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Newsletter 57

By Alexander Samson, on 5 February 2016

Conference Notices

  1. The Spanish Book in London during the 16th to 19th Centuries. A one-day conference, 13 May 2016 in the British Library, Conference Centre, Eliot Room. Attendance is free, but please register with taylor@bl.uk.

 

Calls for Papers

  1. Call for Papers: Europa delle Corti, Mantua, Italy, 22-24 September 2016. The conference will explore the political role of the Gonzaga women as well as their influence on the political agenda, their government styles and personalities. Anyone interested is invited to submit a synopsis of the paper proposal (min. 1000 – max. 2500 characters) to continisio@unicatt.it by February 28, 2016.
  2. The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women (ssemw.org) invites proposals for a sponsored roundtable at the Modern Language Association in Philadelphia, PA, January 5-8, 2017. The session approved by SSEMW (as an Affiliated Organization) is automatically accepted for the MLA convention. All participants must be members of both MLA and SSEMW by April 1, 2016. We invite proposals on the topic of early modern women and “inheritances,” broadly conceived. Topics might include wills and legacies; literary transmissions and intertextuality; commemorative texts and artifacts; or visual and artistic traditions. Contributions from a variety of disciplines and national literatures are encouraged. Please send proposals by Tuesday, March 15, 2016, to Patricia Phillippy, SSEMW liaison with the Modern Language Association, at phillippy@kingston.ac.uk.
  3. Call for Proposals: Pre-modern Radicalisms/ Radical Pre-modernisms, Radical History Review. This CFP invites paper proposals that open-up self-reflexive, politically engaged dialogue                about the usefulness and necessity of imagining pre-modernity through the framework of radical history. Procedures for submission       of articles: By April 1, 2016, please        submit   a 1-2 page abstract summarizing the article you wish to            submit as an attachment to contactrhr@gmail.com with “Issue 130 Abstract Submission” in              the subject line.
  4. Call for proposals: Globe Education invites proposals for collaborative workshop experiments in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. We now invite scholars who wish to collaborate with Globe Education to apply for anopportunity to participate in one of three workshops in spring and summer 2016 in which they can work with us to test an idea related to the drama of Shakespeare or his contemporaries in performance indoors. The successful applicants will be post-doctoral fellows, mid-career academics or established scholars in a relevant field, and have proven research interests in early modern drama in performance. They will work in close collaboration with Globe Education academics to develop a practice-led research experiment that responds to the Globe’s research priorities. Globe Education will cover the cost of staff support, candle illumination (if required), workshop production, space hire and publicity. The external partner will bring with them funding of approximately £1,000 for the hire of actors and a director as necessary. Applicants should consult the Research Priorities and Call Specification below and send the following to Dr Will Tosh (t@shakespearesglobe.com) by Monday 14 March 2016.
  5. Call for Papers: We invite delegates from around the world to join us for the 11th biennial conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. The conference theme is Mobility and Exchange and we invite papers that engage with this theme from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines. See our Call for Papers: https://anzamems2017.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/
  6. Othello’s Island Centre for Visual Arts and Research, Nicosia, Cyprus 6 – 8 April 2017. A collaborative event organised by academics from Sheffield Hallam University, SOAS University of London University of Kent, University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds. www.tiny.cc/othello2017

 

Job opportunities

  1. Applications are invited for two Postdoc Research Associateships in the English Department at the University of Geneva. The aim of the Associateships is to contribute to a research project, led by Lukas Erne and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, on early modern German versions of plays by Shakespeare. To apply email erne@unige.ch, and for more information visit http://www.unige.ch/lettres/angle/en/emplois/. Closing date 15 March.
  2. The job ad for the post doc attached to the Before Shakespeare project is now available. This is a two-year, full-time position involving archival research in and performance approaches to the early London playhouses. The deadline to apply is 22 February. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AMW957/research-fellow-english-and-creative-writing
  3. The University of Hull is offering ONE Postdoctoral Research Assistant Post & TWO full-time UK/EU PhD Scholarships or International Fees Bursaries to join a Research Team working on Gender, Place and Memory 1400-1900. Closing date: 29th February 2016.

POSTDOCTORAL RESARCH ASSISTANT: (Band 7) for the duration of 3 years. Project Title: Women, Property and Place in the World. TO APPLY: https://jobs.hull.ac.uk/

PHD PROJECT 1: Women Walking the World: Emotions, Place and Memory in English Court Records, 1400-1800. TO APPLY: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/pgmi2/s/women-world-emotion.aspx

PHD PROJECT 2: Women, Property and the Law: Mapping Sexual Inequality in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1708-1974. TO APPLY: http://www2.hull.ac.uk/pgmi2/s.aspx

 

Other Events

  1. Opening weekend of What You Will: King’s Shakespeare Festival. Taking place 11-14 February, this weekend of exciting events marks the start of our Shakespeare Festival, which runs throughout 2016. For more information visit http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/centres/lsc/events/index.aspx
  2. Shakespeare400 is a consortium of leading cultural, creative and educational organisations, coordinated by King’s College London, which will mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016. Through a connected series of public performances, programmes, exhibitions and creative activities in the capital and beyond, partners will celebrate the legacy of Shakespeare during the quatercentenary year. http://www.shakespeare400.org/
  3. Lecture: Nathan Wachtel (Collège de France), The ‘Jewish Indian Theory’: the Problem of the Origin of the American Populations (XVIth-XVIIth Centuries), UCL Centre for Transnational History, in cooperation with UCL Institute of the Americas and the Institute of Jewish Studies, Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 05:30 PM, UCL Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London. Attendance is free of charge but registration is required. Please register here: http://jewish-indian-theory.eventbrite.co.uk. A drinks reception will be served after the lecture at the South Cloisters, Wilkins Building.
  4. Society for Neo-Latin Studies, Postgraduate Student Event, Thursday 10 March. This year’s postgraduate event will be held at Merton College, Oxford. 20 places available, first come first served. There will be no fee involved, please just bring £3.30 in cash with you for a massive lunch. Free tea, coffee, and biscuits. There are opportunities to present short papers (10-15 minutes) at this event, in a friendly and relaxed environment. If you would like to speak about your research or suggest a topic for discussion, please email elizabeth.sandis@merton.ox.ac.uk by Monday 22 February. There is no deadline for registering to attend.
  5. Domestic Shakespeare Lecture by Lena Cowen Orlin on ‘The Second-Best Bed’, and Performance Workshop with Laura Gowing 1pm, Sat 13 February, The Great Hall, King’s College London (Strand Campus), as part of King’s Shakespeare Festival: ‘What You Will’. Tickets are free but need to be reserved in advance; you can book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kings-shakespeare-festival-domestic-shakespeare-a-lecture-by-lena-cowen-orlin-followed-by-a-tickets-20420818217