Annually, the Summer Course brings a select group of 18 highly qualified young researchers to Flanders. They are offered an intensive 11-day programme of lectures, discussions, and visits related to a specific art historical period of Flemish art. The Summer …
Yvan Morin, Ficin et la Modernité, S’élancer avec la Terre au Ciel, une si humaine symbolisation, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2024. Date de publication : 11 janvier 2024 Broché - format : 15,5 x 24 cm • 252 pages Langue : français ISBN : 978-2-336-41623-6 EAN13 : 9782336416236 EAN PDF : 9782336416243 Par l’oxymore géokinétisme ficinien, la Terre, mobile par ses parties se serrant autour …
During the transformative era of 1450-1700, European and its reaches experienced a re-naissance of literatures, dramatic arts, philosophy and the new philosophy, linguistics, language studies, translation, music, theology, the fine arts, technologies, and socio-political structures, and developed road maps for a sustainable shared future.Interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity, the hallmarks of Renaissance studies, have been constants in …
The 2024 conference of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance (CSRS/SCÉR) will be held in person at McGill University from 13-15 June as a part of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The theme for this year’s …
ART English & Film Studies Competition No. - A107351800Closing Date - Jan 11, 2024 This position is a part of the Association of the Academic Staff of the University of Alberta (AASUA). Location - North Campus Edmonton. This role is in person. Position Summary The Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta invites applications for a tenure-track appointment …
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Thursday, 8 February, to Saturday, 10 February 2024 at the Lod and Carol Cook Conference Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Individual papers on any aspect of Donne’s life and work are welcome. During this decade of centennials, we also welcome papers on other 17th–century metaphysical poets, especially Herbert, Vaughan, Crashaw, and Marvell and on …
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The journal Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Réforme is currently seeking articles as well as proposals for special or thematic issues. Renaissance and Reformation is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, bilingual journal that publishes quarterly. It publishes articles and reviews on all aspects of the Early Modern world: literature, geography, history, religion, art, music, society, and economics. It …
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🐣 Italian Language Courses - ALL LEVELS – July 17 till September 23:⭐ BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED📌 10 weeks long; class meets once a week for 2 hours (total of 22 hours of instruction).💸 Fee is $250 CAD (taxes included). Dante Society's 2023 members have a 10% discount and non-members have a 5% discount for …
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La prochaine session du séminaire virtuel international de la FISIER ReNoV/ReNeWThe next session of FISIER's virtual international seminar ReNoV / ReNeW Histoire du livreBook History aura lieu le mercredi 28 juin 2023 | will take place on Wednesday, June 28, 2023à 10h-13h (New York) / 15h-18h (Londres) / 16h-19h (Paris) / 23h-02h (Tokyo)at 10am-1pm (NY) / 3-6pm (London) / 4-7pm (Paris) …
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The Thirteenth International Milton Symposium will be held at the University of Toronto, Canada, 10-14 July 2023. The Symposium looks forward to welcoming scholars from across the world for five days of lively discussion and convivial exchanges. Plenary Speakers at a Glance Feisal Mohamed, Yale UniversityLycidas and the Maritime Policy of Charles IMonday 11:15 David Quint, …
As reported by Margaret Reeves (University of British Columbia) and Louise Frappier (Université d’Ottawa) in “Une brève histoire de la Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance / A Brief History of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies” https://csrs-scer.com/history-histoire/ the idea of forming the association that would become the CSRS/SCÉR originated with les seiziémistes. This group …
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31 May 2023, 12:00AM - 11:59PM Papers deadline: 31 May 2023 Conference: Warburg Institute, 12–13 October 2023 CALL FOR PAPERS Space in Time is a forum for new work in the long and global cultural history of the space beyond Earth, from the ancient heavens to modern outer space. While space history is a vibrant field of study, …
