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We invite papers for a conference under the title: Angelical Conjunctions: Crossroads of Medicine and Religion, 1200–1800, to be held at McGill University on April 13–15, 2019.

Proposals: January 10, 2018

"Angelical Conjunction" was the term coined by the seventeenth-century New England Puritan Cotton Mather to denote the mutual affinity of medicine and religion. Indeed, medical and spiritual practices have a long history of coexistence in many religious traditions. This connection took many forms, from the pious provision of health care (in person or through endowed charity), to the archetypal figure of the healing prophet.

Yet despite decades of specialized research, a coherent and analytical history of the "angelical conjunction" itself remains elusive. This conference therefore aims to explore the connection between medicine and religion across the time-span of the late medieval and early modern eras, and from an intercultural perspective.

Taking as our focus the Mediterranean, the Islamic World and Europe, and the various Christianities, Islams, and Judaisms that flourished there, we aim to develop methodological and theoretical perspectives on the "angelical conjunction(s)" of these two spheres. How did the entanglement of religion and medicine shape epistemologies in both of these spheres? What are the conceptions of the body and its relationship to the soul that these entanglements assumed or envisioned? What were the limits to coexistence? How did the "conjunction" change over time?

We invite papers on a range of themes that include, but are not limited to:

Accommodation and meals will be provided. We are seeking grant support to subsidize travel. Please submit an abstract of 300 words and a CV to Dr. Aslıhan Gürbüzel at angelicalconjunctions@gmail.com by January 10, 2018.

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23rd Southeast Conference

on Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Films

March 2-3, 2018

Celebration, Florida

Hosted by Stetson University

and the University of South Florida

Abstracts for papers to be presented at the 2016 Conference are now being considered. SCFLLF welcomes papers on all aspects of literature, translation studies, linguistics, civilization, culture, film and pedagogy pertaining to foreign languages (ancient and modern). Please submit abstracts (including titles) of ca. 300 words in electronic form on the conference site: site:  www.stetson.edu/scfllf

We would like to encourage (but not limit to) a working theme for submissions: translations, subtitles, facilitators, prompts or more generally speaking the “space between” in any form in pedagogy, linguistics, literature and film.

Keynote speaker: Madeleine Straford (Université du Québec en Outaouais)

Multilingual (French, English, Spanish, and German) Madeleine Stratford is an expert in translation, contemporary poetry, literature and literary multilingualism.  A tireless advocate for the field of translation, Madeleine Stratford is constantly trying to promote this often misunderstood and badly known discipline that she values as a true form of creative art.

You can submit individual papers as well as fully formed panels. Language of presentations can be English, French, Spanish or German.

The deadline for submission of abstracts for individual papers and sessions is December 24th, 2017. 

Selected papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference

The Kings & Queens conference series will be hosted by Historic Royal Palaces and the University of Winchester for its seventh edition on 9-12 July 2018. The first day will be held at Hampton Court Palace with the remaining days at the University of Winchester. 

We aim to connect scholars across the world whose research focuses on topics related to royal history, diplomacy, art history, political history, biographical studies or any other issues included in the scope of royal studies. This edition of the Kings and Queens conference will have a particular focus on gender and sexuality as central themes. We are especially interested in studies relating to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) identities and the role of sexuality and gender to royal histories. 

We look to gain an understanding of the perceptions, practices and legacies of gender and sexual identities relating to monarchs, royals and their courts, realising that these may have been very different in historic periods to our contemporary understandings. All topics related to these issues will be welcomed, from diverse chronological periods and parts of the world. We hope that interpretation of these topics for the public in heritage contexts will form a particular focus of the day at Hampton Court Palace. 

We also welcome papers which are unrelated to our central theme and subtopics but contribute more widely to the field of royal studies. 

The following list includes potential topics for papers, panels or posters, which are suggested as inspiration. Proposers should not feel limited by these topics and we welcome a broad range of ideas and interpretations. 

