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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear Italianisti, Please see the Call for Papers below for sessions at RSA 2016 in Boston on "Renaissance Commemorations". Deadline for proposals to reach me: 1 June. And please do distribute the CFP to interested parties! Prof. Konrad Eisenbichler * * * CALL FOR PAPERS “Renaissance Commemoration” Sessions at the Renaissance Society of America meetings 31 March-2 April 2016, Boston 2016 is an annus mirabilis of Renaissance anniversaries, including the four-hundredth anniversary of the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes and the publication of Ben Jonson’s Works; and the five-hundredth anniversary of the crowning of King Charles I of Spain, the publication of Erasmus’ Novum Testamentum, the establishment of the Venetian Ghetto, the birth of Mary Tudor, and the death of Giovanni Bellini. As scholars prepare to commemorate these and other milestones, this linked series of panels asks how we consider the very notion of Renaissance commemoration. How did commemoration function in the early modern period? How were people, events, artworks, ideas, and other past phenomena commemorated? How was commemoration imagined and theorized? Proposals are invited for papers that examine any aspect of commemoration, including monuments, statuary, and death rituals; the preservation of body parts such as hair bracelets and mummy; literary, artistic, and musical uses of prior forms; re-enactment and repetition; coronations, pageants, banquets, and other public performances; religious rituals; ecological forms of memory such as commemorative gardens and culinary reconstructions; memorial histories; books as physical commemorative objects; appropriations and outright rejections of commemoration; and scientific and philosophical theories of remembrance. Prospective panelists might also consider how our profession commemorates the Renaissance, and what functions such commemorations serve. These sessions will be part of the meetings of the Renaissance Society of America to be held in Boston, 31 March-2 April 2016. They will be sponsored by the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium. Proposals for these sessions should be submitted electronically to both David Goldstein <[log in to unmask]> and Konrad Eisenbichler <[log in to unmask]>. Each proposal must include: the paper title; an abstract of the paper (150-word maximum); a short list of keywords; and the speaker’s brief curriculum vitae (300-word maximum) and contact information (address, telephone, email). Deadline for submission of proposals: Monday, 1 June 2015. Please note: presenters will need to be members of the RSA and will need to pay the relevant conference fee through the RSA website. For more information, please see the RSA submission guidelines at: http://www.rsa.org/?page=2016Boston#CfP ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/italian-studies