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Conference

"Renaissance Reading, Writing, Performing and Printing"
53rd Annual Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference
Victoria, British Columbia
21-23 October 2010

Plenary speakers

Randall McLeod, Associate Professor of English, University of Toronto
Marta Straznicky, Professor of English, Queen's University

Call for Papers

Papers and proposals for sessions of three or four papers are invited on all aspects of the culture and society of early modern Europe, c.1300-1700. The organizers especially encourage work that explores:

• the history of the book (with a special emphasis on reading and printing)
• print and manuscript culture
• concepts of authorship and authority
• performance and performativity (both public and private, theatrical and otherwise)
• what terms like reading, writing, performance, print, and publication mean in the context of the ever-changing field of Renaissance studies

Interdisciplinary approaches to these and related topics are particularly welcome.

One-page abstracts for individual papers accompanied by one-page CVs should be sent to pnrc2010@gmail.com no later than 15 February 2010. Panel proposals should include an abstract for each paper, a one-page C.V. for each presenter, and a paragraph from the panel organizer describing the overall focus of the session. (Please note that the organizers will be pleased to receive papers from as well as panels organized by and for graduate students.)

The organizers also look forward to considering proposals for roundtable sessions, poster sessions, and demonstrations of innovative research projects (especially digital humanities projects). Queries about such sessions should be sent to pnrc2010@gmail.com no later than 31 January 2010.

Receipt of proposals will be acknowledged by email. Acceptance of proposals and a preliminary conference schedule will be distributed no later than April 2010.

For more conference information or to have individual questions answered, please contact Prof. Erin E. Kelly (Dept. of English, University of Victoria).

Past Conferences

• Date and Location

  2009 – Montana State U
  2008 – U British Columbia
  2007 – U Calgary, U Alberta
  2006 – RSA, San Francisco
  2005 – Mount Royal C, St. Mary's U-C, U Calgary, U Alberta
  2004 – Western Washington U
  2003 – Malaspina U-C
  2002 – Marlborough School
  2001 – U British Columbia
  2000 – U Puget Sound
  1999 – U Saskatchewan
  1998 Western Washington U
  1997 – RSA, Simon Fraser U
  1996 – Seattle U
  1995 – U Calgary, U Alberta, Mount Royal C
  1994 – Reed C
  1993 – U British Columbia
  1992 – U Puget Sound
  1991 – Simon Fraser U
  1990 – Seattle U
  1989 – U Victoria
  1988 – U Oregon
  1987 – U Calgary
  1986 – Whitworth C
  1985 – U British Columbia
  1984 – Seattle Pacific U, U Washington
  1983 – U Alberta
  1982 – Portland State U
  1981 – Simon Fraser U
  1980 – Pacific Lutheran U, U Puget Sound
  1979 – U Victoria
  1978 – Southern Oregon State C
  1977 – U British Columbia
  1976 – U Washington
  1975 – U Seattle
  1974 – U Regina
  1973 – U Oregon
  1972 – U Calgary
  1971 – Portland State U
  1970 – U British Columbia
  1969 – Lewis and Clark C
  1968 – U Alberta
  1967 – Washington State U
  1966 – U Victoria
  1965 – Central Washington State C
  1964 – U Oregon
  1963 – Western Washington State C
  1962 – Portland State C
  1961 – U Washington
  1960 – U Oregon
  1959 – Gonzaga U
  1958 – U British Columbia
  1957 – U Washington