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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:25:30 -0800 From: R.G. Siemens <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: C/C - ACCUTE CFP: Shakespeare and Information Technology This is a call for papers for a joint ACCUTE and COCH/COSH session at the 2002 Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. This year the congress will be held at The University of Toronto and Ryerson Polytechnic University from May 25-28th 2002. Note: Selected papers from this session will be published in a special edition of College Literature. The deadline for conference paper proposals has been extended to December 15, 2001. Shakespeare and Information Technology This session will explore the ways in which Shakespeare connects with various forms of information technology. A number of scholarly pursuits, including book and print histories, performance and film studies, and multimedia/digitization projects are currently examining the ways in which Shakespeare's plays and poetry migrate across various media. How have these forms of media influenced or been influenced by the bard? What role has this technology played in the creation and maintenance of Shakespeare's place in our culture? The panel hopes to highlight the role that information technology has played in the transmission of Shakespeare's work and what that work has to offer our changing information landscape. Possible topics might include: · Digitizing Shakespeare · Shakespeare on the World Wide Web · Renaissance printing practices · Performing Shakespeare · The Early Modern book trade · Pop Goes the Bard - Shakespeare and Pop Culture · Virtual Shakespeare · Shakespeare and multimedia teaching practices · Filmic Shakespeare · Shakespearean portraiture As per ACCUTE and COCH/COSH guidelines: Proposals should be 300-500 words in length, and should clearly indicate the originality of scholarly significance of the proposed paper, the line of argument, the principle texts the paper will speak to, and the relation of the paper to existing scholarship on the topic. A list of works cited should also be included. Completed conference papers should fulfill these criteria, and should be no longer than 12 double-spaced pages. Please send three copies of papers and/or proposals, accompanied by three copies of a 100-word abstract and a 50-word biographical note along with an email or computer disk copy of same by December 15, 2001: Patrick Finn Department of English University of Victoria PO Box 3070 STN CSC Victoria, British Columbia CANADA V8W 3W1 Phone: 250.383.9051 Fax: 250.721.6498 [log in to unmask]