Call for Chapter Proposals: Confined Women

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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 will explore questions such as: how did literary and historical figures become closed-in and monitored?  How did contemporary women interact with ideals of the “virtuous woman” or the “perfect wife”? Conversely, how were figures punished and labelled as subversive and of need of reform? Who were figures that interrupted narratives of virtuosity and of contemporary gendered morality usually determined by men (Juan Luis Vives, Fray Luis de León, Fray Martín de Talavera and Martín Carillo)? Likewise, we look to unveil narratives of voluntary immurement, typically carried out by excessively devout religious women or beatas, but also viewed as a means of escape from an overzealous patriarchy. Some of the themes and authors touched upon in the volume include Cervantes’s portrayal of jealous men and the women they control by means of enclosure, María de Zayas y Sotomayor’s condemnation of an overzealous patriarchy and the popularity and repetition of oral poems of immurement such as La oración de la emparedada.

Contributors are invited to submit a 250 to 300-word chapter proposal for consideration to the editors, Emily Colbert Cairns (emily.colbertcairns@salve.edu) and Brian M. Phillips (brian.m.phillips@jsums.edu). The deadline to receive the proposal is 10 December 2016. Authors of chapter proposals will be notified no later than 10 January 2017, and if accepted a first version of the chapter should be submitted by late April to mid-May of 2017.

CFP: “La internacionalización de España”

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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 de España (1976-2016): actores y redes transnacionales”.

Las propuestas deberán enviarse por email antes del 15 de enero de 2017, simultáneamente, a los coordinadores de la mesa (carlos.sanz@ghis.ucm.es y clopezgo@nebrija.com)y a la organización (geha@uca.es), indicando el nombre, filiación y direcciones de contacto (postal y electrónica) de los comunicantes, así como un breve resumen de las mismas (300 palabras).

PSHAM Chicago March 4 2017

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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 students and faculty with an interest in Iberia during the premodern period, loosely defined. If you are interested in attending or presenting, please contact Valentina Tikoff  or Gretchen Starr-LeBeau so that we have an accurate head count.

The New Christians and Relgious Reform in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

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CALL FOR PAPERS

THE NEW CHRISTIANS AND RELIGIOUS REFORM 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 of the Lutheran Reformation, will examine New Christians as religious reformers, non-conformists, dissidents and irenists in late medieval and early modern Spain and beyond. What are New Christian reform voices? How does the converso/limpieza issue affect religious reform in Spain and Portugal? How important was the converso issue to irenist discourse in Counter-Reformation Spain? These are some of the questions our conference will address.

The conference will be held at the Colegio Mayor of the University of Alcalá from Wednesday 14 to Friday 16 June 2017. To ensure we have sufficient time for discussion we are limiting panels to three panellists and the conference to thirty participants.

A selection of the conference papers will be published in the fourth volume of our series examining Converso and Morisco themes: The Conversos and Moriscos in Late Medieval Spain and Beyond, published by Brill Academic Press.

Send 500-word abstracts in English or Spanish to: kingram3@slu.edu.

Deadline for abstracts: Friday 6 January, 2017.

Anian (San Francisco Hispanist Working Group)

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Anian’s aim is to promote the scholarly study of Spain and Portugal in history and related disciplines by holding an annual meeting of the scholarly community. The next meeting of Anian will be held at the University of San Francisco on Saturday, September 24th, 2016.
As in previous years, the group will meet from 9:15 am to 4 pm on USF’s campus to discuss four precirculated works-in-progress focusing on various aspects of Spanish literature, history, and culture.

Breakfast, lunch, coffee, and parking passes will be provided thanks to the University of San Francisco’s College of Arts and Sciences and a Regional Meeting Grant from the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Studies.

Attendees should send an RSVP to Katrina Olds (kbolds at usfca.edu) by Monday, September 5th so that I know to expect you. The four works-in-progress will be circulated to registered attendees during the week of September 12th.

ASPHS local meeting subventions

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At the business meeting at the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies (ASPHS) 2013 annual meeting in Albuquerque, the membership voted in a new program to provide members with small subventions for regional and local gatherings for activities related to ASPHS’s mission to promote the scholarly study of Spain and Portugal through History and related disciplines

For the 2016-2017 academic year, there will be two funding cycles. The first deadline will be October 28, 2016. The second will be March 1, 2017. The total funds available for disbursement in each cycle will be $1000.

