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> Elizabeth R. > An Interdisciplinary Conference > > The department of Language and Literature and College of Arts and > Science of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are proud to > announce an interdisciplinary conference commemorating the > four hundredth anniversary of the reign and death of Queen Elizabeth I, > March 21st-23rd, 2003. > > The keynote speaker will be Professor Carole Levin. > > We are now accepting abstracts, not to exceed 500 words, on any topic > related to the life, reign and influence of Queen Elizabeth. As an > interdisciplinary conference, we are particularly dedicated to deepening > the appreciation of Elizabeth’s role in history and the arts; to this > end we are interested in not only original scholarship but > performance-oriented pieces or other media. > > Please submit abstracts, completed papers or questions to John > Pendergast, Department of Language and Literature, SIUE, Edwardsville, > IL, 62026-1431 ; phone: 618-650-2152; email: [log in to unmask] Deadline > for submissions is July 31, 2002. > > Following are two session paper calls of interest for readers of this > list: > > Performing the Elizabethan > Queen Elizabeth's court used performance to define and aggrandize the > Elizabethan era, while her subjects used performance to comment upon her > policies, her person and the state of England during her reign. This > panel will focus on performance events that represented the "Elizabethan" or > commented upon the nature of the era. Topics may include performances for > the Queen, such as those featured in progress entertainments or Accession > Day festivities, the Queen's performance of herself in such situations, > or other performances at which the Queen was not present, such as those held > in private residences or public playhouses. This may include performances > that comment on a specific event, policy, or aspect of Elizabeth's reign or > performances that comment more broadly on Elizabethan society, politics, or > religion. Papers may examine visual or poetic imagery, audience/performer > dynamics, the physical conditions of performance as they relate to an > Elizabethan theme, or any other relevant aspect of a performance event. > Please send abstracts or completed papers to Paulette Marty (University > of Wisconsin-Madison) 637 S. Dennis Ave., Decatur, IL 62522 by July 31, > 2002. > > Elizabeth and The Faerie Queene > Central to Spenser's poem is the presence of Queene Elizabeth, who > Spenser describes in his letter to Raleigh as the "glorious person of our > soueraine the Queene, and her kingdome in Faeryland." This session > proposes to explore Elizabeth's role, both literal and figurative, in > Spenser's imagination. Given that her kingdom is in Faeryland, to what > extent is Elizabeth "really" present in The Faerie Queene? How is she > represented, and how is that representation either controlled by her or > used as propaganda against her? What role does The Faerie Queene play > historically in her reign? Possible papers could address Elizabeth's > other fictive representations and how they relate to Spenser's. Please > send abstracts or completed papers by July 31st to John Pendergast, > Department of Language and Literature, Southern Illinois University, > Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62025. > > Deadline for all submissions: July 31st, 2002. -- Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada M5S 1K9 Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask] List-owner of REED-L <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html> <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html> REED's home page <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html> our theatre resource page <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young> my home page