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Subject:      Extension of proposal deadline for  Early Modern Culture
              Conference (Miami; 10/7-10) (fwd)
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Lisa Blansett
Assistant Professor
English Department
Florida International University
DM 461A
Miami, FL  33199
(305)348-2507

blansett@fiu.edu
www.fiu.edu/~english
www.fiu.edu/~blansett/index.html


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:23:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lisa Blansett 
To: FRENCH-L-request@WEBBER.OUP.CO.UK
Subject: Extension of proposal deadline for  Early Modern Culture Conference (Miami; 10/7-10) (fwd)

We will accept panel and paper proposals through 1 May 1999 for the
October 1999 GECMS Conference.   Details from original posting follow.

>
>                ************************************************
>                                CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>                    GROUP FOR EARLY MODERN CULTURAL STUDIES
>                                    (GEMCS)
>
>                   Coral Gables, Florida  October 7-10, 1999
>
>                      http://www.frontiernet.net/~gemcs
>
>                ************************************************
>
>
>
>The Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies invites submissions for its
>seventh annual conference, to be held in Coral Gables, Florida, October
>7-10. GEMCS provides a forum for innovative and experimental inquiries
>into all aspects of early modern culture and society. The rubric of
>cultural studies enables us to encompass a variety of disciplinary fields
>and theoretical approaches, among them anthropology, art, history, law,
>literature, and music. Approaches include, but are not limited to,
>feminist, materialist, multiculturalist, gay and lesbian, historicist,
>disability-related, psychoanalytic, postcolonial, and ethnological
>analyses of European, American, Native American, African, Near Eastern,
>and Asian cultures.
>
>This year's theme is "Labor and Leisure, 1440 - 1840," and we seek
>proposals dealing with the social, economic, aesthetic, sexual, gendered,
>artistic, political, racial, and philosophic aspects of either or both of
>these spheres. We solicit works that investigate, discuss, challenge, or
>undermine the definitions and cultural manifestations of labor and leisure.
>
>We are particularly interested in proposals that address the following
>topics:
>
>*Working-Class Authorship       *Saturnalia
>*Duelling                       *Hunting
>*Merchant and Industrial        *Able-bodied workers/Disabled Non-workers
> Capitalism                     *Factory Life
>*Freak Shows, Oddities, and Other Forms of Bodily Entertainments
>*Literature and/as Work         *Literature and/as Leisure
>*Revisiting Marxist Theories of Labor
>Rethinking Foucauldian Notions of Pleasure
>*Conspicuous Consumption        *Crafts and Hobbies
>*Sex Work(ers)                  *Commerce and Trade
>*Leisure and Landscape          *The Art of Leisure
>*The Invention of Leisure/Leisure Activities
>*Pornography and the Family     * Games
>*Labor Relations                *The Divisions(s) of Labor
>*The Psychology of Leisure      *The Ethic of Work
>*Literature and Landscape
>
>In order to allow the greatest possible amount discussion, presentations
>will be limited to ten minutes. GEMCS actively seeks alternative format
>panels -- workshops, large panels, discussion groups, informal
>presentations.  Workshops and seminars on innovative pedagogy and
>institutional politics are especially welcome. Once again, the conference
>will feature a series of critical debates on selected topics drawn from
>the conference theme as well as from contemporary academic concerns. Group
>leaders will facilitate discussions on topics to be announced shortly
>before the conference.
>
>One-page abstracts for individual papers must include NAME, AFFILIATION,
>E-MAIL and POSTAL address; proposals for panels must include one-page
>abstracts for each presenter, as well as the names, affiliations, postal
>addresses and e-mail addresses of ALL participants. Panels of 4-6
>participants will be given preference. Participants will be notified of
>their acceptance to the conference by e-mail.
>
>
>Address all postal submissions by May 1, 1999 to:
>
>Lisa Blansett
>Department of English
>DM 461 A
>Florida International University
>Miami, FL 33199
>
>
>Send all e-mail submissions by May 1, 1999 to:
>
>Pat Gill  -- gill@wmich.edu
>
>
>****** Send only ONE abstract. Submit abstracts and proposals EITHER by
>post OR by e-mail. Do NOT use both means of delivery ******
>
>Check the GEMCS website for conference info and updates.