Members who wish to apply for subventions should prepare a proposal of no more than one page explaining the nature of the event and its connection to ASPHS’s mission. Proposals should be accompanied by a budget explaining how the requested funds will be expended. Please note that funding is intended to support workshops or gatherings; it will not be granted to support individual travel or research. Please send both the proposal and the budget to the members of the Executive Committee ( mlevin@uakron.edu; karoline.cook@wsu.edu; anarg@ugr.es; pedro.cardim@fcsh.unl.pt; vanessadecruz@gmail.com; morcillo@fiu.edu; seastman@creighton.edu; Luis_Morera@baylor.edu; j.campbell@tcu.edu; dmesseng@uwyo.edu; sholguin@ou.edu ) on or before the deadline of each funding cycle. You must be a current member of ASPHS for your proposal to be considered.

Questions? Contact Sandie Holguín, General Secretary, at sholguin@ou.edu (Disregard the initial bounce-back message you might receive).

The Portuguese-Speaking World: Its History, Politics and Culture

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The Series Editors

António Costa Pinto (University of Lisbon)
Onésimo T. Almeida (Brown University)
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo (University of Coimbra)

This new series will publish high-quality scholarly books on the entire spectrum of the Portuguese-speaking world, with particular emphasis on the modern history, culture, and politics of Portugal, Brazil, and Africa. The series, which will be open to a variety of approaches, will offer fresh insights into a wide range of topics covering diverse historical and geographical contexts. Particular preferences will be given to books that reflect interdisciplinarity and innovative methodologies.

The editors encourage the submission of proposals for single author as well as collective volumes. A proposal from can be downloaded from the Press website at http://www.sussex-academic.com, and following the link to “Publishing your book with SAP.”

Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies: Best Article Prize (2016)

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The editors of the Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies (JMIS) and Routledge are delighted to offer an annual $500 prize for the most outstanding article published in JMIS each year. All articles published in JMIS will automatically be considered for the Best Article Prize, and all submissions received during each calendar year will be considered for publication in the following year.The Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies (JMIS) is an interdisciplinary journal for innovative scholarship on the multiple languages, cultures, and historical processes of the Iberian Peninsula, and the zones with which it was in contact.

Institute for Advanced Studies: Opportunities for 2017-2018

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The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations.  Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their own research.  Candidates of any nationality may apply for a single term or a full academic year.  Scholars may apply for a stipend, and again for the 2017-18 academic year we will be offering a John Elliott membership to support a scholar pursuing research in the history and culture of Early Modern Spain.  Those with sabbatical funding, other grants, retirement funding or other means are also invited to apply for a non-stipendiary membership.  Some short-term visitorships (for less than a full term, and without stipend) are also available on an ad-hoc basis.  Beyond the John Elliott membership noted above, scholars in all fields of historical research are welcome to apply for membership.  The principal interests of the School of Historical Studies are the history of western, near eastern and Asian civilizations, with particular emphasis upon Greek and Roman civilization, the history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asian studies, art history, the history of science and philosophy, modern international relations, and music studies, but each year some scholars are selected in other fields of historical research.   Residence in Princeton during term time is required.  The only other obligation of Members is to pursue their own research.  The Ph.D. (or equivalent) and substantial publications are required.  Further information about the John Elliott membership can be found on the web at: https://www.hs.ias.edu/John%20Elliott%20Membership.  The full announcement of our membership program can be viewed the web at http://www.hs.ias.edu/mem_announcement.  Inquiries sent by post should be addressed to the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Dr., Princeton, N.J. 08540 (E-mail address: mzelazny@ias.edu). Deadline: November 1 2016.

GIS Manual

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For those of you who are curious about the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for historical research but who lack training in the use of the technology, Jack Owens announces the publication of a GIS training manual for historians and historical social scientists. The manual may be downloaded free of charge, along with all of the data necessary for the exercises, and you may also download the free, open-source GIS software, which is used for the first 10 of 14 exercises. You will find all of this material at the URL: http://www.geographicallyintegratedhistory.com/