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CONFERENCES / COLLOQUES
RETHINKING EARLY MODERNITY: METHODOLOGICAL AND CRITICAL
INNOVATION SINCE THE RITUAL TURN
A conference that is part of the CRRS’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
26-27 June 2014 – Toronto, Canada
The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary
with a conference in honour of Edward Muir, whose innovative studies of Venetian politics and
culture helped to establish cultural anthropology and ritual as major analytical frameworks for
scholarship on early modern European history. Building from Muir’s contribution to the field,
the conference hopes to focus on the significance of the methodological changes that have
characterized early modern research in history, literature and art history over the last thirty years
and to reflect upon how these changes have affected our understanding of the importance of the
period.
Speakers include:
• Natalie Zemon Davis on ‘early modern’ as a category of analysis.
• Patricia Fortini Brown on ritual in Venice’s ceremonial empire.
• Richard Kagan on revenge and ritual in early modern Iberia.
• Susan Karant-Nunn on emotion rituals in Early Modern Germany.
For a full list of the distinguished speakers, click here.
For further information, please contact the Conference organizers, Mark Jurdjevic and
Rolf Strom-Olsen at [email protected].
CALLS FOR PAPERS / APPELS DE COMMUNICATIONS
"RETHINKING EARLY MODERN COLLEGIALITIES"
A conference in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Toronto Renaissance
and Reformation Colloquium (1964-2014).
Toronto, Saturday 8 November 2014.
Deadline for submission: Sunday, 5 January 2014.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1964,* *the Toronto Renaissance and
Reformation Colloquium will hold a one-day conference on Saturday, 8 November 2014 in
Toronto. The theme is "Collegialities", at once the Colloquium's founding principle and an
important aspect of early modern societies and cultures. In the spirit of collegiality, you are
invited to submit proposals for our program.
2 We aim to gather collegial contributions across many disciplines and generations of scholars and
to engage innovative ways to study and represent the early modern world (1350-1700). To secure
wide participation and to stimulate fresh discussion, the conference will feature roundtables.
At each roundtable, several presenters will give short 10 minutes (5 pp. d.sp.) talks aimed at
ideas and hypotheses as much as detailed research results; the talks will be followed by full
discussion among the panelists and the audience.
Papers may examine history, politics, philosophy, science, literature, art, and music during the
Renaissance and Reformation in Europe and its global encounters. Some possible themes for the
roundtables are:
- community building and collaboration in workshops, academies, confraternities, households,
courts
- knowledge dissemination in the scholarly, scientific, religious, political, or business worlds
- advancing reform, innovation, renewal through group dynamics
- rivalries and competition
- acquiring and deploying social capital
- patronage and collegiality across hierarchies
- roles for digital media in enriching communities of scholarship about the early modern world
Presentations are to be 10 minutes in length (5 pp. double space), maximum.
Proposals should include:
- the name of the speaker
- the speaker's academic affiliation (or "independent scholar", as applicable)
- the title of the presentation
- a 150 words abstract
- full contact information for the speaker (name, address, telephone, email)
- the speaker's one-page CV.
In the case of complete roundtable proposals, this information is to be repeated for each presenter.
Proposals should be emailed to both conference organizers:
Prof. Elizabeth Cohen at [email protected]
Prof. Konrad Eisenbichler at [email protected]
For further information, please contact either one of the conference organizers.
For further information on the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium, visit its web
site at: http://www.itergateway.org/trrc/
LA FAUTE DE GOÛT DANS L’ESTHÉTIQUE RENAISSANTE ET CLASSIQUE :
« VICES DE STYLE », «MAUVAISE GRÂCE » ET « SENTIMENT DU LAID » (XVIEXVIIIE SIÈCLE)
Paris, 5-7 juin 2014
Date limite : 15 janvier 2014
Institut Universitaire de France, Université Stendhal-Grenoble 3 (RARE), Université de
Valenciennes (Calhiste), Université Paris-Sorbonne (CELLF 17-18)
3 Contre la philosophie esthétique kantienne, la sociologie contemporaine a pu affirmer, avec
Pierre Bourdieu, que juger en matière de goût, c’était d’abord exclure et condamner. De fait, les
textes critiques du XVIIe siècle proposent non seulement les règles à suivre mais aussi une
description de ce qu’il faut fuir : le « faux brillant », le rude, le froid, le décousu, l’impur, le
puéril, l’enflé, le hasardé, l’inégal, le barbare… C’est à cette approche de l’esthétique classique
par sa « part maudite » que veut convier ce colloque. En quoi une démarche apophatique peutelle permettre un nouvel éclairage de cette esthétique, depuis sa préhistoire à la Renaissance
jusqu’à son triomphe et sa remise en question à l’âge des Lumières ? En quoi pareille démarche
peut-elle même révéler l’impensé de l’esthétique classique et mettre au jour l’imaginaire sur
lequel se construit le jugement esthétique ?
1. Dire la faute de goût : le vocabulaire critique
La terminologie apparaît indissociable des cadres de l’expérience esthétique, et Michael
Baxandall, dans Giotto and the Orators, a montré comment les discussions de lexicographie
latine des humanistes de la Renaissance italienne constituaient une réflexion sur la pensée de
l’art. Il s’agirait alors de proposer une étude de la terminologie critique dans les jugements
négatifs, à travers les dictionnaires de l’époque (une simple recherche « plein texte » dans une
version électronique du dictionnaire de Furetière des occurrences du mot style livre la liste des
épithètes associées à ce mot), à partir des œuvres d’auteur particulier (Hugh M. Davidson et
Hélène Baby ont pu étudier le lexique critique de l’abbé d’Aubignac, Jean Jehasse et Bernard
Beugnot celui de Guez de Balzac par exemple) ou en ébauchant une synthèse, comme avait pu
déjà chercher à le faire, en 1957, l’article pionner de Noémi Hepp, « Esquisse du vocabulaire de
la critique littéraire de la querelle du Cid à la querelle d’Homère ».
Le lexique français devra être comparé aux lexiques des langues « rivales » que sont l’italien et
l’espagnol, mais aussi et surtout aux lexiques grec et latin en usage dans la critique rhétorique et
littéraire de la France d’Ancien Régime. Un point de départ pour ce travail pourra être les index
de L’âge de l’éloquence de Marc Fumaroli et du Handbuch der literarischen Rhetorik de
Heinrich Lausberg (ouvrage qui comporte un index français), qui montrent tout ce que le lexique
du jugement esthétique négatif doit à la tradition poétique, rhétorique et morale : description par
la rhétorique des « vices de style » (vitia elocutionis) dans l’elocutio, constructions défectueuses
ou « monstrueuses » dans la dispositio, attitudes malséantes, outrecuidantes ou viles dans les
mores. On cherchera à voir ce que devient la tradition antique dans les traités modernes de
rhétorique et de poétique. Tout le lexique est-il réductible à cette tradition ancienne ? À quel
enrichissement terminologique procède la période moderne et cet enrichissement est-il
caractéristique du XVIIIesiècle, comme l’affirmait F. Brunot dans son Histoire de la langue
française ?
2. Penser la faute de goût : l’imaginaire de l’âge classique
Comment la faute de goût est-elle pensée ? Existe-t-il une théorie classique, au moins implicite,
de ce qui a « mauvaise grâce » (Bouhours) ? Les mécanismes de cette pensée restent à décrire.
La faute de goût est-elle nécessairement l’envers de ce qui est bon, de ce qui convient ? Si
certains textes semblent privilégier une approche binaire, à la manière des traités de rhétorique
caractérisant les styles « ratés » (grand/froid, simple/aride…), d’autres en revanche cultivent une
approche ternaire par le « milieu » aristotélicien, qui permet de penser la faute de goût comme un
manque ou un excès.
4 Par ailleurs, dans l’imaginaire classique, une grande importance est donnée à des figures
récurrentes qui fonctionnent comme autant de contre-modèles. Voulant donner une idée de la
bonne actio, la Rhétorique à Herennius demandait qu’on refuse l’afféterie et le laisser-aller qui
feraient passer l’orateur pour un histrion ou un ouvrier (III, 26). Entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe siècle,
l’enfant, la femme, l’homme efféminé, le sauvage, le pédant, le soldat grossier, le sophiste, le
gascon, etc. sont quelques-uns des nombreux « personnages théoriques » qui reviennent dans les
textes pour désigner les marges du classicisme (Peter France, Politeness and its Discontents :
Problems in French Classical Culture) et articuler la théorie esthétique à un imaginaire des âges
de la vie, des identités sexuelles, des états et des nations. Il serait aussi possible d’interroger les
liens qu’entretiennent ces repoussoirs avec la pensée naissante du style dans son sens moderne,
non comme genus dicendi mais comme « style d’auteur », et d’étudier si des vices de style
peuvent devenir des traits d’auteur.
