The following may be of interest to those who are in the Toronto area -- ===================================== Negotiations between Oral and Written Traditions 1450-1650 Saturday 26 February 2005 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Accessing oral culture in the early modern period: a cross-disciplinary symposium Alumni Hall, “Old Vic” Building, Victoria University in the University of Toronto Topics include: Libellous poetry Epigrams Recovery of orality in written sources Frontispiece engravings Orality and music manuscripts Hybrid traditions Mestizo codices Shakespeare and oral traditions Cortés and oral self-representation Programme, abstracts and registration form can be accessed from the CRRS web site: http://www.crrs.ca/events/conferences/Orality/orality.htm or contact Maureen Epp ([log in to unmask]) or Stephanie Treloar ([log in to unmask]) This symposium is organised under the auspices of the CRRS. We would like to thank the following for their support: The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria University, University of Toronto The Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto The Department of Italian Studies, University of Toronto The Department of English, University of Toronto The Department of French, University of Toronto The Faculty of Music, University of Toronto -- Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada 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