This conference at McMaster University will explore representations
of
foreignness in English writing c1550-c1650 arising from travel to remote
and
exotic places as well as representations of mysterious regions
of
intellectual and spiritual quest. As the conference invites a wide range
of
perspectives and approaches, so we encourage participation by academics
from
different disciplines such as history (social, political, economic,
medical,
technological), art history, literary studies, drama, women's
studies,
music, etc.
Possible topics include
*encounters with
other peoples (whether Irish, Jew, Moor, African, East
Indian, American
Indian, Eskimo)
*exotic food, clothing and the importation of foreign art
and artifacts
*the development of museums and antiquarian collections to
study and house
the foreign and mysterious
*the intellectual endeavour
to uncover scientific and medical mysteries
*the realms of the
supernatural, of miracles, of mystical paradox
*the early modern loss of
or debunking of mystery
Proposals for further related topics are
welcome.
3 copies of the papers (reading time 20 minutes) plus abstracts
are
requested by the deadline date, Friday, May 31. Abstacts alone
(approx
300-500 words) are also acceptable, though complete papers are
preferred.
Abstracts may be submitted electronically in the body of an email
letter--NO
ATTACHMENTS PLEASE!
It is expected that a volume of papers
will result from the conference.
Papers from the most recent early-modern
studies conference at McMaster,
"Expanding the Canon", were published in
_Other Voices, Other Views_ (AUP,
1999) eds. Helen Ostovich, Mary V. Silcox
and Graham Roebuck.
Papers and abstracts to:
Dr Graham
Roebuck
Department of English
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, Canada
L8S 4L9
Enquiries may be made of any of the organizers:
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information on conference travel, accommodation, hospitality,
conference fees
and keynote speakers will be posted on
www.mcmaster.ca(specific website to be
announced) before the deadline for papers.