July 2011




Ninth World Shakespeare Congress: Renaissance Shakespeare / Shakespeare Renaissances
Prague, Czech Republic  -  17-22 July 2011
Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2009 (closed)

The Ninth World Shakespeare Congress of the International Shakespeare Association in Prague will mark the next phase in a journey through four continents. Beginning in Vancouver, this international conference has travelled every five years since 1971 to share Shakespearian scholarship, performance, and pedagogy at another great site: Washington D.C., Stratford-upon-Avon, Berlin, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Valencia and Brisbane. The culturally rich city of Prague, a new setting for the Congress in central Europe, offers a wonderful opportunity to engage in dialogue about Shakespearian reception both here and throughout the world.
The location of the Congress in Prague, where Shakespeare's plays were most probably performed during his lifetime, provides the opportunity to approach Shakespeare's theatre in the context of cultural and political relations between Elizabethan and Jacobean England and Central Europe under the Habsburg Emperor Rudolph II and later on the eve of the Thirty Years' War. Delegates will be able to trace the steps of Dr. John Dee, Edward Kelley, Edmund Campion, and Elizabeth Weston as they tour the Baroque theatres and Rosenberg castles of South Bohemia.
The Congress theme 'Renaissance Shakespeare / Shakespeare Renaissances' speaks to current debates about 'Shakespeare as Cultural Catalyst' and 'Global Shakespeare'.
Proposals are now invited for the seminar, workshop and short paper (panel) sessions of the Congress.
Submission Guidelines
· Proposals should be as detailed as possible and include a rationale as well as a list of problems or questions that the seminar, workshop or short paper (panel) session seeks to explore. They should include brief academic biographies of the proposed leaders and contributors of short papers.
· Preference will be given to proposals which, in their subject matter, reflect the international nature of the Congress. Geographical diversity in group leadership is actively encouraged so that the two leaders of a seminar, for example, may come from different countries or continents.
· Participants are encouraged to interpret 'Renaissance Shakespeare / Shakespeare Renaissances' geographically, historically, culturally, and to consider text and performance in a full range of media.
All proposals will be reviewed by members of the ISA Programme Committee.
Submission Deadline
· Proposals of 500 words should be sent to Dr. Nick Walton, ISA Secretary, preferably by email at: <isa@shakespeare.org.uk>
or to The Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6QW, United Kingdom, to arrive by 28th February 2009.
Those submitting proposals should ensure that their membership of the ISA is current.
(posted 23 Sep '08)



Natio Scotica: The Thirteenth International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language and Literature
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy  -  22-26 July 2011
Deadline for proposals: 31 August 2010

The definition of a literary canon in medieval and early modern Scotland is closely connected with the definition of the Scottish nation. Attempting an assessment of medieval and early modern Scottish literature means above all dealing with a definition of this literature within a strongly defined national context: literature and nation grow together, and each contributes to the other’s definition.
Following these suggestions, we welcome papers addressing (but not necessarily restricted to) the following topics:
-    Redefining the canonical in early Scottish literature
-    One nation, many languages: issues of language and time range
-    New canons of neo-Latin and Gaelic poetry
-    Defining Older Scots
-    The ongoing circulation and adaptation of Older Scots literature
-    A tale of two nations: Scotland and England
-    Scottish-Italian relations
-    Local cultural centres: the influence of religious, educational, and legal institutions
-    The invention of literary tradition in seventeenth-century Scotland
-    Literary and linguistic theories and practices in seventeenth-century Scotland
-    Building a national epic
-    Poetry deriving from strands of Protestantism
-    Personal and political satire
-    The poetry of quietism
-    Medieval universities and the progress of learning
Papers should be twenty minutes long. Please send a 500-word abstract and brief curriculum vitae by 31 August 2010 to:
Alessandra Petrina
Dipartimento di Lingue e Lett. Anglo-Germaniche e Slave
Via Beato Pellegrino, 26
35100 Padova - Italy
Or as an email attachment to <alessandra.petrina@unipd.it>.
Further information about the conference will be available in Spring 2010.
(posted 9 February)


  

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The William Golding Centenary Conference
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Tremough, UK  -  16-18 September 2011
Deadline for Proposals: 31 March 2011

Born in Cornwall, William Golding returned to his native county late in life, finding what he called "a little bit of heaven" at Perranarworthal, a hamlet just a few miles from what is now the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus. In September 2011, the campus will mark the centenary of his birth by holding a major conference in his honour. Events will include a tour of his family home, a film screening, and an exhibition of unpublished manuscripts and memorabilia.
Although he is still best remembered for Lord of the Flies, Golding wrote across a variety of genres. His published works comprise a dozen novels, a play, short stories, essays, poems, and a travel book. Interest in Golding is now undergoing a strong revival, most recently marked by John Carey's biography.
Papers are invited on any aspect of William Golding's life and work. Topics which may be covered include, but are not restricted to:
Lord of the Flies and its afterlives
Golding and women
Golding among his contemporaries
The rational and the religious
Golding and the state of the nation
Golding's non-fictional writings
Childhood and innocence
Golding and war
Golding's narrative techniques
Golding and travel
Golding's influence/influences on Golding
Further details are available on the conference blog: http://golding2011.blogspot.com
Please submit proposals (approximately 250 words for 20-minute papers) before 31 March 2011 to the conference organisers:
Tim Kendall <t.kendall@exeter.ac.uk)
and Adeline Johns-Putra <a.g.johns-putra@exeter.ac.uk>.
(posted 22 Sep '09)


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