Description: That the Iberian Peninsula represents a key hub between Christianity, Judaism and Islam is widely known. However, theologians and historians have been studying these phenomena as isolated events and not as part of a much larger Iberian world characteristic, one that should be understood regarding the broader Western thought. This session’s goal, though experimental, […]
Description: A unit examining the influence of imperial political powers on the development of the Bible in its historical context as well as the Bible’s use and reception throughout subsequent history. Call for papers: At the 2017 International SBL Meeting, the Bible and Empire group will address two themes, each poignant because of our present […]
Third International Conference on the Historical Links between Spain and North America: Hispanic Roots and Heritage Yesterday and Today. Extended deadline for proposals: January 23, 2017. The presence of Hispanic culture in America is an intrinsic part of the true identity of the American people from their roots. America is Hispanic, it is European, it […]
CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENSION CONVERSO AND MORISCO NON-CONFORMISM IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN EUROPE Papers and panels are invited for the Sixth International CONVERSO and MORISCO Studies Conference, organized by Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, in collaboration with the University of Alcalá at Alcalá de Henares. The Conference, timed to coincide with the 500th Anniversary […]
Twenty-five years ago, in the spring of 1992, the first issue of “Spagna contemporanea” – the first and only Italian journal devoted to Spanish history – came to press. Of perhaps more lasting significance, the project was also eagerly embraced by one of Torino’s most prestigious cultural institutions, the Istituto di Studi Storici Gaetano Salvemini, […]
Chapter proposals are invited for a forthcoming book titled Confined Women: Emparedadas, Malcasadas and the Walls of Female Space in Inquisitorial Spain. The book will focus on the mechanisms of control that women faced in early modern Spain and the different ways that they were venerated through literary, historical, and visual texts. Chapters of 6,000–8,000 words […]
En relación con el próximo Congreso “La España actual: cuarenta años de historia (1976-2016)” de la Asociación de Historia Actual y la Asociación de Historiadores del Presente, que se celebrará en Cádiz del 10 al 12 de mayo de 2017, os invitamos a presentar propuestas de comunicación para la mesa que coordinamos sobre “La internacionalización […]
The Premodern Spanish History Association of the Midwest (PSHAM) will be holding its annual meeting on March 4, 2017 at DePaul University in Chicago. We will meet at noon for lunch (generously sponsored by ASPHS) and discuss pre-circulated papers in the afternoon. The meeting will conclude by 5pm. We welcome requests to present work in progress by graduate […]
