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> > Body Politics: The Body and The State in Shakespeare > 14 to 15 March 2003, Selinsgrove, PA, United States > > Undergraduate Conference > > Plenary Speaker: Wendy Wall, Northwestern University > > Prizes of $300 and $200 to the two best essays. > > Publication opportunities available for selected essays. > > How are bodies represented in Shakespeare's plays? > What kinds of bodies are there? What is the status of > bodily pleasures within the plays? How does the state > control various bodies? In what ways is the state > imagined as a body? Are there any connections between > the body of the state and the state of the body? Join us in > answering these questions during Body Politics: The > Body and The State in Shakespeare, a Student > Conference held March 14-15, 2003, on the campus of > Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. > We are particularly interested in the examinations of > bodies and politics through the perspectives of gender, > race, sexuality, and class. > > Please submit a 1-2 page abstract or a complete paper to > participate in the conference. Abstracts of papers must be > typed and should clearly indicate the thesis of the paper. > Papers should be about eight to ten pages long, typed, > and double-spaced (reading time between fifteen and > twenty minutes). All submissions must include the > following information: title of paper, author's name, > complete contact information, including telephone > number, e-mail address, and fax number if available; > institutional affiliation; need for audio-visual equipment. > Abstracts or completed papers MUST be submitted by > December 10, 2002. E-mail submissions are encouraged. > > Please send inquiries, abstracts, and papers to Rachana > Sachdev, Department of English, Susquehanna > University, 514 University Avenue, Selinsgrove, PA > 17870. Phone: 570-372-4200 > Fax: 570-372-2774 > > E-mail enquiries: [log in to unmask] > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > This announcement distributed via > http://www.ConferenceAlerts.com -- 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