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Call for Papers:
Cultures of Doubt in Early Modern Europe (1460-1560)
The Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference, Toronto, March 17-19 2019
This session seeks to explore the presence and role of doubt in European culture from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-sixteenth century. Doubt can lead to scepticism – questioning religious and philosophical ideas – but can also reinforce current ideas or promote new ones. Doubt can ignite conflict but also promote irenism. Doubt is often a state of mind more than a recognizable philosophical doctrine, and as such it cuts across the whole social spectrum. The rapidly evolving world of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries eroded many notions previously held true. How did this affect Italians and Europeans? Did doubt become a somewhat daily experience? Is it possible to write a social history of doubt? What is the role of the vernacular in the diffusion of doubt? What did doubt represent in European culture, how was it practiced and in what fields? How did doubt contribute to the advancement and rejuvenation of disciplines and of culture in general? These are some of the questions this deeply interdisciplinary session will try to address. The Italian Renaissance is the main focus of this session, contributions on European culture are warmly encouraged. While scepticism, atheism, or libertinism are certainly related fields, this session centres on the manifold notion of doubt. Topics may include:
– Doubt and medicine;
– Doubt and natural philosophy / science;
– Doubt and religion;
– Doubt and politics;
– Doubt and jurisprudence;
– Doubt and rhetoric;
– Doubt, sophistry and paradox;
– Doubt and historiography;
– Vernacular works on doubt;
– Doubt and gender;
– Doubt and the visual arts: representations and allegories;
– Doubt and music.
Your proposal should include a title, a 150-word abstract, key-words (up to five), a one-paragraph CV (in prose, max. 300 words), and an indication of whether you have any audio / visual needs.
Please submit your proposal as well as any inquiries to Dr Marco Faini: [log in to unmask] by August 1, 2018.
University Ca’ Foscari, Venice
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