Call for Papers RSA 2025

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The Cervantes Society of America anticipates sponsoring up to three sessions at the
2025 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, to be held March 20-22 in
Boston. We are interested in receiving proposals for 20-minute papers that engage with Cervantes’s works in the contexts of Renaissance culture, aesthetics, and politics. We particularly encourage proposals on commonalities and/or collaborations with other writers and thinkers of Cervantes’s time (including, but not limited to, Shakespeare), on Cervantes and the visual arts, on Cervantes and the classics, and on the representation of history in Cervantes’s works.
 
All panelists must be or become members in good standing of both the RSA and the
CSA to participate.
 
If interested, send a brief CV of two pages (PDF or Word doc), an abstract (150 words maximum), and a brief title (no more than 15 words) to Cory Reed
at creed@austin.utexas.edu no later than July 15, 2024.

CFP: Translation, Transposition, and Travel in the Global Nineteenth Century

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Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies World Congress
Global Studies Center, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait
16-19 January 2025
Translation, Transposition, and Travel in the Global Nineteenth Century

Keynote speakers:
Regenia Gagnier, University of Exeter
Marwan Kraidy, Northwestern University Qatar
Arthur Asseraf, University of Cambridge
Sarga Moussa, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

The period between 1750 and 1914 was marked by change, motion, and mobility. Advances in transport and the expansion of imperial powers brought together an array of peoples and facilitated contact between different cultures. These cultural encounters spurred the discovery of new information and of efforts to transmit, mask, or contain it. Translation played a seminal role in informing the public about the changing world and its interconnections. Imaginative writings and scientific concepts were subject to transposition and adaptation across languages and cultures. Indeed, global modernizing processes were due, to some extent, to travel, translation, and transposition.

For its second world congress to be held in Kuwait from 16 to 19 January 2025, the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies is pleased to invite proposals on the theme of “Translation, Transposition, and Travel in the Global Nineteenth Century.” We welcome proposals for papers and panels that explore transits between places, languages, cultures, and ideas. Topics may include (but are not limited to):

· Travel and adventure

· Initiatic journeys

· Travel narratives and nautical fiction

· Pilgrimage

· Slave trade and the forced movement of peoples

· Circulations, transfers, and migrations

· Nomadism

· Problems in translation (e.g., political humour, the absurd, nonsense, etc.)

· Exile and displacement

· Explorers and expeditions

· Science fiction

· Intermedial translation

· Steamers and trains

· Colonization

· Translation and life writing

· Transfer of knowledge

· Cultural transposition

· Adaptation across cultures

· Transmediality and transnationalism

· Transfer and transmission

· Texts and their contexts

· Transposition in music

· Transposition and translation

· Travel maps and cartographies of navigation

· Books as travelling objects

· Photography, painting, and travel

· Tourism and visual culture

· Nomadic narratives

· Translation and the discovery of new cultures

· The re/discovery of ancient civilizations/Egyptomania

· Translation and the discovery of European modernity

In addition to paper and panel proposals related to the conference theme, we also welcome proposals for prearranged special panels on topics in global nineteenth-century studies more broadly:

Methodology OR Pedagogy Roundtables: Sessions focused on methodological approaches to studying and practical strategies for teaching the nineteenth century in a global context. (Either format can include, for example, creative writing panels.)

Big Ideas: Sessions focused on a single thought-provoking topic related to the global nineteenth century. The format may vary from standard panels (three presenters and a moderator) to lightning roundtables (five to eight presenters delivering short, provocative position papers) to others that may be proposed.

Proposals (deadline extended to 10 May 2024)
Individual paper proposals should consist of an abstract (200-250 words), brief biography (80- 100 words), and full contact information in a single pdf document or Word file. Panel proposals should include abstracts for 3-4 papers, a brief rationale that connects the papers (100-200 words), and biographies of each participant (80-100 words) in a single pdf or Word file. All proposals should include 3 to 5 keywords. Successful panel proposals will include participants from more than one institution, and, ideally, represent a mix of disciplines/fields and career stages. Panel proposals should also indicate the category for evaluation: general conference program or special session; Methodology or Pedagogy Roundtable; or Big Ideas. Although the working language of the conference is English, a limited number of slots will be available for presentations in Arabic and French.

Location and requirements
The congress will be held at the Global Studies Center, Gulf University for Science and Technology, in Kuwait. Modern, prosperous, and safe, Kuwait boasts a unique cultural mix, a longstanding tradition of the theatrical arts, diverse cuisine, and some of the best beaches in the region. Presenters, panel chairs, and workshop participants must be current members of the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies at the time of the World Congress. For more information on membership, visit www.global19c.com. Proposals and questions should be directed to the Program Committee: societygncs@gmail.com. Please visit the 2025 Congress website for the most up-to-date information: https://www.sgncscongress.com.