Enfin, le vocabulaire du jugement esthétique négatif recourt amplement à la métaphore, et en
particulier aux métaphores des sensations. Malgré la « hiérarchie des sens » (Lucien Febvre) sont
mobilisés, pour penser la faute de goût, le goût évidemment, mais aussi le toucher (« dur », «
froid »), la vue (style « bariolé », « incolore »), l’ouïe même (« bruyant »). La pensée esthétique
est donc indissociable d’une réflexion sur la « logique des qualités sensibles » (Cl. Lévi-Strauss).
Elle invite aussi à s’interroger sur le caractère transversal de certaines notions, appliquées aussi
bien dans différentes pratiques de vie (cuisine, habillement, jeu, etc.) que dans la création
littéraire.
3. Utiliser la faute de goût comme principe poétique
Certains genres consistent à rechercher sciemment ce qui est condamné comme déplaisant,
odieux ou ridicule. Cette esthétique de la malséance et de la laideur est fondamentale dans le «
satyrique », dans le burlesque et, plus généralement, dans le comique, où même galimatias et
équivoque deviennent des agréments. Au-delà du seul rire, les jeux avec la faute de goût
apparaissent parfois comme le ressort inattendu de certaines créations de l’âge classique.
Malherbe selon la légende et Alceste dans la pièce de Molière vantent la poésie populaire et
archaïque. Racine, pour faire parler l’enfant Joad et le prophète Joas, met respectivement le
puéril et le propos « sans suite » au service du sublime. Perrault attribue ses contes à la plume de
son jeune fils. L’œuvre de « Maître Adam, menuisier de Nevers » témoigne d’un goût pour l’art
naïf, bien avant le Douanier Rousseau. Se donne peut-être déjà à voir, bien avant la fin du
XIXesiècle, un goût pour le primitivisme. La faute de goût a autant partie liée avec le bas
comique qu’avec le sublime des origines.
Modalités
Les propositions de communication sont à envoyer simultanément aux deux organisateurs avant
le 15 janvier 2014 : [email protected] et [email protected]
Organisation : Carine Barbafieri (Université de Valenciennes-Institut Universitaire de France)
et Jean-Yves Vialleton (Université Stendhal-Grenoble 3)
Comité scientifique : Emmanuel Bury (Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines),
Delphine Denis (Université Paris-Sorbonne), Françoise Douay-Soublin (Université Sorbonne
Nouvelle-Paris 3), Georges Forestier (Université Paris-Sorbonne), Perrine Galand (Ecole
5 Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Alain Génetiot (Université de Lorraine), Francis Goyet (Université
Stendhal-Grenoble 3), Jacqueline Lichtenstein (Université Paris-Sorbonne).
THE ART OF READING IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
28-31 August 2014, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Keynote Address: Professor Henry Woudhuysen, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2014
Convener: <mailto:[email protected]> professor David Scott-Macnab <mailto:[email protected]>
The 22nd Biennial Conference of the Southern African Society for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies will be held at Mont Fleur, Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 28-31 August 2014. The
conference theme is 'The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages and Renaissance'. In an effort to
facilitate a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary conversation, we encourage scholars working in any
discipline to submit abstracts addressing this theme.
For information about previous conferences and the conference venue, please go to the
http://sasmars21stbiennialconference.blogspot.com/.
SOCIOPOÉTIQUE DU COSTUME: COSTUMES, HABITS ET ACCESSSOIRES,
ENTRE VIE SOCIALE ET FICTION DANS LA FRANCE DE L'ÂGE CLASSIQUE
(XVII-XVIIIE S.)
CELIS (Université Blaise Pascal), CALHISTE (Université de Valenciennes) et Institut
Universitaire de France
Moulins (Allier), Centre National du Costume de Scène,
jeudi 4, vendredi 5 et samedi 6 septembre 2014
Date limite : 15 janvier 2014
Observer le vêtement, tel qu’on le porte dans la société et tel qu’on le représente dans les textes
de fiction, constitue un excellent observatoire pour comprendre la France d’Ancien Régime dans
sa mythologie et son imaginaire poétiques. Historiquement, le XVIIe siècle invente la haute
couture et le Mercure Galant, fondé en 1672, apparaît comme le premier journal qui accorde une
place à la mode. Au XVIIIe siècle se crée un corpus textuel et graphique exemplaire en ce
domaine, puisque les peintures et les gravures vestimentaires, les recueils de costumes français
se multiplient, tandis que le vêtement tient une place de premier ordre dans l’Encyclopédie de
Diderot et d’Alembert. Entre le début du XVIIe et la fin du XVIIIe, le vêtement et la parure
prennent une nouvelle signification pour les hommes et les femmes de la bonne société : plus que
jamais, le vêtement tient un plein discours sur celui qui le porte et la manière dont il prétend
prendre place dans la société. Bien plus, la mode est présentée dès le début du XVIIe siècle
comme un principe de lecture du monde, en France tout particulièrement puisque les
contemporains de Louis XIII conçoivent la mode comme un trait spécifique du caractère national,
comme en témoignent le Discours nouveau sur la mode attribué à Vigier (1613) ou encore La
Modede Grenaille (1642), qui propose une description générale du siècle, dans ses coutumes et
6 sa manière de vivre autant que dans son aspect changeant, selon le moment ou le lieu. La
"querelle de la mode", qui sévit dès le règne de Louis XIII et jusqu’à la Révolution française,
oppose désormais deux clans. L’opposition conservatrice refuse la confusion des rangs et le luxe,
tout comme, sur ce dernier point, la critique bourgeoise qui souligne l’austérité nécessaire au
développement du capital. À l’inverse, les défenseurs de la mode mettent en avant que celle-ci
est un principe de savoir-vivre en société et le moyen d’une harmonie au sein du groupe. Le
vêtement et la parure constituent désormais un enjeu social et esthétique de premier plan.
On pourra s’interroger dès lors
- sur la langue du XVIIe siècle et le rapport qu’elle entretient avec les métaphores vestimentaires,
particulièrement nombreuses et parfois obscènes (« la petite oie » par exemple) ; sur l’usage des
proverbes contenant des références aux vêtements et leur emploi badin au XVIIe siècle.
- sur la proximité, établie à l’époque, entre style littéraire et style vestimentaire. Le négligé par
exemple peut revêtir une acception positive et les qualités mises en avant (grâce,
naturel,sprezzatura etc.) concernent aussi bien l’art de parler que celui de s’habiller.
- sur le costume de théâtre, souvent pour l’actrice ancien vêtement de ville devenu habit de
fiction. Le cas du mouchoir par exemple se révèle très intéressant : élément du costume féminin
de l’aristocratie, il devient ensuite, dans la deuxième moitié du XVIIe siècle, un pur accessoire
emblématique de Melpomène au théâtre. On s’interrogera aussi sur les représentations des
costumes antiques à l’âge classique.
- au sein de la fiction, sur le vêtement dans son rapport avec les mœurs : que dit le vêtement du
personnage littéraire et, en matière de tissus, les usages des personnages reflètent-ils peu ou
proue les usages sociaux ou faut-il convenir de l’existence de mœurs vestimentaires de fiction ?
Quelles sont-elles ? Comment s’habillent le bourgeois, le provincial, le parvenu des comédies,
des satires et des romans comiques ? Dans quelle mesure Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Georges
Dandin etMonsieur de Pourceaugnac reprennent-ils des figures popularisées de la mythologie
anti-bourgeoise ? Pourquoi le chat botté de Perrault, en portant des bottes, est-il vêtu comme un
homme des années 1620-1630, comme le grand-père des lecteurs ?
- le rapport entre vêtement et frivolité : l’éloge du vêtement d’intérieur, comme celui de sa vieille
robe de chambre par Diderot, relève-t-il nécessairement du genre de l’éloge paradoxal ?
Finalement, dans le cadre d’une sociopoétique, on verra comment les représentations sociales du
vestimentaire font le jeu des poétiques.
Organisation : Alain MONTANDON et Carine BARBAFIERI
Les propositions doivent contenir le titre de la communication, un résumé d’une vingtaine de
lignes et une petite biobibliographie de 5 à 10 lignes de présentation. Elles doivent être
adressées avant le 15 janvier 2014 à: [email protected] et
[email protected]
La durée de chaque communication ne doit pas excéder 20 minutes, la version écrite destinée à la
publication pouvant être plus longue.
7 Le colloque international se déroule en langue française au Centre National du Costume de
Scène. Le séjour (hébergement et repas) est entièrement pris en charge, mais non les
déplacements.
