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…
CFP: Dealing with Trauma in Early Modern France
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,…
CFP: Shaping Intellectual Disabilities in Early Modern Literature and Culture (for edited volume)
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
CFP: Health and Work in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750 ca.
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…
“O, let me see thee walk”: Roundtable on early modern embodiment & mobility
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…
Race and the Early Modern: New Scholars, New Scholarship
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…
SAA 49th Annual Meeting
Click here for the Premodern Disability conference guide. The Shakespeare Association of America will hold its 49th Annual Meeting virtually. The conference dates are March 31-April 3, 2021. This event will be updated when the SAA January Bulletin is released.
Uncommon Bodies: Methods Talk with Chess and Row-Heyveld
February 10 at 11am-12:30pm (Central Time) Behind-the-Scenes Methods Talk featuring Simone Chess (Wayne State University) and Lindsey Row-Heyveld (Luther College) on “The Trajectories of Early Modern Disability Studies.” Topics include: What brought us each to early modern disability studies? Where was early modern disability studies when we first met and first began this work? What has changed,…
London Shakespeare Seminar
On January 11th, the topic of the London Shakespeare Seminar will be disability. Session co-chairs are Robin Craig and Jennifer Young. The session will feature Simone Chess (Wayne State University) and Lindsey Row-Heyveld (Luther College). Chess will deliver a talk entitled “Feeling Statues and the Technology of Touch.” Row-Heyveld’s talk is entitled “Troilus and Cressida and…
MLA 2021
The 2021 Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association begins today, January 7, and runs through January 10. We’ve compiled a conference guide here. Up today: 9:15-10:30AM38 – Telling Trauma and Disability 12:45-2:00PM76 – Where’s the Body? Disability, Reading, and the Senses 4:15-5:30PM164 – Spenser and Disability
