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Forthcoming Events and Calls for Papers
Seminars in Book History and Bibliography Organiser: Dr Shafquat Towheed , Open University. 2008-2009: Transatlantic Publishing Many thanks to all the speakers who took part in this year's seminar series. The theme for the 2009-2010 seminar series will be 'The History of Reading'. If you are interested in giving a paper please contact Dr Shafquat Towheed. Women Readers/Educational Texts 1500-1800 The recent upsurge in interest in the history of reading has opened numerous new interpretative avenues for scholars. Women’s reading has attracted particular attention, in specific regions and time periods. Much of this critical interest has focussed on the idea of leisure reading, however, with the reading of literary texts an especially common theme. This interdisciplinary conference seeks to explore the range of representations and reading practices contained within and encouraged by works which had a solely or largely pedagogical purpose. What vision of female nature did they propose? How were their textual and editorial strategies specifically adapted to fulfil the perceived needs of the female reading public? How did individual female readers respond to these representations and proposed practices? And how did reading advice and practices change over time? Points of departure include but are not limited to:
Contributions which treat any language area are welcome. Papers which compare and contrast more than one language area are particularly encouraged. Proposals for 20-minute papers should be sent to Dr Pollie Bromilow (pollie.bromilow@liverpool.ac.uk) and Dr Mark Towsey (m.r.m.towsey@liverpool.ac.uk) by Friday, 28 August 2009. It is envisaged that this conference will form the basis of a co-edited volume. This conference is jointly organised by the University of Liverpool's History of the Book Research Group and the Eighteenth-Century Worlds Research Centre. For further information, please visit the conference website. Reading Anthologies in Sixteenth-Century France Organised by: Renaissance anthologies took many different forms: 'recueils', 'oeuvres', 'poésies choisies', song books, joke collections. Whether in printed or manuscript form, many kinds of these anthologies circulated in sixteenth-century France both in Latin and the vernacular. This study day seeks to explore the imperatives that governed the production, circulation and reception of anthologies as opposed to single works in sixteenth-century France. What editorial and commercial imperatives drove their appearance? What cultural practices arose from their publication? How are the cultural practices of the anthology related to or different from those of collected and multi-part works? Points of departure include but are not limited to:
The proceedings of this study day will form the basis of a co-edited volume. Abstracts for 20-minute papers should be sent to Dr Sara Barker and Dr Pollie Bromilow at pollie.bromilow@liverpool.ac.uk by Friday 3rd April 2009. This Call for Papers can also be found on-line at:
Romantic Circulations: The 11th biennial International conference of the British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) Some of the most productive recent work on the literature and culture of the Romantic period has explored ideas of circulation. The range of scholarship influenced by this approach includes studies of sociability, reading, publishing, anthologizing, conversation, visual and verbal cultures, the history of affect, medicine and disease, and colonialism and slavery. This aim of ‘Romantic Circulations’ is to investigate the transmission of Romantic ideas, knowledge, cultural forms and literary discourses in the context of changing relations between artist and audience, writer and reader, producer and consumer, elite and popular, national and trans-national. Topics might include, but not be limited by the following:
Conference organisers: Ian Haywood, Susan Matthews
RSS Conference on Reception Study Keynote Speakers: James Phelan, Humanities Distinguished Professor, Ohio State University. Steven Zwicker Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities, Washington University, Barbara Klinger, Professor of Communication and Culture, Indiana University. Michael Bérubé, Paterno Family Professor in Literature, Pennsylvania State University. Suggestions for panels and papers in all areas of English, American, and other literatures, media, and book history are welcome. For a list of possible topics and panels, see the RSS website. The deadline is May 1, 2009. Please submit proposals of 250 words or less to Philip Goldstein at pgold@udel.edu or University of Delaware, 333 Shipley St., Wilmington, DE 19801, or visit the website: http://www.English.udel.edu/RSSsite. Selected conference papers will be published in the RSS journal Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History, an on-line, refereed journal focusing mainly but not exclusively on the literature, culture, and media of England and the United States. Submissions are welcome at any time. See the RSS website for vol.1 of Reception. The Reception Study Society promotes informal and formal exchanges between scholars in several related fields: reader-response criticism and pedagogy, reception history, history of reading and the book, audience and communication studies, institutional studies, and gender, race, ethnic, sexuality, postcolonial, religious, and other studies.