EARLY MODERN WOMEN, RELIGION, AND THE BODY
22-23 July 2014, Loughborough University
Date limite : 31 janvier 2014
Plenary speakers: Professor Mary Fissell (Johns Hopkins) and Dr Katharine Hodgkin (University
of East London)
With public lecture by Alison Weir (evening of 22 July, Martin Hall Theatre): ‘“The Prince
expected in due season”: The Queen’s First Duty’
This two-day conference will explore the response of early modern texts to the relationship
between religion and female bodily health. Scholars have long observed that understandings of
the flesh and the spirit were inextricably intertwined in the early modern period, and that
women’s writings or writings about women often explored this complex relationship. For
instance, how did early modern women understand pain, illness, and health in a religious
framework, and was this different to the understanding of those around them? Did women
believe that their bodies were sinful? And were male and female religious experiences different
because they took place in different bodies?
We invite proposals that address the relationship between religion and health, and the spirit and
flesh, with a focus on female experience in any genre in print or manuscript. Genres might
include medical, literary, religious, autobiographical, instructive, and rhetorical writings.
Topics might include, but are not limited to
Methods of recording or maintaining bodily and spiritual health
The
function
of
religion/faith
in
physiological
changes
(e.g.
pregnancy/childbirth/nursing/menstruation)
Illness, providence, and interpretation
Suffering as part of religious experience and conversion
Spiritual melancholy, madness, demonic possession, or witchcraft
The physical effects of prophesising/preaching
Chastity and religious life
Spiritual and physical births/reproductive tropes
Ensoulment and pregnancy
The miraculous or martyred female body
The body and sin
Uses of the Bible in medical treatises
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers, complete panels, or roundtable discussions.
Suggestions for discussions on pedagogical approaches to teaching the above topics are also
welcome.
8 Please send abstracts of 300 words for 20-minute papers, or longer proposals for panels or
roundtables, to Rachel Adcock, Sara Read, and Anna Warzycha at [email protected] by
31st January 2014.
LA MONDIALISATION DE LA PREMIÈRE MODERNITÉ
Sixteenth-Century Society and Conference
Section Littérature française La Nouvelle-Orléans, 16-19 octobre 2014
Date limite : 31 janvier 2014
S’inspirant de la tradition multiculturelle de la Nouvelle-Orléans, la section « Littérature
française » de la SCSC invite des propositions de communications concernant tout aspect de
l’expérience française et européenne face à la mondialisation de la première modernité. Nous
souhaitons des sujets portant sur les contacts entre les Européens et les peuples extra-européens
(par exemple la diplomatie, la guerre, la captivité, le commerce, la conversion), sur la
transmission du savoir provenant de telles rencontres, et sur la représentation des lieux hybrides
comme les villes portuaires ou les îles. Les propositions s’inscrivant dans le champ des études
postcoloniales, méditerranéennes ou atlantiques, entre autres, sont bienvenues. En fonction du
nombre des propositions, nous organiserons plusieurs séances, y compris au moins une séance
comparatiste avec des sujets tirés de littératures nationales différentes. Les propositions (300
mots), comprenant CV abrégé et coordonnées, doivent être envoyées à l’adresse
[email protected] avant le 31 janvier 2014.
EARLY MODERN GLOBALIZATION
In the spirit of the crossroads of cultures that is New Orleans, the French Literature section of the
SCSC solicits proposals for papers on any aspect of the French and European experience of early
modern globalization. Topics might include contacts between Europeans and extra-European
peoples (e.g. diplomacy, warfare, captivity, trade, conversion), the transmission of knowledge
about such encounters, and the representation of hybrid spaces such as port cities or islands.
Critical engagements with post-colonial, Mediterranean or Atlantic studies, among other
approaches, are welcome. Depending upon interest, we will organize a series of panels,
including at least one comparative session with topics drawn from different national literatures.
Please send a 300-word abstract with a short CV and contact information to
[email protected] by January 31, 2014.
Comité d’organisation : Marcus Keller (University of Illinois), Michael Meere (King’s College
London), Toby Wikström (Tulane University)
Responsable : Toby Wikström, Marcus Keller et Michael Meere
Url de référence : http://www.sixteenthcentury.org/
THE SIXTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR NEO-LATIN STUDIES
9 Vienna, Austria
2-7 August 2015
Date limite : 31 mars 2014
The Sixteenth International Congress of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies is
being sponsored by the IANLS and the University of Vienna. The congress will take place from
2 to 7 August 2015 in Vienna, Austria. It will start in Vienna with registration on Sunday
evening (2 August) and will formally close with the conference dinner on Friday evening (7
August), with an excursion on the following day.
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS
The theme of the Congress will be “Contextus Neolatini: Neo-Latin in local, trans-regional and
worldwide contexts (Neulatein im lokalen, transregionalen und weltweiten Kontext)”. Papers on
this theme (in Latin, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish) or on other aspects of NeoLatin Studies are welcome. We especially welcome abstracts on: Neo-Latin and its relations to
the vernacular; Neo-Latin as it appears in disciplines other than ‘literature’ (belles lettres); NeoLatin and pedagogics; and digital projects. We especially encourage members to submit
proposals for papers in these areas.
Abstracts between 150 words minimum and 200 words maximum in length should be submitted
to Prof. Dr. Franz Römer. Abstracts sent as WORD e-mail attachments
([email protected]) are preferred, but submissions sent by post (Prof. Dr. Franz Römer,
Institut für Klassische Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein, Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche
Fakultät, Universität Wien, Universitätsring 1, A-1010 Wien, Österreich) will also be accepted.
E-mails must arrive no later than 31 March 2014. Abstracts sent by post must bear a date stamp
of no later than 31 March 2014. Abstracts sent after that date will not be accepted. Only papers
dealing with Neo-Latin subjects will be considered. The guidelines for abstracts may be
downloaded from the website of IANLS (www.ianls.com). You will also find the abstract
guidelines at the end of this communication. The Executive Committee is responsible for
accepting or rejecting papers and will inform the proposers by 15 October 2014.
The Organizing Committee will also welcome proposals for special sessions. Such sessions can
focus either on the special theme of the congress or on any subject relating to Neo-Latin Studies.
We want to encourage members to propose special sessions on method, on how one does
research in Neo-Latin. Each session must have a clearly stated theme. Proposers are responsible
for organizing their sessions. The deadline for detailed proposals is also 31 March 2014. The
guidelines for proposals for special sessions may be obtained in the same way as the guidelines
for abstracts.
Scholars proposing papers or organizing and participating in special sessions must be paid-up
members of the IANLS when they make their proposal, i.e. before 31 March 2014. Those
interested in submitting papers or proposing sessions who are not IANLS members should
contact the secretary (see also www.ianls.com > Membership > How to join the IANLS).
Scholars are advised that the delivery time for each paper must not exceed 20 minutes.
Furthermore, papers delivered at an international congress should be read slowly and clearly in
order to be intelligible to an international audience. In practice, this means that papers should be
c. 2,000 words or 10,400 characters.
10 The Organizing Committee also welcomes proposals for posters about research projects. Posters
offer information in visual form and will be on exhibit for most of the congress. At a certain
point, an hour will be left free of other activities so that the authors of posters can be present and
answer questions onlookers may want to ask. The guidelines for proposals for posters may be
obtained in the same way as the guidelines for abstracts.
The Executive Committee and the Organizing Committee are exploring the possibility of
awarding a limited number of travel grants for doctoral and early career researchers (PhD + 3
years) to cover a proportion of the conference expenses. Details will be posted on the IANLS
website www.ianls.com and on the conference website http://ianls-vienna2015.univie.ac.at. In
case of interest please indicate it together with sending your abstract and give a brief outline why
you think to be the right candidate for a travel grant.
Responsable : International Association for Neo-Latin Studies
Url de référence : http://www.ianls.com/index2.html?top0.html&0:home.html&2
Adresse : Prof. Dr. Franz Römer, Institut für Klassische Philologie, Mittel- und Neulatein,
Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien, Universitätsring 1, A-1010
Wien, Österreich
PRACTICING PUBLIC HEALTH: EUROPE, 1300-1700
A Conference organized by John Henderson and G. Geltner Sponsored by the Medici Archive
Project and Villa I Tatti, The Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies Florence,12 June 2014
Deadline : 15 February 2014
Keynote Speaker: Carole Rawcliffe (University of East Anglia)
Against tenacious misconceptions, pre-modern cities in and beyond Italy are finally beginning to
shed their reputation as demographic black holes. The revised view of earlier cities’ relative
salubriousness, however, is mostly grounded in medical treatises and statutes, sometimes at the
expense of documents and instruments of practice. The goal of this conference is to examine new
kinds of evidence and demonstrate that the feasibility and popularity of health interventions can
be gauged on the basis of additional sources and new methodologies. Criminal court documents,
for instance, reveal the extent to which devised plans were ignored and pertinent regulations
violated. City council protocols help to establish the scale of resources (human, financial,
administrative) allocated to incentivize participation and to ensure a modicum of cooperation.
