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 …
The conference "Encountering the Other in Early Modern Times: Power, Traditions and Identity Construction" will take place at the First Nations Hotel-Museum of Wendake (Quebec) on June 22. It is a joint initiative by Le Centre d'études de la Première modernité (CIREM16-18) and La Chaire de recherche sur la parole autochtone (CRPA). Have a look at …
In Lyon (France), from June 21st to 23rd, a conference will be held on Laurent Joubert, doctor and writer of the 16th century, heir to Rabelais and author of the Treaty on Laughter and Popular Errors. Claude La Charité will talk about the amazing biography he has devoted to his teacher Guillaume Rondelet, Rabelais' classmate …
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The Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance (CSRS/SCÉR) will be sponsoring up to four panels at the 2019 meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, in Toronto (March 17-19). We invite proposals for individual papers and panels in any topic that falls within our period, from all disciplines. Proposals …
Don Beecher was recognized for 50 years – yes, 50! – of service to the English department. There has never been anyone with such a long record of service at Carleton, so the organizers gave him two 25 year pins because they didn’t have one for 50 years! On vient de souligner les 50 ans …
The RSA Annual Meeting will be held in Toronto in March 2019. Because of Hurricane Maria, which inflicted heavy damage on the island of Puerto Rico in September 2017, we were obliged to reschedule our San Juan conference from 2019 to 2023. Due to the need to find a new location for such a large …
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