Material Cultures 2010: Technology, Textuality, and Transmission Plenary Speakers: Roger Chartier, Jerome McGann, Peter Stallybrass Following the Material Cultures conferences which took place at The University of Edinburgh in 2000 and 2005, the third in the series is scheduled to take place in July 2010. The key theme of the conference is 'Technology, Textuality, and Transmission', though proposals relating to all aspects of Bibliography and the History of the Book are welcome.
Proposals of 200-300 words are invited on these or any other topic related to the history of the book, to be sent no later than NOVEMBER 30, 2009, to Material Cultures, Centre for the History of the Book, University of Edinburgh, 22a Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9LW or by email to materialcultures@ed.ac.uk Organised by The CENTRE for the HISTORY of the BOOK SHARP 2010: Book Culture from Below The conference is pleased to present two keynote speakers:
The conference will also include three panel discussions on the main theme Book Culture from Below:
The conference theme Book Culture from Below emphasizes the book culture of peasants, the laboring classes and other under-represented and oppressed groups, especially their independence and initiative in creating, using and deciphering printed works and print culture. In keeping with the SHARP spirit, we welcome proposals on all aspects of book history, but especially those that address issues and questions related to the conference theme, for example:
We invite not only researchers of print culture but also those studying manuscripts (whether medieval or modern era) to the conference. Proposals The conference is open to both individual presentations and complete panel proposals (including three speakers and a chairperson). Each speaker will be given 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. All sessions will last 90 minutes. The proposals should be sent in English, which is the main language of the conference. Proposals can be sent only by using the proposal form available on the conference website. The official on-line submission process will be opened on 15 September 2009. The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2009. No proposals will be considered after the deadline. Participants must be members of SHARP in order to present at the conference. It is the responsibility of presenters to ensure that they are members by the time of the registration. For information on membership, please visit the SHARP website at www.sharpweb.org. Travel grants SHARP is able to provide a limited number of travel grants to graduate students and independent scholars. If you wish to be considered for such a grant, please state this when submitting your proposal. Contact addresses For more information, please visit the conference’s website at The conference website and information can also be found via Inquiries concerning the conference should be sent to
Stuart Poetry - Sources, Readers and Editions: A Symposium on Editing Seventeenth-century Verse The textual study and editing of Stuart poetry stands at a crossroads. In the last five or so years, and in the five or so years to come, we have seen (or will see) new editions of the poetry of Herrick, Herbert, Jonson, Donne, Shirley, Waller, Pulter, Greville, and others. The time is also manifestly ripe for editions of other poets (Corbett, Randolph, Carew, Crashaw, etc.) that will build upon the labours of earlier scholars. In many cases work for such editions is already underway. Meanwhile, developments in the study of early seventeenth-century poetry have encouraged us to see this verse as the product of networks and communities, as convivial, sociable, and/or institutional. This critical work has also reinforced our understanding (not always shared by earlier twentieth-century editors of these poets) that the manuscripts and miscellanies in which these poems appeared in the early seventeenth century are just as important as their printed editions to any study of their authorship and social context, their reception and transmission. How, then, should editing respond to these new ways of understanding this verse? How should the practical business of scholarly editing reflect, or influence, new editorial and textual theory, and how does it shape our continued reading of the texts of Stuart poetry? This seminar will bring together new and experienced scholars, representatives of existing editorial projects and those embarking upon editions and studies of their own. The symposium will be structured around round-table discussions, and we look forward to the contributions of those attending, as well as those providing papers. Discussion will cover the following areas, and more:
Registration for the symposium is £5, which will cover the cost of lunch; this may be paid on the day of the event. Anyone wishing to attend, or with any questions about the symposium, should contact Christopher Burlinson (cmb29@cam.ac.uk) or Ruth Connolly (ruth.connolly@ncl.ac.uk).
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