What is real and what is fake? And why does it matter? As soon as objects, texts and utterances (be they pragmatic or artistic) become imbued with a sense of authority or authenticity, there is a potential to produce other objects, texts and utterances which mimic and attempt to siphon off that authority and authenticity. …
To nominate a book, see: https://berksconference.org/prizes/ Description of Prizes We invite publishers and authors to submit books published in the year 2018 for consideration for the Berkshire Conference Book Prizes. The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians annually awards two book prizes: ● For a first book that deals substantially with the history of women, gender, …
POSSIBLE TOPICS MIGHT INCLUDE: Social, economic, political, and ecumenical networks; Dissenting Academies and educational networks; Networks of book production and distribution; news networks; Epistolary networks; the circulation of dissenting culture; dissenting readers; Transhistorical networks (the long 18th century, the Victorians, and beyond); Travel and trade related to dissent; itinerant preaching; Transnational networks of dissent; global …
Assistant Professor - Early Modern Literature - 1803795 Job Field: Tenure Stream Faculty / Division: University of Toronto Scarborough Department: UTSC: English Campus: Scarborough Job Posting: Aug 28, 2018 Job Closing: Oct 29, 2018, 11:59pm EST Description: The Department of English at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment in the area of Early Modern Literature. The appointment …
CFP for sessions sponsored by the International Christine de Pizan Society, North American Branch and International Alain Chartier Society/Société internationale Alain Chartier 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 9-12, 2019 1. International Christine de Pizan Society, North American Branch: Female Authority in Word and Image: A Session in Memory of Mary Weitzel Gibbons Landor …
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We invite proposals for 20-minute papers, full sessions, and workshops for the third Shakespearean Theatre Conference, to be held June 20-22, 2019, in Stratford, Ontario. While all approaches to Tudor-Stuart drama are welcome, we especially encourage proposals that respond to our broad theme of “festival and festivity.” How do we understand and perform festive, antic, celebratory, …
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A word from Jen Andrews President of ACCUTE (Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English) ACCUTE, this year, has extended its deadline for member-organized and joint panel proposals to September 1, 2018. I am including the link to joint panels so that they can be shared with your members (https://accute.ca/accute-conference/joint-panels/), if you wouldn’t mind. …
Tudor and Stuart book series Dr Joseph Khoury invites submissions to the Tudor and Stuart book series published by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. The series is designed to provide accessible conservatively modernized editions of English texts in various genres that are not readily available to students and teachers. It currently has four …
The 2019 conference of the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance (CSRS/SCÉR) will be hosted next June by the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC) as a part of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The theme for …
Queens in Waiting: Potential and Prospective Queens, Ambitions and Expectations We are seeking proposals for essays to be included in a proposed volume on ‘Queens in Waiting’ to be submitted to the Queenship and Power series. The collection seeks to explore the processes of becoming or attempting (successfully or not) to become queen through a …
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