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CALL FOR PAPERS: EEBO and Early Modern Studies Since 1998, Early English Books Online (EEBO) has given scholars and students 'instant access' to over 125,000 sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English books. Books in research libraries across the world can now be read at any time and in any place; moreover, it reaches readers who, because of their status or their geography, have traditionally found it difficult to access these rare book collections. By bringing early printed books into any library, into the academic office, into the classroom, even into the home, EEBO has changed how scholars and students study these texts. But how much impact has EEBO had on research and on teaching? What have scholars and students gained? What have they lost? How does EEBO fit with the renewed attention to the materiality of the early modern text and the increasing interest in the history of early printing and publishing? Just how scholarly are the technologies and structures underlying EEBO? What kind of relationship should there be between EEBO and academia? How should EEBO develop? Following on from a successful international conference on EEBO held in Bath, UK, in September 2005, we invite proposals from scholars engaged in any area of early modern studies (e.g., literature, philosophy, political science, history, history of science, of medicine, etc.) for 10-15 papers on the effect of EEBO on scholarship outlining personal techniques or on methods and experiences of using EEBO as a teaching tool. Please send proposals (max. 250 words), along with a brief biography and any audio-visual requirements, to Tracey Hill ([log in to unmask]), Ian Gadd ([log in to unmask]) and Peter C. Herman ([log in to unmask]) by April 21st. Please note that in order to present a paper at the RSA Convention, you must be a member of the RSA at the time of the convention. Dr Tracey Hill Head of Department of English Literature Bath Spa University School of English & Creative Studies Newton Park Bath BA2 9BN, UK T. 01225 875770 F. 01225 875503 E. [log in to unmask] -- 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.reed.utoronto.ca/reed-l.html> http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/ => REED's home page http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/stage.html => our Web guide http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page