FINAL CALL for conference papers on
THE MYSTERIOUS AND THE FOREIGN
IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
October 4 & 5, 2002
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, including witchcraft and fairy realms
*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 AND papers may be submitted in the body of an email
letter
--NO ATTACHMENTS PLEASE!
We expect 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 (hard copy) to:
Dr Graham
Roebuck
Department of English
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, Canada
L8S 4L9
Electronic copy should be sent to all of the organizers:
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information on conference travel, accommodation, hospitality,
conference fees
and keynote speakers will be posted on
Helen Ostovich
Editor, EARLY THEATRE / Professor, Dept of English
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L9
(905)525-9140
x24496 FAX (905)777-8316
http://www.earlytheatre.ca