Material culture, from archaeological remains to maps to figurative and symbolic art, as well as a
wide range of descriptive and narrative sources, such as diaries, chronicles, and fiction, can also
illuminate pre-modern approaches to perceived risks and possible solutions. Finally the
conference will encourage participants to think beyond the traditional paradigm of exclusive
concentration on the urban environment and seek to bridge the gap between urban and rural
environments. We invite scholars with pertinent interests in the history and culture of public
health to submit a brief CV and a 250-word abstract of a projected paper, to last no longer than
25 minutes. Deadline: All proposals to be sent to Dr Elena Brizio ([email protected]) by 15
February 2014.
11 www.medici.org
http://www.medici.org/call_for_papers/CFP_Practicing_Public_Health.pdf
CFP PONTORMO AND ROSSO FIORENTINO: COURT ARTISTS IN TURMOIL
A one-day conference held
Deadline : 15 December 2013
at
the
British
Institute
of
Florence, 4
April
2014
Call for Papers Jacopo Pontormo (Jacopo Carrucci) and Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di
Jacopo di Gasparre) trained with the Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto in the early years of the
sixteenth century. During these politically turbulent years after the French invasion and the
cacciata of the Medici diverse Florentine governments for and against the Medici rose and fell
whilst two Medici popes ruled over an increasingly rebellious Christendom. Rosso eventually
left Florence for Rome and, after the Sack of the Eternal City, moved to Northern Italy and
finally to France where he worked at the court at Fontainebleau. Pontormo stayed in Florence
apart from a visit to Rome. Sponsored by some of the leading families of Florence, such as the
Capponi and the Borgherini, he also received intermittent patronage by the Medici. Eventually
he became of the main artists at Cosimo I de’ Medici's developing court during the early years of
the young duke's rule. Rosso (with Primaticcio) founded the School of Fontainebleau, whereas
Pontormo established a "dynasty" of Mannerist court painters through his successors Agnolo
Bronzino and Alessandro Allori. Both Rosso and Pontormo were responsible for the
development of a new painterly style, the early maniera, which was much influenced by the art
of Michelangelo. Religious reform and violent political events, such as the Sack of Rome and the
siege of Florence by imperial troops in 1530, have been used to explain the radical departure
from High Renaissance art. As young men Rosso and Pontormo set out to revolutionise art; their
religious works of art, in particular, were considered to be either highly original or downright
controversial. This one-day conference seeks to explore the oeuvre of the two artists, surviving
as well as lost, with a special focus on the works of art brought together for display at the show
at Palazzo Strozzi in spring 2014. This conference is intended as an interdisciplinary forum for
discussion in which Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino specialists will present new research
alongside experts from other fields who wish to take their findings to the art of Early Florentine
Mannerism.
Please apply with a short abstract and bio (max. 200 words each) to the organisers by 15
December 2013 at [email protected].
For more information visit https://sites.google.com/site/rossoandpontormoflorence/home.
COSIMO DI GIOVANNI DE' MEDICI (MAGNUS ETRURIAE DUX)
Florence, 29-30 May 2014
Deadline : 1 March 2014
Much has been written about the institutional, economic and cultural politics of Cosimo I de'
12 Medici’s duchy during the nearly four decades of his rule. However, only in recent years have
scholars begun to assess Cosimo I's more personal sphere, largely thanks to work on the
correspondence in the Medici Grand Ducal Archive (Mediceo del Principato), housed at the
Archivio di Stato in Florence. Thousands of letters written by and about the duke paint portraits
as intimate and revelatory as those painted by Agnolo Bronzino. Details about his personality
and his relationship with family members are constantly emerging. These letters also record his
physical maladies and psychological distress, his cynicism, his humor and his compassion. They
speak of his aesthetic tenets, intellectual curiosity, military values, and culinary predilections.
Letters address his obsession with his enemies, his conflicting relationships with foreign regents,
and his dynastic ambitions. Most importantly, they shed light on the intricate mechanism of court
culture, which saw Cosimo I at the epicenter of his rule.
In an effort to retrace Cosimo I’s personal dimensions, the Medici Archive Project is organizing
a two-day conference (29-30 May 2014, Archivio di Stato, Florence ).
In addition to the topics mentioned above, the following themes will be addressed during this
conference:
• education and humanism
• self-representation and identity
• family and diplomatic networks
• communication and information
• collections and decorum
• health and religion
• decadence and domesticity
• self-preservation and self-indulgence
Those interested in presenting papers should submit by 1 March 2014: 1) a paper title 2) a 250word abstract in English or Italian 3) a short curriculum vitae. Submissions should be sent via
email to Maurizio Arfaioli and Samuel Morrison Gallacher at: [email protected]. Partial
travel funding may become available. Preference will be given to scholars whose papers
incorporate the documentary material housed in BIA, MAP’s on-line digital platform sponsored
by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A state-of-the-art scholarly online resource, BIA contains
an ever-growing number of documents; as of December 2013, over 22,000 letters from and to the
Medici court have been entered. While BIA's scope will eventually extend to the entire grand
duchy (1537-1743), its current coverage favors the period of Cosimo I. For more details on the
conference, see: www.medici.org.
EXTENDED DEADLINE CFP: ARE "INVISIBLE MADONNAS" STILL INVISIBLE?
WOMEN AND THEIR AGENCY IN EARLY MODERN TIMES
AAIS 2014 Annual Conference, Zurich
May 23-25, 2014
Deadline : December 31 2013
Organizer: Elena Brizio, The Medici Archive Project – Firenze
What happened in the history of women between 1987, when Diane Owen Hughes' work entitled
13 "Invisible Madonnas" appeared, and today? Did the studies on Early Modern Italian women in
literature, law, society highlighted more agency of women and helped our understanding of a
society in which females played a more prominent role or are we still accepting that the
differences between theory and practice have never been eliminated? Did the most recent
archival approach broaden our knowledge of the Italian female society or just focus on trendy
topics? This session is seeking papers that will explore the challenges that Early Modern Italian
women did face, in law, society, literature, family, economy and how they faced limitations and
reached for possible solutions to overcome them. Send a title and 250 (maximum) word abstract
by December 31st to: [email protected].
http://www.medici.org/news/extended-deadline-cfp-are-invisible-madonnas-still-invisiblewomen-and-their-agency-early-moder
RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 58TH ANNUAL
MEETING
Saturday, 7 June 2014
UCLA, Los Angeles CA
Deadline for submissions: January 30, 2014.
Keynote Speaker Adam Knight Gilbert Director of the Early Music Program Thornton School of
Music University of Southern California
The RCSC, a regional affiliate of the Renaissance Society of America, welcomes paper
proposals on the full range of Renaissance disciplines (Art, Architecture, History, Literature,
Music, Philosophy, Religion, Science) Please send a 400-word abstract (for a 20-minute paper)
and a one-page c.v. to: Martine van Elk ([email protected]) or by mail to: Martine van
Elk English Department California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Blvd Long
Beach, CA 90840.
"PORTRAYING THE PRINCE IN THE RENAISSANCE: THE HUMANIST
DEPICTION OF RULERS IN HISTORIOGRAPHICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS”
Host: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Date: November 6-8, 2014
Organizers: Patrick Baker, Johannes Helmrath, Ronny Kaiser, Maike Priesterjahn
Deadline for Abstracts: February 14, 2014
The collaborative research center "Transformations of Antiquity” at the Humboldt University in
Berlin is now soliciting abstracts for an international conference, to be held 6-8 November 2014,
devoted to the portrayal of rulers in historiographical and biographical texts written by
Renaissance humanists in the period from 1350-1550. In the larger context of interdisciplinary
research on the transformative reception of antiquity across the ages and the development of a
nuanced theory of how such inter-epochal cultural change actually takes place, an équipe within
the research center, led by Prof. Johannes Helmrath, has focused for the past nine years on the
topic of Renaissance humanist historiography and its relationship to ancient sources, methods,
practices, and models. Having hosted conferences and issued publications that approach this
14 topic by way of language and media, literary practice and social context, and the transformation
of ancient narrative strategies, the research group is now turning its attention to the portrayal of
individuals in humanist texts. An emphasis on contingency and human agency (as opposed, for
example, to divine providence) has long been considered a hallmark of Renaissance
historiography. The conference begins from this premise but also aims to review it critically.
Rulers, who occupy a central place in both the organization and the content of so many historical
works, will provide the focus. By investigating the manifold ways these individuals and their
historical impact are portrayed, contributors will offer crucial insight into this essential aspect of
humanist literary production and the broader humanist conception of history. The texts and
authors discussed at the conference should represent the broadest possible chronological and
geographical spectrum (within the boundaries set) in order to facilitate the identification and
description of temporal continuity and change on the one hand, national and regional similarities
and differences on the other. But what exactly is an historical text? As difficult as this question
can be for modern scholars, it is even thornier when applied to the Renaissance. As opposed to
ancient authors like Nepos and Plutarch who distinguished clearly between biography and
historiography, humanists were less scrupulous in observing the distinction between life-writing
and the narration of historical events. On the contrary, the line between these activities is often
blurred in humanist writings of an historical nature, which tend to be characterized by a
hybridization of quite disparate text types and a successful integration of various discourses.
