Call for Papers
Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC)
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1-4 November 2018
Deadline for proposals: April 15, 2018, to be submitted online at http://www.sixteenthcentury.org/conference/
The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) is accepting proposals for individual presentation submissions and complete panels for its annual conference, 1-4 November 2018, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Proposals that address any topic within “the long sixteenth century” are invited.
You are invited to submit a proposal on any topic of Italian Literature, or for consideration in one of the panels listed below:
Women and Religion in Early Modern Italy
This panel seeks papers examining the creative contributions of early modern Italian women writers, both lay and religious, who promoted religious devotion in unique ways through (but not limited to) spiritual autobiography, dramatic performance, hagiography, treatise, dialogue, and poetry.
Italian Literature ReformedDuring the Protestant Reformation, those who openly questioned Catholic doctrine in Italy—Bernardino Ochino, Pietro Martire Vermigli, Pier Paolo Vergerio—ended up fleeing the country. Some others, like Fanio Fanino, were sentenced to death. While the Ferrarese court provided a temporary haven for some Protestant sympathizers (among them Olympia Fulvia Morata), Italian writers, preachers, and intellectuals were constantly faced with censorship and condemnation and yet continued to produce a wide range of literature. What were some of the creative ways in which writers reshaped/rewrote their works (religious texts as well as secular literature) to adapt to the oppressive climate of the Counter Reformation? This panel seeks discussion on “reformed” literature, in the vein of Vittoria Colonna’s spiritual “reformation” of Petrarchan lyric or Torquato Tasso’s transformation of Boiardo’s and Ariosto’s chivalric romance into a Christian epic. How did the reformed literature of the period prove to be, in the words of Virginia Cox, “richer and more inventive than it is often given credit for … in transforming past models to contemporary ends”?
A paper that has been published previously or presented at another scholarly conference may not be delivered at the annual conference. Please note that proposing a session or a paper indicates your commitment to attend. The selection process is competitive, and the conference committee will not be able to accept every submission.
SCSC welcomes graduate student speakers who are within one or two years of defending their dissertations. However, all sessions must include at least one speaker who has received the PhD or other terminal degree, and predoctoral speakers should present dissertation research, not term papers. Please include the dissertation title and expected date of completion to clarify eligibility.
Abstracts (250 words or less) either for individual presentations or complete panels must be submitted online at sixteenthcentury.org/conference, using the links on that page’s left menu. We ask that you make all requests for AV equipment at the time you submit your abstract, as we must schedule this in advance and cannot accommodate late requests due to increased costs. Within four weeks after the 15 April deadline, the Program Committee will notify all those who submitted proposals of its decision.
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Jennifer Haraguchi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Italian
BYU Dept. of French and Italian
