 |
 |
Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference
Philadelphia, 2–4 April 2020
The Body and The Divine in Early Modernity
Panels Sponsored by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Call for Papers
Description
This series of panels will explore the centrality of bodies as objects of devotion in early modern Europe and beyond. With the advent
of the Renaissance, many forms of devotion rooted in the traditions of the Middle Ages – relic worship, corporeal miracles, blood cults – engendered new trends of Christian pietas, often linked with the progressive rediscovery of ancient models of aesthetics
and thought. In such a context, how did bodies change as objects of devotion? What forms of worship endured the transition from the Middle Ages to Early Modernity? How did new devotional trends dialogue with past traditions? The panels will investigate some
of these cases and draw on a burgeoning body of research on early modern religion, art, and literature in order to address the important question of how the devotion of the body evolved and persisted in Early Modernity.
Topics will include but are not limited to:
Selected papers might be invited to contribute to a volume sponsored and published by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies.
Please send a 300-word (max) curriculum vitae, a title and a 150-word paper abstract to
Marco Piana ([log in to unmask]). Your paper proposal must include your full name, current affiliation, email address, and Ph.D. completion date (past or expected).
All presenters must:
Deadline for abstracts: June 30, 2019. Submissions will be reviewed by the organizing committee and CRRS Executive, and responses will
be sent by the end of July.
------------------------------------------
Marco Piana, Ph.D.
Italian Studies / Renaissance Studies
University of Toronto
100 St. Joseph Street, Room 407