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I was not going to forward this to the list, but then I read carefully and saw that "demons in literature and on the stage" is one of the topics on which papers and panels are sought.... And it's a chance to visit sunny (well, sort of) Toronto, home of REED! A. ---------------- *The Devil in Society in the Pre-modern World* 17 and 18 October 2008 Toronto, Ontario An international, interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at Victoria College in the University of Toronto Keynote speakers include Richard Kieckhefer and Audrey L. Meaney. This multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine the broad trajectory of devil beliefs in the period prior to 1650 in order to help explain what might be termed the general diabolisation of European thought as it is refracted through society and culture arguably from the middle of the fifteenth century. By surveying the variety in form and function of diabolical and demonic discourses and their social expression both at a series of particular historical moments, and over the /longue durée/, the conference aims to advance our understanding of the changing role of the devil in popular and elite culture and aetiology from late antiquity to its height in the early modern period. The conference organisers invite submissions for individual 20-minute papers, for panels (generally consisting of three papers), and workshops or round-tables dealing with any aspect of demonism and its manifestation in the classical, medieval, and Early Modern traditions. Some possible topics include, but are not limited to: Antichrist and the End of the World Clerical and popular demonism Constructions of the Sabbat Demonic magic Demonic possession Demonologists‹medieval and early modern Demonology and witchcraft Demons and heresy Demons and sceptics Demons in literature and on the stage Devil in art Devil in folklore Demons in hagiography and /exempla/ Demonisation of the ³Other² Exorcism, lay and clerical Incubi and succubi Mysticism and diabology New World demons Protestant vs. Catholic demons Women as healers, mystics, and witches Abstracts of no more than 150 words should be submitted by 15 December 2007, together with a one-page (max) c.v. to Richard Raiswell (Univ. of Prince Edward Island) and Peter Dendle (Penn State Univ.) at: <[log in to unmask]> ------ End of Forwarded Message -- 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