Race and the Early Modern: New Scholars, New Scholarship Conference With keynotes from Nicholas R. Jones and Surekha Davies, and papers from: Ana Howie (University of Cambridge) Andrew Kettler (Kenyon College) Arianna Ray (Northwestern University) Ato Quirin Schweizer (Universität Duisburg-Essen) Dessalegn Bizuneh Ayele (University of Gondar) Eli Cumings (University of Cambridge) Hassana Moosa (King’s College…
At this online roundtable, Susan Anderson, Callan Davies, Andrew Gordon, Erika T. Lin, Harry R. McCarthy, and Eleanor Rycroft will discuss such questions such as "What methodologies can be used to examine mobility and embodiment in early modern theatre? How can intellectual, biological, or cultural contexts help us to understand what is happening on the…
Deadline for submissions: 10th June Send abstracts to: marielouise.leonard AT unive.it Conference Dates: September 20-21, Aula Baratto, Ca' Foscari Venice (Italy) This conference aims to bring together scholars working on any aspect of the relationship between health and work in the early modern period. Scholarship in health and medicine has examined how people cared for…
Chapter proposals for Shaping Intellectual Disabilities in Early Modern Literature and Culture are due July 31, 2022. More information can be found via the following link: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2022/04/22/shaping-intellectual-disabilities-in-early-modern-literature-and-culture-cfp-for
The research project ‘Lived Religion and the Changing Meaning(s) of Disability from Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution’, affiliated with the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences (HEX) based at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tampere University, Finland, invites applications for the position of Postdoctoral Researcher (Early modern disability history) for a…
For panel at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA). From ancient Greek τραύμα (meaning “wound, damage”), the term trauma refers to a physical or psychological injury provoked by a violent event, and the very event causing this great distress. Traumatic events abound in early modern France, whether be caused by natural catastrophes (floods, storms, fires, harsh winter,…
Applications are invited for "Commonplacing Health and the Body in Early Modern England". This is a 3.5 year PhD studentship funded by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership Collaborative Doctoral Award Scheme to be held at UCL History and Wellcome Collection. Project Description: Matters of health and the body were everyday preoccupations for early modern…
Guaranteed Session at MLA 2024: 4–7 January, Philadelphia, PA We welcome 10-minute papers on any aspect of care in early modern literature and culture. How do texts portray the attachments, solidarities, labors, costs, vulnerabilities, hierarchies, etc. implicated in care? Please submit a 200-word abstract and CV to nazarian@northwestern.edu
This non-guaranteed panel invites contributions that explore notions of health, care, and disability in early modern Francophone spaces in various contexts and perspectives. Potential topics might include (but are certainly not limited to): the relation between care, charity, and religion in the early modern; literature featuring characters with disabilities; texts that challenge gendered notions of…
We are looking for papers for one or more sessions under the broad title, “Disability in the Early Modern Mediterranean World,” for the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, to be held in Baltimore, MD in October, 2023. For the past forty years or so, disability studies theories have suggested understanding of human bodies and minds and…
April 14, 4-5:30 pm Central Time | Elizabeth Bearden Lecture (on Zoom), organized by Center for Premodern Studies, Uncommon Bodies, and UMN Department of English.
Online- via Zoom Speaker: Sarah McBryde (Independent Researcher, London) Event dates: 24 April 2023, 5:30PM - 7:00PM Please note that registration for this seminar will close 24 hours in advance. Details about how to join the seminar will be circulated via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance. All welcome: This event is free,…