Thus countless ostensible works of history, such as Paolo Emilio’s De rebus gestis Francorum
(1539), are structured biographically along a line of founding figures and kings. On the other
hand, writings whose titles suggest that they belong to the genre of biography, such as Lorenzo
Valla’s Gesta Ferdinandi regis (1449), appear to modern eyes rather as examples of
historiography. Yet again, a work like Thomas More’s Historia Richardi regis Angliae eius
nominis tertii (1513) could legitimately be considered a biography. Thus when approaching the
issue of how rulers were portrayed in works of history, it seems useful to undertake a broader
investigation of historiographical and biographical texts. A primary aim of the conference is
therefore to encourage discussion of the distinguishing characteristics of and links between the
various genres in which the historical portrayal of rulers features prominently. One thinks
immediately of the nationally focused res gestae, decades, and historiae in which rulers play a
decisive role, such as Antonio Bonfini’s Rerum Ungaricarum decades (1503), Elio Antonio de
Nebrija’s Rerum a Ferdinando et Elisabe Hispaniarum regibus gestarum decades (1509), and
Polydore Vergil’s Anglica historia (1514). The portrayal of individual rulers is also a key
element in biographically arranged chronicles and annals, such as Hartmann Schedel’s
Weltchronik (1493) and Johannes Aventinus’s Annales ducum Boiariae (1521). In addition,
historical epics like Basinio Basini’s Hesperis (ca. 1450-57, on Sigismondo Malatesta), Giovanni
Mario Filelfo’s Amyris (1471-76, on Mehmed II), even Girolamo Vida’s Christiad (1535) should
be considered, as could the edition of the medieval hexametrical work Ligurinus, curated by
Conrad Celtis and other members of the sodalitas Augustana (1507). Nor ought biographical
collections to be neglected; while Platina’s Vitae Pontificum (1479) clearly embodies a history
of the papacy, the political history of early-fifteenth-century Europe is inscribed in the vignettes
of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini’s De viris illustribus (ca. 1449). Discrete biographies, such as
Tito Livio Frulovisi’s Vita Henrici V (1436), round out the list of traditionally recognized
historical genres. Yet a case can be made for others as well, such as satires, funerary anthologies,
panegyric orations and poetry, funeral orations, hagiographies, and commentaries, all of which
have a strong biographical component. Beyond the question of genre, the theme of the
15 conference could also be approached by considering the various uses and transformations of
ancient biographical models in humanist works. What influence was exercised by Suetonius and
his thematic, as opposed to chronological, and thus highly selective mode of biography? To what
extent were humanist texts characterized by Plutarch’s comparative framework? And what of
other biographical modes, such as those of Jerome or Xenophon? Many other approaches are
possible. How are individual princes portrayed differently by various authors or across various
genres? Do certain text types lend themselves to specific kinds of rulers (dead vs. living, good vs.
bad, foreign vs. domestic, friendly vs. enemy, etc.)? What is the social and political context of a
particular composition? What can be said about the causa scribendi, the stated and unstated
intentions of the author? Was a work commissioned or not? Was it written in an encomiastic or
invective mode? Beyond the auctoritas of ancient authors, one might also consider the
authoritative status of specific ancient and even medieval rulers, such as Alexander, Augustus, or
Charlemagne. How were contemporary kings and princes fit into bygone molds when their
political or military accomplishments were described? This call for papers is addressed to
scholars of Renaissance humanism. Particularly welcome are contributions on humanism in
Northern and Eastern Europe as well as on humanist works with a non-European subject.
Abstracts may be submitted in English or German and should contain a maximum of 500 words.
Please also submit a one-page CV. The deadline is 14 February 2014. Submissions should be
sent as .doc or .docx files to [email protected].
25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
SOCIETY FOR ENGLISH RENAISSANCE STUDIES
University of Oviedo (Spain)
May 14-16 2014
Deadline : 24 January 2014
The Organising Committee of the 25th SEDERI International Conference and the Spanish and
Portuguese Association for English Renaissance Studies welcomes proposals for 20-minute
papers on topics related to the main conference theme and any other aspect of Early Modern
culture. Please notice that English is the official language of the conference.
20-minute papers are welcome on the following topics:
• Mapping selves and identities: cities, topographies, and geographies
• Shaping identities. Science and enquiry / sport and the body
• Religious and reformed identities
• The construction of national identities
• New World selfhood and otherness
• Racialist designs of identity
• Editing identities: book history and textual culture
• Translation and intercultural exchange
• Performing identities
• Premodern gender: tales of sexuality and feeling
• Any other topic on early modern literature, language and culture
The following plenary speakers have already confirmed their participation: LUKAS ERNE
16 (University of Geneva) ANDREW HADFIELD (University of Sussex) KATHARINE MAUSS
(University of Virginia)
Please include the following information with your proposal:
•
•
•
•
•
•
the full title of your paper;
a 200-word abstract of your paper;
your name, postal address and e-mail address;
your institutional affiliation and position;
any AV requirements you may have;
your SEDERI membership status (i.e. present member, membership to be renewed, nonmember, membership application submitted/to be submitted*).
Participants may also want to propose their own thematic panels, to include papers delivered by
3 or 4 participants. Panel convenors should submit their proposal in broad observance of the
criteria itemised before for individual proposals. Please submit your proposal by e-mail
before 24 January 2014 to [email protected]. Please send your submission in plain text in the
body of your e-mail and as an attachment (.doc, .docx, RTF). Conference fees (Deadline: April
11 2014): SEDERI members: 120 € (regular registration) 150 € (late registration) Non-members:
150 € (regular registration) 180 € (late registration) Students (student affiliation required): 50 €
(SEDERI members) 80 € (Non-members) [an excess of 10 € will apply to registrations received
after April 11 2014]
Registration details are already posted in the conference website: https://sederi25.uniovi.es/ All
delegates are responsible for their own travel arrangements and accommodation. For further
information, please write to the email or postal addresses below: Francisco J. Borge 25th
SEDERI Conference Departamento de Filología Anglogermánica y Francesa Campus de
Humanidades
"El
Milán”
Universidad
de
Oviedo
33011
Oviedo
(Spain)
Email: [email protected] Website: https://sederi25.uniovi.es/
Organising Committee: Francisco J. Borge (Coordinator), María José Álvarez Faedo (Secretary),
Santiago González Fernández-Corugedo, María Mariño Faza, Laura Martínez García, Raquel
Serrano González, Juan E. Tazón Salces, Rubén Valdés Miyares. Scientific Committee: Clara
Calvo López (Universidad de Murcia), Rui Carvalho Homem (Universidade do Porto), Marta
Cerezo Moreno (UNED), Jorge Figueroa Dorrego (Universidad de Vigo), Mark Hutchings
(University of Reading), Zenón Luis Martínez (Universidad de Huelva), Juan Antonio Prieto
Pablos (Universidad de Sevilla).
"CROSS-CULTURAL CONNECTIONS IN PRINTMAKING"
Deadline:February 3, 2014.
Organized by the Department of Art at California State University, Sacramento, the 2014 Art
History Symposium, Cross-Cultural Connections in Printmaking, intersects with a concurrent
exhibition in the University Library Gallery, "The Land and the People: Contemporary Korean
Prints” (February 6-May 17, 2014). From the past to the present, printmaking has linked multiple
cultures and regions, resulting in a fruitful exchange of ideas, motifs, and styles. Often these
exchanges have inspired artists to explore new or innovative printmaking techniques.
17 We welcome proposals for 20-minute lectures that address the various ways in which crosscultural connections have impacted printmaking. Papers may be on printmaking from any era or
region. The Art History Symposium will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2014 as part of the
annual Festival of the Arts at California State University, Sacramento.
Please send (1) a 300-word proposal; (2) a condensed c.v. (one page, including full contact
information); and (3) a short biographical statement (one paragraph) as e-mail attachments
to [email protected].
