the issue of -isms (Englishness, Britishness, Scottishness)
Women’s Studies Group, 1558-1837
The Women’s Studies Group: 1558-1837 is a small, informal multi-disciplinary group formed to promote women’s studies in the early modern period and the long eighteenth century. The group meets roughly every other month and features two or three speakers. The papers are followed by very supportive and informal discussion. The group meets in Stewart House at the University of London, Russell Square, W1, from 2:00 to 5:00 on Saturdays.
The WSG requires volunteers to present papers on the following dates: September 24, 2011; November 26, 2011; and January 28, 2012. Papers on any aspect of women's studies within this chronological period, in any field of scholarly or critical enquiry, are welcome. Any topic connected with women as subjects, authors, characters etc is relevant. Male writers writing about women or male historical figures who have a bearing on the condition of women in this period are also a potential topic. Members and non-members, men and women, are invited to give papers. Papers can be any length from 20 to 45 minutes, and can be formal or informal, or even work-in-progress. Moreover, the group welcomes papers that have been given at another venue.
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES
41st Annual Conference
January 4-6, 2012
St Hugh's College, Oxford, U.K
'Landscapes & Environments '
The annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference dealing with all aspects of the history, literature, and culture of the long eighteenth century.
We invite proposals for papers and sessions dealing with any aspect of the long eighteenth century, not only in Britain, but also throughout Europe, North America, and the wider world. Proposals are invited for fully comprised panels of three or four papers, for roundtable sessions of up to five speakers, for individual papers, and for ‘alternative format’ sessions of your devising.
While proposals on all and any eighteenth-century topics are very welcome, this year the conference theme will be Landscapes & Environments. We would thus particularly welcome proposals for panels and papers that address eighteenth-century uses of, and attitudes to, landscapes and environments of all kinds, throughout the long eighteenth century and in any part of the world. These might include, but will not be confined to: changes in the landscape (including urban landscapes) and environment; climate and weather (for example ‘the great storm’ of 1703); ‘greening’ the eighteenth century; landscape gardening; enclosure; pastoral; the picturesque; sacred landscapes; ruins and archaeology; representations of the landscape; and meanings and significance given to landscapes and environments, in all fields from history to the arts, literature, and philosophy.
All enquiries regarding the academic programme of the conference should be addressed to the academic programme co-ordinator, Dr Corinna Wagner. Proposals are due by Friday 30 September. Registration will be available in September and you will be notified whether your paper has been accepted or not by Friday 21 October.
For more information please see the website: http://www.bsecs.org.uk/
Call for Submissions: Aphra Behn Online
The editors of Aphra Behn Online: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830 invite submissions for the second volume of this online annual to be published in March 2012. Submissions will be considered in four categories: scholarly articles, articles on pedagogy, book reviews, and essays on new media/women on the web. In all areas, work should be related to women in the arts between 1640-1830, including literature, visual arts, music, performance art, film criticism, and production arts. While Aphra Behn is our guiding figure, the journal encourages submissions on all women in the arts from all areas of the globe during this era.
Our second volume will feature essays on the question of open access. Issues of accessibility have come to the fore with the advancement of technology in the past two decades, issues that resonate widely across all fields and periods. Essays might consider various types of access (physical, gendered, racial, able-bodied, or class-based), various points of access (to power, to audiences, to voices, to technologies), or the implications of such access (what does it mean for a woman’s body to be accessible? for women’s writing?). How do we make the eighteenth century accessible to today's students in today's classrooms, in today's world? How do we make eighteenth-century women accessible?
See www.aphrabehn.org/aphraonline/ for general submission guidelines as well as specific guidelines for each journal section.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2011
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ON FILM
The special session sponsored by NEASECS at the 2012 Annual Meeting of ASECS in San Antonio invites papers on the topic "The Eighteenth Century on Film."
