Texts and Transformations: Medieval and Early Modern Cultures
23rd Biennial Southern Africa Society of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference
Mont Fleur, Stellenbosch, South Africa
26–28 August, 2016
Medieval and Early Modern societies weathered various socio-cultural transformations, ranging from economic developments to religious conflicts, across a range of different geographies and in urban and rural spaces. How did poetry, theatre, prose, visual art, architecture, and other forms of art respond to such changes? How do we historically understand and assess various kinds of social transitions?
Topics for this conference can include but are not limited to:
- Adaptions of classical texts and artworks
- Translation of texts and ideas
- Contemporary readings of old texts
- Cross-cultural interactions and influences
- Historical transitions and periodisation
- Religious reform
- Urban renewal and development
- Medieval and Early Modern studies in contemporary education
- Appropriations of Medieval and Early Modern culture
- Cultural responses to economic change
- Representations of political dissent and rebellion
- Utopias and dystopias
- Gender, sexuality, and social change
Deadline: A conference proposal and a short biography to derrick.higginbotham@uct.ac.za by 30 November, 2015. Any inquires can be directed to the same email address.