RMMRA 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS "PEREGRINATIO PRO AMORE DEI: ASPECTS
OF PILGRIMAGE IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE”
June 12-14, 2014 (Denver, Colorado)
Deadline : December 31, 2013
The Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association invites panel and paper proposals
on the conference theme, "Peregrinatio pro amore Dei: Aspects of Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages
and Renaissance.” The conference dates are June 12-14, 2014, and the venue is Spring Hill
Suites Marriott in downtown Denver, CO, adjacent to the Metropolitan State University of
Denver. Pilgrimage to holy sites and shrines was a mainstay of European life throughout the
medieval and Renaissance periods, and the journeys to places such as Canterbury, Santiago de
Compostela, Assisi, Rome, Mecca, and Jerusalem informed a devotional tradition that
encouraged participation from all social classes, evoked commentary by chroniclers, playwrights,
and poets, and inspired artistic, iconographic, and literary expressions. Even when the faithbased culture of the Middle Ages began to transform into the more empirical (and experiential)
centuries of the Renaissance and Protestant Reformations, pilgrimages were still very much on
the minds of writers and geographers as a source of both inspiration and criticism (Spenser,
Shakespeare, Milton, Bunyan, Hakluyt, and Raleigh). The RMMRA Program Committee
welcomes individual paper and panel proposals that address the conference theme from
disciplines within the late antique, medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation periods (c. 4th to
17th Centuries). We invite all approaches, but special consideration will be given to those papers
that attempt historical, literary, scientific, archaeological, and anthropological inquiries of
pilgrimage, especially in the following subject areas: holy sites & shrines; cults of relics and
saints; salvific aspects (healing, science, medicine); gender studies; geographical reckoning
(faith-based vs. empirical); theological promotion, dissuasion, and contestation; mystical and
philosophical beliefs (and criticism); internationality; secular vs. clerical approaches;
considerations about (and representations of) space; relevant aspects of communitas and
liminality; travel and communication; and, finally, intellectual history.
AS ALWAYS, ALL PAPER AND SESSION PROPOSALS RELATED TO MEDIEVAL &
RENAISSANCE STUDIES ARE WELCOME! (THEME NOT REQUIRED.)
Keynote Speaker: Alice A. Bauer, M.A. — "Casting our Own Shadows: Recreating the Medieval
Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela”
Alice A. Bauer is an Affiliate Professor of History at the Metropolitan State University of
18 Denver. She specializes in Early Modern European History, particularly the Sixteenth Century
Ottoman occupation of Hungary.
Proposals for panels or abstracts for individual papers should be directed via email (Word, .pdf,
or Rich Text) to one of the conference’s co-organizers: Kim Klimek ([email protected])
and Todd Upton ([email protected]). Abstracts are due December 31, 2013.
COLLOQUIUM ON DIALECTS IN ITALIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, 15001800
Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), September 4-6, 2014
Deadline : March 1, 2014
Italian dialects, or regional vernaculars, have played a significant role in the development of the
Italian literary tradition since its origins. In the words of Gianfranco Contini, "Italian literature is
the only major national literature whose dialect production viscerally and inseparably forms a
corpus with the rest of its patrimony.” In the last half century there has been a resurgence of
interest in dialects, comprehending both dialect production and the academic study of dialects.
Much of the work has been organized along regional lines—the dialect production of Venice or
Naples, for example—with an eye to the relations among dialect writers and, sometimes, the
dialogues that they established with their contemporaries writing in Italian. This colloquium
seeks to encourage scholarly dialogue around a less frequently studied aspect of dialect
production: the commonalities of purpose among dialect writers across regional categories. The
chronological focus of the colloquium is the early modern period (1500-1800), a period of rich
literary experimentation with dialects, but also a period whose dialect production is on the whole
less known than the 19th and 20th centuries.
Topics may include:
• The political, social and cultural contexts of dialect literature, music, and theater;
• Dialect and canonical literature;
• Dialect writing and civic identity;
• Experimentation and innovation in dialect;
• Dialects as codes or secret languages;
• Strategies for using dialect literature and culture in the classroom.
We expect that this colloquium will have a significant interdisciplinary component, and we invite
abstracts from scholars in the fields of literature, history, art, music, and theater. Advanced
graduate students are welcome. Papers will be considered for publication in an edited volume of
the conference proceedings. Please submit an abstract of 300 words, a short bio, and your contact
information
(name,
affiliation,
and
email
address)
to
Nancy
Canepa
([email protected])
and
Courtney
Quaintance
([email protected]) by March 1, 2014.
19 RESHAPING SACRED SPACE (1500-1750): LITURGY, PATRONAGE AND DESIGN
IN CHURCH INTERIORS
Deadline : December 31, 2013
14 June 2014, School of Art History, University of St Andrews. A conference that seeks to
explore innovations in both the form and function of the interior space of churches in Catholic
Europe between c. 1500 and 1750. Our plenary speaker will be Dr Martin Gaier (University of
Basel). Proposals may include but are not limited to: an art-historical or architectural analysis of
the interior of a church built or renovated during this period, in both public and private contexts;
a study of church furnishings (e.g. altarpieces, pulpits, monuments, choir stalls), and their
location and function within the church; an investigation of patronage, both religious and secular,
or how the patron or donor may have influenced the construction of the church or parts of its
interior. The proceedings of the conference will be published in a special edition of "North Street
Review: Arts and Visual Culture", the postgraduate art history journal of the University of St
Andrews. We welcome submissions from PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, lecturers and
independent scholars whose research focuses on these issues. Papers will be 20 minutes long,
with 10 minutes for discussion. To submit a proposal, send an abstract of your paper (c. 300
words) and a CV, by 31 December 2013, to [email protected].
CFP CULTURES OF VOTING IN THE PRE-MODERN MEDITERRANEAN, C.12001700
Deadline : 31 January 2014
Elections and voting procedures were central to many pre-modern polities and had a major
impact on the cultures, societies and intellectual traditions in which they took place. This
conference at the Croatian Institute for Historical Sciences, Dubrovnik (24-25 April 2014)
investigates the nature of that impact in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean during the later
Middle Ages and Early Modern period. Papers are sought that address one of the following
themes:
• The forms and procedures of voting
• The strategies and contexts of voting
• The material culture of voting
• Representations of voting
• Theoretical justifications of voting
They may be comparative or focus on a single polity and may examine civic, political,
ecclesiastical, or any other contexts. They are especially encouraged from scholars working on
less well-studied geographical areas such as the Byzantine and Ottoman worlds as well as
Southern France and Iberia. A selection of the proceedings may be published after the
conference has taken place. Those who would like to participate in the conference are invited to
submit abstracts of no more than 250 words outlining their proposed topic to Dr Serena Ferente
([email protected]) by 31 Jan 2014. Travel and subsistence costs as well as
accommodation will be provided for those who are chosen to speak. Please direct all inquiries to
the conference organizers: Dr Serena Ferente ([email protected]), Dr Lovro Kunčević
([email protected]) or Dr Miles Pattenden ([email protected]).
20 EXPLORING THE RENAISSANCE 2014: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Tucson, Arizona
April 3-5, 2014
Deadline : February 1, 2014
Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa Tucson, Arizona
Local arrangements: Meg Lota Brown University of Arizona
Program chair: Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler Texas State University
Keynote Lecturer: Karen Newman Brown University
Louis l. Martz lecturer: Joseph Lowenstein Washington University
William B. Hunter lecturer: Jeffrey Shoulson University of Connecticut, Storrs
Sponsored by
• The South-Central Renaissance Conference
• The Queen Elizabeth I Society
• The Marvell Society
• The Society for Renaissance art history
Papers (15-20 minutes in length) are invited on any aspect of renaissance studies (music, art
history, history, literature, emblems, language, philosophy, science, theology, et al.
Interdisciplinary studies are especially welcome.) Abstracts only (400-500 words; a shorter 100word abstract for inclusion in the program) must be submitted online no later than december 15,
2013, via the SCRC website’s abstract submission form @ http://scrc.us.com/.
Suggested topics might include the following:
• The interrelations between Sidney and Spenser
• The intersection of art and science in the Renaissance
• European influences in music and the arts
• Painting in Italy
• Visionary Milton
• Shakespeare’s dramatic art
• Renaissance women poets
Sessions: sessions should be proposed no later than november 1, 2013, and e-mailed to the
program chair (link given in contact info below). Abstracts of papers for approved sessions
should be submitted online via the scrc website’s abstract form @ http://scrc.us.com/. For further
2014 conference information click http://scrc.us.com/, or contact Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler, the
program chair, at [email protected]. Program participants are required to join SCRC and are
encouraged to submit publication-length versions of their papers to the scrc journal, explorations
in renaissance culture. Shorter papers (up to 3,000 words) are invited for submission to the scrc
newsletter, discoveries. A limited number of graduate travel fellowships are available; graduate
students presenting a paper at the conference may apply to the program chair for travel assistance
(maximum $300). Complete essays must be submitted electronically by February 1, 2014, to be
eligible for consideration. See the graduate travel fellowships page for instruction on how to
apply.