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Véronique Ferrer, Eugenio Refini, Luc Vaillancourt Hermann La Republique Des Lettres 22 Février 2023 La question du sujet n'en finit pas d'alimenter les plumes des historiens, des philosophes et des littéraires. Si l'on n'affirme plus vraiment que l'individu est l'une des réalisations majeures de la Renaissance européenne, les études les plus récentes persistent à interroger les moyens d'expression d'une …
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The 2023 conference of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance (CSRS/SCÉR) will be held in person (exclusively) at York University from May 27 to May 29, as a part of the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The theme for this year’s Congress is “Reckonings and Re-Imaginings.” …
La prochaine session du séminaire virtuel international de la FISIER ReNoV/ReNeWThe next session of FISIER's virtual international seminar ReNoV / ReNeW Renaissance et bande dessinéeRenaissance and comics aura lieu le vendredi 3 février 2023 | will take place on Friday, February 3, 2023 à 7h-10h (New York) / 12h-15h (Londres) / 13h-16h (Paris) / 21h-00h (Tokyo) / 23h-02h (Sydney)at 7am-10pm (NY) / 12-3pm …
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The Sistine Chapel: History of a Masterpiece By Antonio Forcellino Translated by Lucinda Byatt About the Book In this book, the art historian and restorer Antonio Forcellino tells the remarkable story of the Sistine Chapel, bringing his unique combination of knowledge and skills to bear on the conditions that led to its creation. Forcellino shows …
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Séminaire Virtuel Interdisciplinaire | Virtual Interdisciplinary Seminar | 2021-22 7e séance | 7th session Dominations culturelles Cultural dominations vendredi 9 décembre 2022 | Friday, December 9, 2022 à 9h-12h (New York) / 14h-17h (Londres) / 15h-18h (Paris) / 22h-01h (Tokyo) / 23h-02h (Sydney)at 9am-12pm (NY) / 2-5pm (London) / 3-6pm (Paris) / 10pm-1am (Tokyo) / 11pm-2am (Sydney) MARY NYQUIST (University of …
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Editors: Dijana O. Apostolski (McGill University) and Aaron White (Mississippi State University)Framing whiteness as a sensorial quality connate with ethical, aesthetic, epistemological, and ontological hierarchies, this edited volume will examine how the category of whiteness shaped architectural theories and practices across periods, peoples, and geographies. What was architecture’s role in race-making, constructions of whiteness, and …
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Société Ontarienne des Chercheurs et Chercheuses en Ancien Régime de l’Ontario,Université de Waterloo12 mai 2023Organisation : Nicolas Hebbinckuys et Guy Poirier (Université de Waterloo)Migration(s) et déplacement(s) sous l’Ancien Régime Si les thématiques en lien avec la notion de migration(s) sont bien présentes dans la littérature contemporaine d’expression française, elles n’apparaissent que plus rarement dans les …
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(Deadline extended to July 31 2022!) The Thirteenth International Milton Symposium will be held at the University of Toronto, Canada, 10-14 July 2023. The Symposium welcomes scholars from across the world for five days of lively discussion and convivial exchanges. Plenary speakers Achsah GuibboryLorna HutsonNicholas McDowellFeisal MohamedSu Fang NgDavid Quint The IMS Program Committee invites proposals for …
Cures for Chance: Adoptive Relations in Shakespeare and Middleton By Erin Ellerbeck Published: December 2021© 2021PRODUCT DETAILSImprint: University of Toronto PressPage Count: 184 PagesDimensions: 6.25 x 9.25World Rights Adoption allows families to modify, either overtly or covertly, what is considered to be the natural order. Cures for Chance explores how early modern English theatre questioned the inevitability of the biological …
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A call for papers for the 65th annual conference of thePacific Northwest Renaissance SocietyBanff Park Lodge Resort, Banff, AlbertaSeptember 15 to 18, 2022 Plenary Speakers Professor Mary Floyd-Wilson, UNC Chapel Hill Professor Janelle Jenstad, The University of Victoria We welcome proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, or other formats for in-person presentations.Topics may, but need not, …
La collection Latomus publie depuis 1939 des volumes consacrés aux différentes disciplines qui composent les études latines : littérature, histoire, linguistique, épigraphie, archéologie, éditions et commentaires de textes. Elle atteint à présent son volume 365. Cette forme d’anniversaire nous amène à entamer un nouveau cycle. Aujourd’hui, nous fondons à l’intérieur de notre grande série une …
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La prochaine session du séminaire virtuel international de la FISIER ReNoV/ReNeWThe next session of FISIER's virtual international seminar ReNoV / ReNeW "Études sur les femmes""Women's Studies" aura lieu le vendredi 4 février 2022 | will take place on Friday, February 4, 2022 à 10h-13h (NY) / 15h-18h (Londres) / 16h-19h (Paris) / 23h-02h (Tokyo) / 24h-03h (Sydney)at 10am-1pm (NY) / 3-6pm …
