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From: Jack Lynch <[log in to unmask]>
The complete Call for Papers for the upcoming meeting of the Northeast
Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in Providence, 6-9 November
2003, is now on-line at
http://www.c18.rutgers.edu/neasecs/cfp2003.html
John T. Scanlan, Conference Commander-in-Chief, asked me to spread the
word, so consider it spread. Note that I'm merely NEASECS Webguy,
evangelist, and general well-wisher; all correspondence should go to
him at [log in to unmask]
Call for Papers
In deference to the truly wide range of interests of our members, this
year's Annual Meeting will have no pre-planned theme. Obviously, as the
conference unfolds, a few themes will doubtless emerge. As you'll see,
the topics for sessions listed here touch on anniversaries and on New
England history. The list also emphasizes interdisciplinary subjects,
rather than individual authors or works. But these subjects are not
meant to constitute an intellectual focus of a gathering of scholars
whose interests and intellectual passions are as broad as ours. Also,
if you do not see on the following list a topic on which you wish to
write, send along a proposal anyway. We're especially interested in
proposals on eighteenth-century German subjects, which perhaps deserve
more attention than they are often given in conferences. And we're
eager to receive submissions from graduate students.
We also welcome proposals from people who wish to organize entire
sessions. Should you wish to do this, send along paper proposals from
all participants, including a brief statement on the importance or
currency of the topic among scholars. So that plenty of time remains
for questions and further discussion, limit the number of speakers to
three.
Be sure to submit three copies of everything. Also send along all
relevant contact information, including mailing address, telephone
number, and email. Submitting materials via email is fine, although
bear in mind that since people use different computers and word
processors, sometimes difficulties arise. Should you need to fax your
proposal, use the following fax number: 401.865.1192.
Deadline: June 1, 2003
Where to send your proposal:
Professor J. T. Scanlan
Chair, NEASECS Meeting
Department of English
Providence College
Providence, RI 02918
Email: [log in to unmask]
TOPICS FOR SESSIONS
Jonathan Edwards and Institutional Learning
Reconsiderations of Pepys on the Tercentenary of his Death
Habermas and the Interpretation of the Eighteenth Century
Footnotes and Scholia
Judaism in Eighteenth-Century America
The Young Swift: Tale of a Tub and the Battel of the Books
Phyllis Wheatley
Cromwell's Protectorate
Robert Dodsley
St. Petersburg and Peter the Great
John Wesley
Rowe's The Fair Penitent
Elizabeth Inchbald
Law and Literature I
Law and Literature II
Women Writers and Their Audience
Samuel Johnson
The Achievement of W. J. Bate
Empire
Teaching the Eighteenth Century: Writing Assignments
Witchcraft and Magic
Henry Fielding
Biography I: The Problems of Biography
Biography II: Biographers at Work
Quakers
The Black Atlantic
The Middle East in the Eighteenth Century
Translations
Don Quixote in the Eighteenth Century
Romantic Classicism
The British Museum at 250
Voltaire in England
The Scottish Enlightenment
Natural Law in Europe and England
German Universities
Benjamin Franklin and France
Publish and Perish? The Perspectives of Editors of University Presses
Vegetarianism in the Eighteenth Century
Women and War
The Renaissance in the Eighteenth Century
The Eighteenth Century in Twentieth-Century Culture
Voltaire and Frederick the Great
Eighteenth-Century Dictionaries
Pleasures of Pastoral, Uses of Georgic
The EncyclopÈdie of Diderot and d'Alembert
Constructions of Louis XIV
Sir John Soane and Antiquarianism
Restoration Epics
Thomas Bewick and Eighteenth-Century Engraving and Book Illustration
George Berkeley on the 250th Anniversary of his Death
The Marriage Act of 1753
The Compleat Angler at 350 (1653-2003)
Toleration and the "Jew Bill" of 1753
The Music of Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) and Angelo Corelli (1653-
1713)
We hope these topics stimulate further thought, and we trust
you'll spread the word!
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