An Ambivalent Empire. Spain and Informal Imperialism in the Long 19th Century

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An Ambivalent Empire: Spain and Informal Imperialism in the Long 19th Century
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
July 16-17, 2024, Viña del Mar, Chile. Hybrid Format.
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Centro de Estudios Americanos

Workshop

The collapse of the Catholic Monarchy in America gave rise to a process of reconfiguration of the Spanish strategic culture. The Spanish empire went from being a multicontinental power to a state relegated to its peninsular space and the insular domains of the Caribbean, the Atlantic and the Pacific. Once the reconquering expectations of the last absolutist governments (1823-1833) had been discredited, the political elites of Elizabethan Spain were strained by two contradictory tendencies. On the one hand, the Monarchy found itself in a financial and diplomatic dependence on France and the United Kingdom. On the other hand, the preservation of important overseas territories incited the governments of Madrid to project scenarios for the geopolitical regeneration of Spain as a global power. The workshop will explore how Spanish administrations, diplomats and thinkers confronted this contradiction, which places the Spanish Monarchy as both subject and object of informal imperialism.

Proposals and questions should be addressed to
rodrigo.escribano@uai.cl
b.c.sebe@bham.ac.uk
am.vicentfanconi@gmail.com

Deadline for individual paper proposals: April 30th

Individual paper proposals should consist of an abstract (200-250 words), a short biography (80-100 words) and complete contact information in a single PDF or Word file. The working languages of the conference are English and Spanish.

CFP: Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies

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Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies45th Annual ConferenceCall for PapersWe are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the 45th annual ACIS Conference, which will be held at Technological University Dublin, 4-6 September 2024. It will be a hybrid conference, with the opportunity to attend online and/ or in person.You are cordially invited to propose a paper, panel or workshop presentation. Proposals for individual papers as well as panels on specific themes (max. four papers per panel) are encouraged.  A small number of partial conference fee bursaries will be available for postgraduate students.If you wish to offer a paper, please see the Guidelines for Papers and send your proposal to the ACIS 2024 Programme Convenors, Dr Deirdre Kelly, Dr Pilar Molina and Dr Mirna Vohnsen at the email address: 45acis2024@gmail.com by Friday 17th May 2024. Informal enquiries concerning papers and topics are welcome before the deadline.For more information, please see our ACIS website and the Conference website.

CFP: PSHAM, Feb 24, 2024

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We will be holding the twenty-first annual meeting of the Premodern Spanish History Association of the Midwest on the grounds of the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, on Saturday, February 24, 2024. As usual, we’ll meet at noon for a working lunch and then discuss three pre-circulated works in progress. Many of us will also go out to dinner after the meeting is done.

If you are interested in presenting at PSHAM, please send a brief summary of your paper and a brief cv to Gretchen Starr-LeBeau (gretchen.starrlebeau@principia.edu) or to Scott K Taylor (scottktaylor@uky.edu) by December 8, 2023. Details are also available on the call for papers which is posted on the ASPHS website.

Even if you don’t want to present, we welcome you to join us! Please RSVP so that we know how many lunches to provide. A little closer to the event we’ll share more details about local hotels, our schedule, etc.

Please send either of us an email if you have any further questions.

CFP: Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies

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Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies

44th Annual Conference

Call for Papers

We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the 44th annual ACIS Conference, which will be held at the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, from 6-8 September 2023. It will be a hybrid conference, with the opportunity to attend online and/ or in person.

You are cordially invited to propose a paper, panel or workshop presentation. Proposals for individual papers as well as panels on specific themes (max. four papers per panel) are encouraged.  A small number of partial conference fee bursaries will be available for postgraduate students.

If you wish to offer a paper, please see the Guidelines for Papers and send your proposal to the ACIS 2023 Programme Convenors, Dr Carla Sequeira and Dr Joana Lencart at the email address: 44acis2023@gmail.com by SUNDAY, 16th April 2023. Informal enquiries concerning papers and topics are welcome before the deadline.

For more information, please see our ACIS website and the Conference website.

CFP: Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies

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We are pleased to announce that ACIS will hold its 43rd annual conference at Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, from 7-9 September 2022. The conference will be hosted in a hybrid format by Dr Jesús Revelles Esquirol and the Departament de Filologia Catalana I Linguistica General of Universitat de les Illes Balears. 
You are cordially invited to offer a paper, panel or workshop presentation. The deadline for submission of proposals is Sunday 24th April 2022.  A small number of partial conference fee bursaries are available for postgraduate students. See the full Call for Papers here:  ACIS-CFP-Palma-2022-1.pdf (iberianstudies.net)

Call for papers, Premodern Spanish History Association of the Midwest

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We are happy to announce that the Premodern Spanish History Association of the Midwest (PSHAM) is returning with an in-person meeting this upcoming spring! The nineteenth meeting of PSHAM will take place on Saturday, March 19, 2022, hosted by Scott K. Taylor of the University of Kentucky. As usual, we’ll meet at noon for a working lunch and then discuss three pre-circulated works in progress. Many of us will also go out to dinner after the meeting is done.

If you are interested in presenting at PSHAM, please send a brief summary of your paper and a brief cv to Gretchen Starr-LeBeau (gretchen.starrlebeau@principia.edu) or to Valentina Tikoff (vtikoff@depaul.edu) by November 29, 2021.

