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From: Richard Raiswell <[log in to unmask]>
Shell Games: Scams, frauds and deceits (1300-1650)
Schemes calculated to deceive
This multi-disciplinary conference will explore the practice of deception
in late medieval and early modern cultures and ask how those who study the
past can use such schemes as a vehicle to advance our understanding of the
intellectual, economic, social and political climate of the period.
The conference is scheduled to take place 28-29 April 2001, at the Centre
for Reformation and Renaissance Studies in the University of Toronto.
Conference organizers invite submissions for 20 minute papers. Deadline is
30 June 2000. Abstracts should be no more than 150 words. Submissions
should be made electronically and include a one-page (max.) C.V. to:
Richard Raiswell and Mark Crane
c/o Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following:
Fraud and deceit in:
cartography
commerce
diplomacy
gender and identity politics
law
literature
medicine
national myths
New World contacts
printing and publishing
religion
science
travel
visual arts
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