The following via Luke Syson:
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EARLY MODERN LIVES
BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE RENAISSANCE AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
A conference organised by the
Renaissance Research Group,
Middlesex University
June 27th-28th 2002.
Main Speakers: Elaine Beilin, Katherine Duncan-Jones, Frances Harris,
Michael Hunter, Sarah Hutton, Lisa Jardine, Lois Potter, Alan Stewart,
Blair Worden.
'Early Modern Lives' will examine the practice and theory of biographical
writing in and about the Renaissance and Seventeenth Century.
The main focus of this conference will be literary biography, but the scope
of the conference will extend to historical biography, scientific and
philosophical biography, and biographers of the period. Topics to be
covered will include women's lives, animal lives, the life of the mind,
life-writing and subjectivity, the auto/biographical self. There will also
be a session dedicated to the life of Shakespeare. By bringing together
those currently engaged in writing and studying biographies of the Early
Modern period, the conference aims to discuss the relationship between
life-writing and our understanding of literature and cultural history.
Venue:-
Goodenough College,
Mecklenburgh Square,
London WC1N 2AB.
Goodenough College is located in the Bloomsbury area of central London. The
nearest mainline stations are Kings Cross, Euston and St Pancras. The
nearest tube stations are Russell Square (Picadilly Line) King's Cross/St
Pancras (Circle, Hammersmith and Metropolitan lies. Buses: 17, 45, 46 from
King's Cross and Chancery Lane.
Conference fee: GBP 60 (GBP 45 students)
Overnight accommodation (B&B) will be available at the William Goodenough
Club, across the square from the conference rooms. The rates will be GBP
100 single, GBP 50 sharing.
For further information and bookings, visit the conference website
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/events/conference.htm#june
or contact
Conference Bookings,
c/o Humanities office,
School of Arts,
Middlesex University,
White Hart Lane,
London N17 8HR
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