Daily Archives: 27 June 2016

To the Ends of the Earth – Call For Papers

To the Ends of the Earth
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, the University of Pennsylvania
March 2-4, 2017

From the beginning, humans have been explorers—constantly pushing, redefining and crossing geographic and imagined borders—seeking out “the ends of the earth.” We invite proposals for an interdisciplinary conference on the theme Ends of the Earth to be held at the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania libraries on March 2-4, 2017. This conference, broad and interdisciplinary, will span the ancient and the modern, the technical and the spiritual, the real and the imaginary. We are especially interested in papers and interdisciplinary sessions that synthetically address these themes.

Possible paper topics may include but are not limited to:

  • Technologies of exploration and travel
  • Transmission and translation of material, textual, and cultural practices
  • Remoteness and distance in literature and film
  • The anthropocene and the limits of human-environmental interaction
  • Borderlands and the changing geographies of liminal spaces
  • Migration, both forced and voluntary
  • Pilgrimage, spiritual travel, and geographies of the sacred
  • Scientific exploration and the history of imperialism
  • The end times and eschatological journeys

Proposals for papers to be presented at the conference should include: the name of the speaker; the speaker’s affiliation if any; the title of the presentation; a 300-word abstract; full contact information for the speaker (name, address, telephone, email); the speaker’s one-page CV. Some funding is available for graduate students to offset the cost of attendance and lodging.

Proposals should be sent to Alexis Broderick Neumann (aneu@sas.upenn.edu) by July 1, 2016. Participants will be notified of acceptance by the end of August 2016.

Beyond 400: New Shakespeares a Symposium @ University of Melbourne

Beyond 400: New Shakespeares a Symposium
University of Melbourne
15 November, 2016

Book now: http://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/6669-beyond-400-new-shakespeares

After a year-long celebration of the quartercentenary of Shakespeare’s death, it’s time to move from reflection to future directions. What will Shakespearean text and performance look like, beyond the 400 year anniversary? This symposium will draw on the expertise of its four keynote speakers from the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham and the University of York to focus on questions of editing and performance.

Keynote speakers include:

  • Dr Sarah Olive, University of York: Defining the BBC 2012 and 2016 Shakespeare Seasons in Festival Terms
  • Dr Erin Sullivan, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham: Shakespeare and the digital sphere: performance and the public in the RSC / Google+’s Midsummer Night’s Dreaming
  • Professor John Jowett, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham: Defining Shakespeare
  • Dr Will Sharpe, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham: Canon, Chronology and Collaboration in Shakespeare’s Early Career

If you would like to present a paper, proposals for short, 10 minute papers are now invited. Please send your name, a 100 word bio, and a 200 word (max) abstract to Miriam Webster (miriam.webster@unimelb.edu.au) by Monday 1 August, 2016.