21 CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHERS IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH THOUGHT
28 May 2014, CREMS, University of York
A day symposium – Keynote speakers: Prof Jessica Wolfe (North Carolina) and Prof Sarah
Hutton (Aberystwyth)
Deadline : 15 December, 2013
This one day symposium will look at the reception of classical philosophers in seventeenth
century English thought and culture, in philosophy, religion, natural philosophy, poetry and
literature, the university, or other areas of early modern intellectual life. The focus will be on
England, but not on English, and we encourage papers on the Latin reception of classical
philosophy.
We will take the term ‘classical philosophy’ broadly speaking, and with a generic latitude, so
that Homer or Hesiod might be considered, as they certainly were in the early modern period, as
contributors to the philosophical outlook of the ancients, and so that while Aristotle, Plato,
Epicurus, Seneca or Cicero are central and protean in their seventeenth century reception, so too
Virgil, Ovid and Lucretius were seen as containing an important philosophical core. Of interest
also might be the collations and compendia of classical thought that served as a digest of ancient
ideas, whether those of the ancients themselves, such as Diogenes Laertius, or of the early
modern writers, such as Thomas Stanley’s History of Philosophy. How did early modern writers
accommodate, transpose or circumvent the pagan elements in ancient philosophy? How
concerned were early modern thinkers with the systematic and with completeness in their use of
classical philosophers? How was the pagan religion transposed to a Christian era?
Call for Papers: Abstracts by 15 December 2013 (c. 250 words)
Contact: Kevin Killeen, [email protected]
This symposium is part of a diffuse and ongoing Thomas Browne Seminar that has digressed
quite far: http://www.york.ac.uk/english/news-events/browne/
PAPER CONTRIBUTIONS/ APPELS DE TEXTES
LE VERGER VI : LA FÊTE À LA RENAISSANCE
APPEL À CONTRIBUTION
Date limite : 15 janvier 2014
Pour son sixième numéro, la revue en ligne à comité de lecture Le Verger propose d’engager une
réflexion sur « la fête à la Renaissance ».
Depuis la publication, sous la direction de Jean Jacquot, des trois tomes consacrés aux
Fêtes de la Renaissance, peu de manifestations scientifiques ou d’ouvrages collectifs ont proposé
de renouveler les approches sur ce thème de recherche pourtant très riche, surtout si l’on
considère la fête, non du seul point de vue du divertissement, mais plus largement comme une
22 manifestation culturelle, cultuelle et/ou politique, inscrite au cœur de la célébration. La part
sombre, et par conséquent ambiguë, des « réjouissances », telles les funérailles par exemple, ne
sera ainsi pas laissée de côté, cet axe prolongeant une réflexion engagée en 2008, notamment par
l’exposition « Fêtes et crimes à la Renaissance à la cour d’Henri III » (Musée de Blois).
La période de la Renaissance, entendue ici au sens large, offre la part belle aux fêtes : qu’elles
soient urbaines, rurales ou de cour, profanes ou sacrées, les festivités s’inscrivent dans des lieux
divers (la rue, la place publique, le palais, la maison, l’église...) et sollicitent différents groupes
sociaux, tant du côté des participants que des artisans de la fête. Nous aimerions que ce numéro
soit l'occasion de proposer un questionnement non seulement sur les espaces de la fête dans leur
dimension géographique mais également des pistes de réflexion sur ce que nous pourrions
appeler la « sociologie » de la fête.
Moment de cohésion du groupe, la fête est aussi l’occasion d’une représentation identitaire qui se
construit face à l’autre, voire contre lui : il s’agit ainsi, par exemple, de comprendre comment la
Contre-Réforme s’est penchée sur la question de la célébration des saints pour en faire une arme
de l’apologétique catholique, tandis qu’il a fallu réinventer, dans le culte protestant, de nouvelles
célébrations.
Toutes les propositions qui envisageront la préparation et/ou la postérité de la fête, à travers les
manuscrits et les éditions, littéraires ou musicales, ainsi que les œuvres picturales seront les
bienvenues : se pose en effet la question de savoir quelle place est accordée à la fête, avant ou
après, les festivités. La fête donne-t-elle lieu à des productions spécifiques ou, au contraire, les
informations sur celle-ci sont-elles disséminées dans des sources qui ne lui sont pas directement
consacrées ?
Nous laissons les contributeurs libres du choix de leur sujet. Les articles peuvent être de
longueur variable, dans une limite de 8 à 15 pages, soit entre 30 000 et 50 000 caractères environ
(espaces compris, notes incluses).
Les propositions sont à adresser avant le 15 janvier 2014 à [email protected], et les
textes à remettre avant le 15 juin 2014.
MÉMOIRES DU LIVRE / STUDIES IN BOOK CULTURE, Volume 6, Numéro 1, automne
2014
« Diffuser la science en marge : Autorité, Savoir et Publication, xvie-xixe siècle ». Sous la
direction de Marie-Claude Felton (McGill)
Date limite : 15 janvier 2014
Au cours de l'époque moderne, plusieurs institutions savantes - particulièrement les académies
scientifiques fondées un peu partout en Europe au XVIIe siècle - tiennent à assoir leur autorité
sur le domaine du savoir : elles se donnent alors pour mission de rassembler les meilleurs experts,
de promouvoir les nouvelles découvertes et d’établir des standards scientifiques. Ainsi se crée
assez tôt un lien entre ces instances et la diffusion du savoir au moyen des publications qu'elles
approuvent. Malgré ce contrôle, les sciences ne sont pas seulement réservées à l'élite privilégiée
23 et savante. Particulièrement à l'aube des Lumières, on observe comment la science - entendue ici
comme toute forme de savoir technique et théorique -, s'intègre peu à peu à la vie culturelle d'une
population aux horizons divers. Pour illustrer ce nouvel engouement, on peut penser à la
popularité grandissante des spectacles à caractère scientifique - ou pseudo-scientifique -, à
l’intérêt pour les cabinets de curiosité et à la création de musées et autres institutions à vocation
publique.
Un large pan de cet enthousiasme se manifeste également dans la sphère de l'écrit, comme le
démontre la multiplication des publications dites savantes. Déjà en 1735, Voltaire écrit : « Les
vers ne sont plus guère à la mode à Paris. Tout le monde commence à faire le géomètre et le
physicien ». Avec la montée de l'alphabétisme, de plus en plus d'amateurs veulent effectivement
prendre part à ce grand débat scientifique et publier leurs travaux. Grâce à leur plume, plusieurs
auteurs dits "en marge" trouvent une voix et réussissent à faire valoir leurs idées auprès d'un
nouveau public de lecteurs.
Face au nombre grandissant d'acteurs œuvrant au sein de la sphère du savoir écrit, de l'amateur
obscur à l'académicien primé, comment se forge l'idée moderne de la "science", de celle dite
"exacte" par rapport à celle dite "en marge"? Plus particulièrement, quel rôle joue la publication
dans la diffusion des idées à caractère scientifique et l’établissement de nouvelles dynamiques de
pouvoir et d’autorité entre les institutions académiques, les auteurs et le public? Afin d'examiner
ces questions, nous souhaitons réunir des articles qui traitent de l'un ou de plusieurs des thèmes
liés à la publication scientifique en marge à l'époque moderne, du XVIe au XIXe siècle (de tous
les horizons géographiques), par exemple:
- La notion d'autorité (institutionnelle ou auctoriale) associée à la publication scientifique et au
savoir
- Le rôle de l'écrit dans la diffusion du savoir, particulièrement chez les populations « en marge
» (éloignées, peu instruites, femmes, etc.).
- Les auteurs scientifiques considérés en marge (en raison de leur origine socioculturelle, de leurs
affiliations institutionnelles ou de leur parcours éditorial hors norme, etc.)
- Les ouvrages de savoir dits marginaux et leur diffusion (science nouvelle, populaire, occulte,
etc.)
Les propositions d’articles en français ou en anglais comprenant un résumé d'environ 250 mots
ainsi qu'une courte notice biographique devront parvenir par courriel d'ici le 15 janvier 2013 à
Marie-Claude Felton ([email protected]). Après évaluation par le comité de
rédaction, une réponse sera donnée début février 2014. Les articles dont la proposition aura été
acceptée seront à rendre pour le 15 avril 2014. Ils seront alors soumis au comité de lecture, qui
rendra un avis. La version définitive devra être envoyée au plus tard le 30 mai 2014. La
publication du dossier est prévue pour l’automne 2014.
24 MÉMOIRES DU LIVRE / STUDIES IN BOOK CULTURE, VOL. 6 NO 1 FALL 2014
"Fringe Science in Print: Authority, Knowledge and Publication, 16th-19th Century" Edited by
Marie-Claude Felton (McGill University)
In the early modern period, several learned societies - especially the science academies founded
across Europe in the 17th century – were keen to assert their authority over scientific knowledge,
notably by assembling the best experts, promoting new discoveries and setting scientific
standards. Thus, a relationship between the authorities and the dissemination of knowledge was
established relatively soon through the publications they approved. Despite their control,
however, science was not restricted to the learned elite. Especially at the dawn of Enlightenment,
science - here understood as any form of technical and theoretical knowledge – was, little by
little, becoming an integral part of the cultural life of people with diverse interests and
backgrounds. To illustrate this new infatuation, we need only recall the increasing popularity of
“scientific” (or “pseudo-scientific”) spectacles, the interest in curiosity cabinets, and the creation
of museums and other institutions that were open to the general public.
