Women's Resistance in Early Modern England; submit by 4/15/09
full name / name of organization:
2010 RSA Venice Conference (April 8-10) / Renaissance Society of America
contact email:
Dr. Maya Mathur: [log in to unmask] or Dr. Rachel Greenberg: [log in to unmask]
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Early Modern England was a benchmark for literary and political
activity by women, from Anne Askew’s Examinations in the first half of
the sixteenth century to Anna Trapnel’s political prophecies in the
final decades of the seventeenth. While the lengthy reign and potency
of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) certainly set a precedent for early modern
women’s writing, texts by women played a significant political role
well before and after her rule, and arguably found their apogee in the
ideological fervor that surrounded the reigns of her Stuart
successors. More importantly, women authors actively participated in
the early modern public sphere at a time when magistrates and divines
were striving to situate women within the realm of the household.
This panel seeks papers that explore women’s engagement in
early-modern political life, and especially the ways in which gender
politics overlap with the state and other “conventionally” political
realms, whether discursively or through direct social action.
Please send a brief abstract (max. 250 words), specification of
audio-visual requirements, and contact data (email and academic
addresses) as well as a short CV, to the organizers, Rachel Greenberg
([log in to unmask]) and Maya Mathur ([log in to unmask]) with the
subject line “Venice RSA” by Wednesday, April 15th, 2009.
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