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From: Anna M. DiStefano <[log in to unmask]>
CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 22-25, 2001
TOPIC: NORTH and SOUTH: IDENTITY, IMAGINATION, AND MEMORY IN PRE-MODERN
CULTURES WORLDWIDE
The North-South division is perhaps the most salient feature of the
current global economy. Such differences have a long history. In many
regions of the World climatic and geographical contrasts have occasioned
conspicuous differences in crop production and diet, in shelter and
clothing, and in a range of other markers and vehicles of cultural
identity. The distinct character (stereo-) types ascribed by ancient
philosophers, notably Aristotle, to Northerners and Southerners have had
long-lasting effects that reverberate today. Within many geographically
distinct regions the unification of North and South and their disparate
societies has required immense effort and frequent bloodshed, from China
to France or Britain in the Old World, to the US in the New World.
On the other hand, the diversity and differences associated with
geographical distance have often supplied and continue to supply positive
cultural stimulus and opportunity. As we seek to come to terms with the
rise of new economic and social relations between North and South in the
modern era, it is timely to study the influence that pre-modern era
southern societies exerted on the North. Notable examples are the debt of
medieval Europe to Islamic and Jewish civilizations, and that of northern
Europe to the Italian Renaissance.
The organizers of the Conference invite submissions on Economic, Cultural,
Artistic, Literary, Scientific, Philosophical and Religious contacts and
exchanges (or resistance to contact) occurring across North-South
boundaries in any region prior to about 1776. Interdisciplinary and
comparative papers are particularly welcome, as well as papers on
historical constructions of North-South difference in the imaginary.
Subject to the usual scholarly review process, select papers will be
published in a Proceedings Volume by BREPOLS Publishing Company.
Abstracts of papers in fields other than Comparative Literature should be
sent to:
Jeremiah Hackett, Conference Coordinator
Department of Philosophy
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Tel.: +1-803-777-3738; Fax: +1-803-777-9178;
Email: [log in to unmask]
Abstracts in Comparative Literature should be sent to:
Paul Allen Miller, Director
Comparative Literature Program
University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Tel.: +1-803-777-0473; Fax: +1-803-777-7514
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]:
DEADLINE FOR ALL ABSTRACTS: OCTOBER 15, 2000
Anna M. DiStefano
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