A fundamental part of this enthusiasm is also found in the sphere of writing, as indicated by the
multiplication of books and periodicals of a scientific nature. Already in 1735, Voltaire wrote:
“Poetry is no longer in fashion in Paris. Everybody is now playing the part of a mathematician or
a physicist.” With the rise of literacy, more and more amateurs wanted to take part in the great
scientific debates and publish their work. Thanks to their pen, many authors qualified as
“marginal” found a new voice and were able to promote their ideas to a new and broader
readership.
In light of the growing scientific community within the publishing world, from the obscure
amateur to the celebrated academician, how was the modern concept of “science” being forged?
How has “exact” science distinguished itself from marginal or “fringe” science over time? More
specifically, what role did publication play in the dissemination of scientific ideas and the
establishment of new power and authority dynamics among academic institutions, authors and
their public? In order to examine these questions, we wish to bring together papers addressing
one or more of the themes related to fringe scientific publishing (of any geographical area)
between the 16th and the 19th centuries, for example:
- The notion of authority (institutional or authorial) associated with print and its relationship to
knowledge
- The role of publication in the dissemination of knowledge, particularly among “fringe” readers
of science (e.g. in remote locations, the more or less literate, women, etc...)
- Scientific authors considered as “outsiders” or eccentric (due to their socio-cultural origins,
their institutional affiliations or their peculiar publishing experience)
25 - Scientific works considered marginal, and their distribution and reception (e.g. new, popular or
occult sciences)
Submissions for papers in either French or English, including an abstract of approximately 250
words and a short biographical note, should be sent to Marie-Claude Felton ([email protected]) by January 15, 2014. The editing committee will evaluate the
proposals and render its decision in February. Selected contributors will be required to submit
their paper by April 15, after which a reading committee will issue their comments. Final
versions are to be submitted by May 30, 2014. Publication is scheduled for fall 2014.
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE LIFE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN MOTION
PICTURES
Art History Supplement, May 2014
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: April 15, 2014
Contact: Ioannis Tzortzakakis,[email protected]
This is not a history of art. Paying homage to Kenneth Clark’s "Civilisation,” it adopts the
subtitle of that milestone series: "A Personal View.” With these words John J. O’Connor (1993 –
2009), American journalist and art critic, endorses in the New York Times of January 11, 1981,
the American screening of the British documentary series The Shock of the New, written and
presented by Robert Hughes, a native of Australia and, among other things, art critic for Time
magazine. John O’Connor himself continued: "Mr. Hughes is nothing if not refreshingly direct:
"Unfortunately, epochs of art don’t start or end neatly on cue. Ours is finishing its run now,
leaving behind it some of the most challenging, intelligent and beautiful works of art ever made
by man, along with a mass of superfluity and rubbish. We’re at the end of the Modern era. Art no
longer acts on us in the same way that it did on our grandparents. I want to see why.”” Art
documentaries like motion pictures as a term denote the technique in which a series of still
images which, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images due to phi
phenomenon, in the realms of Gestalt psychology. The nature of the content of their embedded
narration may be of a fictional or factual character. By factual, as a board term, I am referring to
documentaries, recorded, academic or not, lectures and seminars created for an audience. An
example of such pictures could be the Italian miniseries La vita di Leonardo da Vinci, produced
by RAI (1971); with Renato Castellani (director), Philippe Leroy, Giampiero Albertini and
Giulio Bosetti, as the narrator. The same series had been on air in Venezuela, France, the USA,
and in a shorter version in West Germany. Whereas, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
features many several appropriations, in the series, films, documentaries and cartoons categories.
In the mini-series, in question, for example, the first two scenes are a flying eagle, a signification
of the Leonardo and the eagle incident narrate by Vasari, and a representation of the death of da
Vinci in the hands of Francis I of France, as Ingres, at 1818, had visualised the words of Giorgio
Vasari. Taking the image of Leonardo da Vinci as a paradigm, this issue of Art History
Supplement seeks papers that discuss the uses, and abuses, in the representations of the lives of
Leonardo. The artist and the canonization, the commodification of the images of the artist and
his oeuvre; the popularisation of Leonardo, or just making academic knowledge accessible to a
public; as it seems happening in La vita di Leonardo da Vinci; combining fiction and
26 documentary. However, are these motion pictures the narrative of representation of a particular
art history? In this occasion, the state of art history in Italy in 70s, as expressed by Renato
Castellani; author and director. Which has been the scene of Art History in Italy in 70s? Even
though, it could be anachronistic, had Renato Castellani expressed a personal view (aka a
personal history of art) in this series? Or, had he been considering his visual narrative a history of
art? Nevertheless, is there any difference, indeed, between the terms of "history of art” and
"personal view [on art]”? As I understand the first term, it notes an academic or a widely
accepted (collective?) art history. The mere fact that there is the need to someone to discern
her/his position to a "personal view” implies the coexistence of an opposite, story; or another
view of the things. Yet, in which context one could find these two, or more, sides of art history?
What do we mean by "side of art history”? I understand it as a different methodology, approach
and interpretation to or view of the artistic phenomena. Then, again, would the existence of
simultaneously active various cultural, for instance, contexts mean also the existence of the same
number of art histories and a (n) number of personal views (opposing to the "official” art
history)? If this is true, could we speculate that a personal view in one context, in the same time,
could be the "dominant” one in another context?
Papers submitted must contain a minimum of 3,000 words. Authors are responsible for securing
high-quality digital images and securing rights to reproduce them digitally.
Additional
author
guidelines
and
editorial
procedures
can
be
found
here: http://www.arths.org.uk/about/journal/author-s-guidelines.
CIVIC PERFORMANCE: PAGEANTRY AND ENTERTAINMENTS IN EARLY
MODERN LONDON
Deadline : December 15, 2013
Proposals are sought for a collection of essays on the topic of Civic Performance: Pageantry and
Entertainments in Early Modern London, edited by J. Caitlin Finlayson (University of MichiganDearborn) and Amrita Sen (Oklahoma City University).
Pageantry in sixteenth and seventeenth century London played a major role in civic life not
merely as spectacle but as a means of formulating, articulating, and often transforming civic
identity. Residents and visitors to the city partook of these entertainments on the very streets that
came to physically and symbolically define the urban space. Civic Performance: Pageantry and
Entertainments in Early Modern London, seeks to bring together essays that explore the civic
nature of these events, including civic identity and values, civic history, and Early Modern
London's socio-political controversies. This collection also seeks to address how these London
pageants and entertainments negotiate the nature and limits of civic space, citizenship, and
commerce.
There has been a recent upsurge of critical interest in Early Modern pageantry in part generated
by research initiatives such as the Nichols project at the University of Warwick and also by
recent critical works such as Tracey Hill’s Pageantry and Power: A Cultural History of the Early
Modern Lord Mayor's Show 1585-1639 (2011) and David Bergeron's English Civic Pageantry,
27 1558-1642 (rev. ed. 2003). While current criticism provides important insights into the context
and mechanisms of civic pageantry and entertainments, our proposed collection of essays aims to
juxtapose questions of civic negotiation with global trade and the influx of foreigners, draw upon
digital humanities to better understand the route of pageants and the representation of Early
Modern urban space, and bring together different modes of civic pageantry, entertainments and
spectacle.
Essays for this collection may be on any form of civic pageantry and entertainments, including
(but not limited to) processions, royal entries, Lord Mayor's Shows, water pageantry, the public
pageantry of funeral processions, civic entertainments for visiting dignitaries or the opening of
new buildings/spaces/utilities, etc.
Topics for this collection might address (but are not limited to):
• good governance and civic pride;
• civic history and myth;
• London as myth, ideal or gritty reality;
• London as a performance space;
• water pageantry and the Thames as a site of performance;
• the role of the civic funding (e.g. Livery Companies) and organization;
• civic drama and civic pageantry;
• eyewitness accounts and the London audience;
• how music, costumes, architectural devices, stage properties, etc. shape the experience of
spectacle and pageantry;
• how the limitations of different London venues or the history of specific public performance
sites impacts the enactment and reception of pageantry/entertainments;
• the role of print in the circulation of (and codification of) pageantry/entertainments between
social and literary contexts.
Submit a 500-word abstract and c.v. by December 15, 2013 to both J. Caitlin Finlayson
(Associate Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn) at [email protected] and Amrita
Sen (Assistant Professor, Oklahoma City University) at [email protected].