Even if you don’t want to present, we welcome you to join us! Please RSVP so that we know how many lunches to provide. A little closer to the event we’ll share more details about local hotels, our schedule, etc.

CFP: New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies

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We are delighted to announce that planning has begun for the 2022 New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies, to be held 3–5 March 2022 here in Sarasota. The 2022 CFP and abstract submission guidelines can be accessed here.

We hope that you will consider presenting the work previously accepted for the 2020 Conference this coming March, and wanted you to be the first to know about our rollover policy regarding panels and presentations:

  • Papers and full pre-arranged sessions previously accepted for the 2020 Conference will be automatically accepted for the 2022 Conference as long as presenters notify the Program Committee of their intent to present by the 15 September deadline using the standard abstract submission form.
  • Those whose papers or sessions were accepted for 2020 but who wish to change the topic of their presentations substantially—as well as organizers of pre-arranged sessions who wish to change topics and/or presenters—should submit new proposals. While acceptance cannot be guaranteed given the logistics of rearranging the Conference schedule, these proposals will receive priority consideration by the Program Committee.

We are, of course, also accepting new proposals as usual; please distribute the CFP link (www.newcollegeconference.org/cfp) widely.

One final note: if you have not already done so, please sign up for our new mailing list.

We hope to see you in Sarasota next March!
Carrie & Nova

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New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Carrie Beneš & Nova Myhill, Co-Chairs

New College of Florida

5800 Bay Shore Road

Sarasota, FL 34243

United States

info@newcollegeconference.org

http://www.newcollegeconference.org

CFP: Constructing Historical Narrative in Early Modern Europe

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Call for Proposals

We are seeking proposals for chapter contributions to an edited volume currently in progress:

At the intersection of reflections on historiographical theory and writing practices, the construction of historical narratives during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries helped make sense of a wide array of human experiences. The process of constructing historical narratives aimed to reinforce the coherence of these human experiences by contextualizing historical ideas within what became deliberately configured, accepted, but also debated and conflictual representations of the past. This collective volume analyzes the strategies that historians of all kinds used and the tactics that historical actors relied on when thinking about their place in early modern societies, in a period marked by religious upheaval, political conflict, changes in the sites of knowledge production, and expanding geographies.
Each contribution will focus on individuals, groups, and sources involved in the construction of historical narratives. Collectively, the volume investigates how social and political relations were reinforced and/or criticized on the local and global levels; how groups of historians formed, communicated, and came to shared definitions of appropriate materials; and, most generally, how historical thinking influenced the deployment of knowledge across time and space. Contributors will collectively analyze four genres of historical narratives that experienced unprecedented booms during the 16th and 17th centuries:

1. Family Histories: This section aims to uncover how family narratives, genealogical texts, and/or images provided ways of establishing personal and small group identities and to examine how familial memory overlapped with larger socio-political concerns. This section also seeks to understand how local knowledge communities of various kinds came to negotiate and define familial identities and genealogical connections, and how other historiographical actors adopted and put these connections to use in an attempt to elaborate broader historical narratives.
2. Community Histories: The second emphasis of the volume examines how localized communities, whether urban, religious, or professional, developed narratives about their pasts, both ancient and recent. It further asks how such narratives interacted and influenced each other, as they were read in parallel and recombined, and what stakes were set in doing so. Ultimately, this section asks to what extent early modern historians were seeking to recompose the general history of Europe from the local and fragmented histories of its cities, corporations, religious bodies, and institutions.
3. Migration Histories: The third part of the volume will study how individual and group migrations, forced or not, fostered the writing of narratives across connected cultural spaces within Europe or beyond. It asks whether these narratives provided a wide array of historical writers with a tool with which to communicate about human socio-political connections across jurisdictional borders and geographical frontiers on a transcultural scale.
4. Readings of Natural and Sacred Environments: The last focus of the volume seeks to reflect on how writing and visualizing the Past–recent or ancient–complemented the aforementioned family, community, and migration narratives by applying historical approaches to non-human sites and subjects, particularly the natural environment, sacralized spaces, and collections.

The volume will be edited by Megan Armstrong, McMaster University; Hilary Bernstein, UC Santa Barbara; and Fabien Montcher, Saint Louis University. We are currently in conversation with an editor about publication.

Each chapter contribution to this volume must address some of the questions raised in at least one of the emphases outlined above and must be in English and no more than 10,000 words, including all notes and images. Contributions will be due by July 1, 2022.

To participate, please send a proposal, in English, of no more than 600 words and a brief c.v. to Megan Armstrong at marmstr@mcmaster.ca by September 1, 2021. You will hear by October 15, 2021 if your proposal to contribute a chapter to the volume has been accepted. We will accept proposals from authors at any stage from advanced graduate students to senior scholars.

For questions, please feel free to send an email to any of the editors, at marmstr@mcmaster.ca; bernstein@history.ucsb.edu; or fabien.montcher@slu.edu