As some of you know, Carole Levin and I are organizing a Queen Elizabeth
I Society. The aim is to bring together scholars interested in the Queen
and in the intellectual life and material culture of her court so that
we can share ideas, develop professional friendships, and work together
on collaborative projects. We welcome specialists in art, architecture,
history, literature, music, politics, philosophy, and all other relevant
fields to join the society. (If you'd like to be on our mailing list,
send me a note--off the server, of course--with name, academic
affiliation, address, phone, and email address.)
The first meeting of the society will be held in conjunction with the
international conference "Exploring the Renaissance, 2000," which will
be held at Saint Louis University next April. I'm the Program Chair for
that conference, and would very much like to see lively Spenser and
Sidney sessions as well as those planned on Elizabeth I. If you have a
paper, of if you'd like to put together a session--how about the
reception of Spenser in Colonial America?--I'd love to hear from you.
For those who are interest4ed, full conference information is below. The
sponsoring organization, South Central Renaissance Society, is (for
those of you who don't know it) a wonderful group. It's large enought to
have lots of sessions going on simultaneously, with very good papers,
but small enough for friendships to develop. It is very happy to have
graduate students involved, and it has a dynamic and relatively young
executive board. (It also has two journals and offers a $1000 essay
prize each year.)
Donald Stump
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Exploring the Renaissance, 2002
An International Conference
Saint Louis University, April 4-6, 2002
Program: Donald Stump, the Program Chair, is organizing panels on all
facets of Renaissance scholarship, including the visual arts,
literature, history, music, Reformation studies, and theology. Special
emphasis will be given this year to the person and reign of Elizabeth I
(in preparation for the commemoration of the four-hundredth anniversary
of her death) and to Andrew Marvell (in celebration of the formation of
a new Andrew Marvell Society). The deadline for proposing sessions is
October 31 and for submitting papers (full text) is December 31.
Sponsors: The South Central Renaissance Conference and the Saint Louis
University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
$1000 Scholarly Essay Prize: The South Central Renaissance Conference
and its journals, <Explorations in Renaissance Culture> and
<Discoveries>, sponsor an annual competition for the best unpublished
essay in Renaissance Studies. See the SCRC website for further details.
Plenary speakers: Stanford Lehmberg of the University of Minnesota,
author of <Cathedrals Under Siege: Cathedrals in English Society,
1600-1700>; Mary Beth Rose of the University of Illinois, Chicago,
author of <The Expense of Spirit: Love and Sexuality in English
Renaissance Drama>; and Ingrid Rowland of the American Academy, Rome,
author of <The Culture of the High Renaissance: Ancients and Moderns in
Sixteenth-Century Rome>. Professor Rowland will deliver the William B.
Hunter Lecture.
The weekend after: Local Arrangements Chair David Murphy is pleased to
announce a rich array of social and cultural events following the
conference. On Saturday evening, participants will have the option of
attending either an all-Beethoven program by the St. Louis Symphony or
Noel Coward's Private Lives at the Repertory Theater. On Saturday
afternoon and Sunday, transportation will be provided for visits to such
sites as the Gateway Arch and Museum of Westward Expansion, the Missouri
Botanical Garden, the New Cathedral, the Science Center and Planetarium,
the Art Museum, and the St. Louis Zoo. With the exception of the
Symphony, the Repertory Theater, and the Garden, all attractions will be
free. For those who like fine restaurants, reasonably priced Brazilian
and French cuisine will be available in the Soulard area, Italian
cuisine on "the Hill," and Asian food in South Grand area. Plan to stay
over Saturday night for delightful weekend in St. Louis!
Sites and accommodations: The conference will take place on the campus
of Saint Louis University, the oldest institution of higher learning
west of the Mississippi River. The conference hotel will be the Best
Western on the Park, located in the heart of the Central West End, a
lively area of antique shops, art galleries, book stores, and good
restaurants just east of Forest Park. For graduate students and others
on tight budgets, a limited number of comfortable, simply furnished
rooms will also be available nearby at the University's Manresa
Conference and Retreat Center at the special rate of $35.00 per night.
Conference Information: To submit papers or propose sessions, contact
Donald Stump Department of English, Saint Louis University, St. Louis,
MO 63103 (314-977-3009, [log in to unmask]). Other inquiries should be
directed to David Murphy, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
(314-977-7180, [log in to unmask]).
SCRC website: www.stedwards.edu/hum/klawitter/scrc/scrc.html
CMRS Web Site: www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/cmrs/index.html.
For hotel information or reservations, call 1-800-373-7501 and speak
directly with Jeanne Castillo.
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