Source of Information: H-HRE 2006-05-22
Date of Event: 2007-05-24 to 25
Location of event: Saskatoon, Canada
Deadline for abstracts etc.: 2006-08-15
CALL FOR PAPERS "Sixteenth-Century Commentary" Pre-Congress Conference Classical, Medieval & Renaissance Studies University of Saskatchewan Thursday, May 24 - Friday, May 25, 2007 Saskatoon, Canada The interdisciplinary Classical, Medieval & Renaissance Studies (CMRS) faculty at the University of Saskatchewan invite proposals for a conference on "Sixteenth-Century Commentary" May 24-25, 2007, in Saskatoon, Canada. Papers may be presented in English or French. Proposals are welcome from scholars within and outside Canada. Graduate students and independent scholars as well as faculty are encouraged to participate. The deadline for proposals is August 15, 2006. The Renaissance recovery of classical texts; the development of printing and the spread of literacy; exploration, trade, colonization, and increasingly conspicuous consumption; the Reformation return to the sources of Christianity; the critique of authority engendered by religious controversy and the beginnings of science--these are among the factors that make commentary on authoritative texts a vital, dynamic genre in the rapidly changing sixteenth century. Topics for 20-minute papers or 90-minute panels might include (but are not limited to) changing definitions and types of commentary, development and format of the printed commentary, commentary as a vehicle of controversy, issues of attribution and authority, and the sixteenth century in the history of commentary from its ancient beginnings to the present. The conference precedes the Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the largest annual academic gathering in Canada, to be held May 26-June 2, 2007 amid the Collegiate Gothic architecture of the University´s beautiful Saskatoon campus: cf. http://www.usask.ca/, http://www.fedcan.ca/. CMRS Conference delegates will be welcome to register for the annual meetings held at the Congress by Canadian societies, e.g. in bibliography; history; philosophy; Biblical, Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance studies; English and French languages and literatures; German, Hispanic, Italian, and Slavic studies; religion, theology, and church history; history and philosophy of science and history of medicine; linguistics; political studies; and women´s studies. Proposals of 200-300 words for papers or of 500-750 words for panels should be submitted through the CMRS website (a form will be posted on http://www.usask.ca/cmrs/index.shtml), or by mail to "Sixteenth-Century Commentary" Committee, CMRS/Department of History, 9 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A5, Canada. -------