*CALL FOR PAPERS
*
*Sacred and Profane in the Early Modern Hispanic World
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*Indianapolis Museum of Art and Indiana University, Bloomington
*
*Oct. 16-17, 2009
*
We are seeking abstracts for papers to be presented at this two-day
interdisciplinary conference centered on religiosity in the Hispanic
world
from 1492-1680. Submissions should represent the fields of literature,
art,
religion, politics and/or history. The symposium will coincide with
the
opening of the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s special exhibition,
Sacred
Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World <
http://www.imamuseum.org/explore/exhibitions/sacredspain>, which
examines
the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and its American
colonies
through the lens of belief and its lived experience. This exclusive
exhibition includes works from collections throughout Spain and Latin
America, many of which have never been exhibited in the US. At the IMA
<
http://www.imamuseum.org/> , curators and scholars directly involved
with
the organization of the exhibition will speak about the show, which
visiting
scholars and other participants will have a chance to see and discuss
in the
galleries.
The symposium will draw synergistically on this exhibition, while
seeking to
establish a spectrum of other approaches to this cultural production,
including but not limited to the following:
1. *The Irreligious*, dealing with cultural production that
rejected
Catholic orthodoxy;
2. *The Non-religious*, in which the discourse of religion stands
aside
from cultural production;
3. *Classical Myth* and its engagement and/or distancing from
Catholic
culture;
4. *Sacred Others*: Jewish, Islamic and Pre-Columbian religious
perspectives
5. *Empire and Religion*, on the implication of religion into this
expansive mindset;
6. *Text and the Sacred Image*, investigating interrelationships
among
texts and the visual.
The first day will take place at the IMA and the second day at Indiana
University at Bloomington. Hotel rooms will be available for
participants at
conference rates and a free service will transport participants between
the
two venues. *Please e-mail 250-500 word abstracts or panel proposals
(three
abstracts and panel description), along with a brief CV, by May 15,
2009 to:
*
Prof. Steven Wagschal ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]>>
) and Prof. Giles Knox ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]>>
).
Please see
http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/sacredandprofane.shtml<http://www.indian
a.edu/%7Espanport/sacredandprofane.shtml>
for
more information.
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