The session encourages proposals for papers on any aspect of this topic, including film adaptations of eighteenth century narratives (for example, "The Castaway," "Tom Jones"), films set in the period (e.g., "Stage Beauty," "Ridicule"), and film explorations of eighteenth-century history (e.g., Peter Watkins's "Culloden," Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette").
Although the session is sponsored by NEASECS, any member of ASECS is welcome to submit a proposal.
Please send proposals for papers to John H. O'Neill, Department of English, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323. E-Mail address: joneill@hamilton.edu. Deadline for proposals is 9/15.
LACLOS'S LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES AND ITS ADAPTATIONS
Choderlos de Laclos's 1782 novel of seduction and revenge, in addition to being perennially popular in itself, has lent itself to numerous adaptations, including a stage play by Christopher Hampton, several film adaptations, a French television miniseries, and an opera. The special session sponsored by NEASECS at the 2012 Annual Meeting in San Antonio invites papers on any aspect of this topic, including the novel itself or any of its adaptations.
Any member of ASECS is eligible to submit a proposal and participate in the session. Send proposals to John C. O'Neal, Department of French, Hamilton College, by September 15.
“Dancing in the theatre of Europe in the long 18th century”
18 April 2012
The 14th Oxford Dance Symposium will address a wide range of issues
on dancing in the European theatre in the long 18th century. Although
we welcome papers on dance music in the theatre and the performance
of dance in opera, it is proposed to cover topics such national
trends, dancer biography, dance and magic, the development of dance
costumes, theatre design, and dance iconography.
We seek papers of 20 minutes, with abstracts of approximately 200 words.
Powerpoint presentations are welcome.
Closing date for submission of abstracts: 31 October 2011.
For information, please contact:
michael.burden@new.ox.ac.uk or jennifer.thorp@new.ox.ac.uk
The War of 1812: Myths and Realities
1812 will be the bicentennial of the beginning of the War of 1812-14. Once described as the 'forgotten' war, there are already indications that there will be widespread commemoration ceremonies across North America, mostly sponsored and organized by national, state and provincial governments, by tourist organizations, and by local historical societies. We have therefore decided that it would be an appropriate time to hold an international conference that revisits the scholarly literature and scholarly debates over the causes, conflicts and consequences of the War as well as the way in which the War has been remembered and commemorated in Britain, Canada and the United States over the past two centuries.
As the Conference title indicates, we are particularly interested in papers that challenge existing interpretations and offer new approaches. It is our intention to produce a volume of essays selected from those given at the Conference. The conference will be held at the University of London from 12-14 July 2012. These dates were chosen to overlap with the annual conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association, which will be held in Cork from 9-12 July 2012 so that scholars who wish to do so can attend both. Further details on the Transatlantic Studies Association can be found on its website at www.transatlanticstudies.com. The conference on 'The War of 1812: Myths and Realities' will be held in partnership with the Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of London, Canterbury Christ Church University, and the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. If you are interested in proposing a paper, please send along a paragraph describing your proposal and a short c.v. either to Phillip Buckner (phillipbuckner@hotmail.com) or to Tony McCulloch (tony.mcculloch@canterbury.ac.uk) no later than 12 July 2011. Please be warned that given the current funding crisis in higher education in the United Kingdom it is highly unlikely that we will be able to give financial assistance to any of the contributors.
Special Edition of The European Legacy to Celebrate David Hume's 300th Birthday
Stanley Tweyman (Humanities York University/Université York) writes as follows:
I have been invited to put together a special edition of The European Legacy, published by Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the birth of David Hume (1711 - 1776). I am writing to invite submissions for consideration for this special edition on any aspect of Hume's life and/ or writings, which may include Hume's relation to other thinkers and to the Enlightenment. Papers can be up to 30 double-spaced pages, although shorter papers, 15-20 pages, would also be welcome. At this stage, I require a paper title, and an abstract of approximately 150 words. I will need the completed paper by December 1, 2011. You should hear back from me within two months. Proposals, abstracts, papers should be submitted to me electronically at stweyman@yorku.ca