2021 Presentations Now Available; 2022 Proposals Soon Due Happy New Year! After the cancellation of the London Congress in 2020, last year’s virtual conference was a welcome opportunity to hear what our Canadian colleagues have been doing during the pandemic, to exchange ideas, and to renew our commitment to the shared project of Renaissance Studies …
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The 2022 conference of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance (CSRS/SCÉR) will be held online from May 12 to May 14, as a part of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The theme for this year’s Congress …
Durham University IMEMS Press, a partnership between the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University and Boydell & Brewer, is pleased to invite book proposals for the following series. Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800 focusses on various aspects of Catholicism as it grew to become a global movement and brings together work from a range …
La prochaine session du séminaire virtuel international de la FISIER ReNoV/ReNeWThe next session of FISIER's virtual international seminar ReNoV / ReNeW"Continuités historiques""Historical continuities"aura lieu le samedi 11 décembre | will take place on Saturday, December 11th à 9h-12h (NY) / 14h-17h (Londres) / 15h-18h (Paris) / 22h-01h (Tokyo) / 23h-02h (Sydney) at 9am-12pm (NY) / 2-5pm (London) / 3-6pm (Paris) / …
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Polaris now welcomes submissions of 750-3000 words on all aspects of cultural practice in Northern Europe from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Polaris is the sister publication of the Journal of the Northern Renaissance and its hub for short-form scholarship, notes and queries, research spotlights, and other more informal academic contributions. The Polaris supports Open …
We are soliciting abstracts for 5,000-6,000-word papers to be included in an edited collection entitled Early Modern Asexualities. We invite people to propose papers that draw on the insights of asexuality studies to investigate early modern English literature and culture. Essays might explore how an understanding of asexuality and aromanticism can complicate and complement historical …
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The Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance (CSRS/SCÉR) can sponsor up to four panels at the 2022 meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, in Dublin (March 30-April 2). We invite proposals for individual papers and especially for panels in any topic that falls within our period, from all …
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Dear participants of Congress 2021, chers participant.e.s du Congrès 2021, Thanks to you, this year’s Congress was a big success. So how could it get any better? Grâce à vous, le Congrès de cette année a été un franc succès. Alors, vous vous demandez sans doute « comment l’expérience pourrait-elle être meilleure encore? » As you probably …
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L'Association des littératures canadienne et québécoise a décerné, lors de son colloque annuel, le prix Gabrielle-Roy 2020 à la publication Le défi de la fragilité. Autour des essais de François Paré (Ottawa, Les Éditions David, 2020), ouvrage dirigé par Tara Collington, Élise Lepage et Guy Poirier. Ce prix récompense chaque année le meilleur ouvrage de …
The Department of French at Dalhousie University invites applications from junior academics for a 50% Limited Term Appointment (10-month term) at the Assistant Professor level in the area of Medieval and Early Modern French Literature, effective August 1, 2021. This position is subject to budgetary approval.All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and …
Tangence n° 123 / Huronie représentée : mythologies et appropriations 2020 Numéro préparé par Maxime Prévost (Université d’Ottawa) et Luc Vaillancourt (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi) Table des matières LiminaireMaxime Prévost et Luc Vaillancourt « Quand je sçauray parler Huron » : l’ambition linguistique des JésuitesLuc Vaillancourt Des débats sur la religion en Huronie. Quand les …
The meeting takes place February 12, 2021 at the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies at the University of Toronto. Venue: Zoom virtual meetings. This conference represents the inaugural meeting of the Canadian Association of Neo-Latin Studies/Association canadienne d’études néo-latines. The bilingual nature of this gathering reflects the significant contributions Canadian researchers have made in …
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