Perceptions and Performance 

• The self-representation of monarchs, royals and courtiers 

• Royal and court fashion, including cross-dressing 

• The construction and definition of royal sexual and gender identities, including LGBTQ identities, heterosexuality and straight identities 

• Asexuality and virgin monarchs 

Practices 

• The lives and roles of companions and influencers, including concubines, mistresses and same-sex favourites 

• The biographies of LGBTQ monarchs, royals and courtiers 

• Propaganda around sexuality and gender identity, whether positive or negative 

• Concealed, illicit or hidden royal relationships 

• Close same-sex friendships 

Legacies 

• The posthumous perception and representation of royal sexuality and gender identity, and how this defines legacy and dynasty 

• The changing historiography and perception of royal sexuality, gender identity and LGBTQ histories 

• The interpretation of royal gender and sexuality in museum and heritage contexts 

The conference will include both paper sessions and a poster session at Hampton Court Palace to highlight the developing research of students and early career scholars. Please note that postgraduate students and early career scholars are welcome to give either posters at the Hampton Court session or papers in the general sessions at Winchester, depending on their preference. 

Individual proposals should indicate whether it is for a poster or paper and include a title, institutional affiliation, an abstract of 250-300 words and a short, one page CV or biography. For panels, the proposal should include a maximum of four different papers accompanied by the same information required for individual proposals and a short rationale of approximately 100 words for the panel. If the panel has an institutional or societal sponsor, please include this with the panel proposal. 

All proposals should be submitted by 31 December 2017, to kq7winchester@gmail.com and any queries about the conference can also be directed to this address. 

“Myth and Audiovisual Creation” Madrid, 15th-26th October 2018

The Conference will be held in four venues (all are either in Madrid or in its outskirts)

Universidad de Alcalá: “German Myths” (15th-17th Oct.)

Universidad Autónoma: “Classical Myths” (17th-19th Oct.)

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria: “Biblical Myths” (22nd-23rd Oct.)

Universidad Complutense: “Modern Myths” (24th-26th Oct.)

More information and registration: https://mythcriticism.com/en/

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Montréal, Université du Québec à Montréal

25-26 octobre 2018

Propositions: 5 janvier 2018

1er colloque international du CIREM 16-18, sous la responsabilité du GRHS

En dépit de l’histoire des émotions qui constitue aujourd’hui l’un des chantiers les plus prolifiques de l’histoire médiévale, et de l’histoire des sensibilités qui permet d’explorer les différentes traces et discours des cultures sensorielles des XIXe et XXesiècles, la recherche sur l’époque moderne demeure toujours méfiante à l’égard des « émotions ». Depuis le déclin de l’histoire des mentalités, les chercheurs explorent les pratiques et les représentations, mais hésitent toujours à penser en termes d’affects, de sentiments ou d’émotions. La philosophie (Descartes, Spinoza, Hume), la rhétorique (Bernard Lamy), la poétique (Scaliger), l’esthétique (Leibniz, Kant, Burke), voire la peinture (Le Brun, Diderot, Lavater, Winckelmann) des passions, suscitent en revanche un intérêt fécond pour une réflexion commune. Plus que jamais, le dialogue interdisciplinaire devient nécessaire pour penser cet aspect fondamental de la première modernité.

Puissante, constructive et active, l’émotion est un lien social et un facteur de solidarité ; impulsive ou latente elle peut aussi, à travers la peur, le dégoût ou la colère, déchirer des communautés et provoquer des ruptures. Elle est au cœur de la pitié naturelle comme de la sensibilité sociale. Elle est à la source de nombreuses nouveautés associées à la première modernité (la piété personnelle, l’individualisation de l’enfant ou l’amour bourgeois) et constitue le moteur d'importants basculements de l’ordre ancien (le désenchantement du monde de la Réforme, ou la refondation d’un autre par la Terreur). Alors que les expériences émotionnelles des acteurs et des observateurs peuvent différer radicalement, elles peuvent aussi être étroitement liées par l'interaction sociale (dans le cadre d’espaces particuliers de sociabilité, ou par la correspondance), les représentations culturelles et visuelles (comme le théâtre et les beaux-arts) et la médiatisation (la presse périodique ou les images volantes). Les émotions et leurs usages ont aussi suscité le débat et participé à la formation et à la dissolution non seulement des groupes sociaux et des communautés, mais encore des rumeurs, des révoltes et des révolutions.

Ce colloque international prêtera une attention particulière aux interactions entre les émotions et l’imaginaire, à leurs évolutions et à leurs impacts sur les institutions sociales tels que le couple et la famille, le droit et les peines, la religion et l’anticléricalisme, la guerre et la paix, l'État et le peuple, les sciences et les arts, la ville et son architecture, parmi tant d’autres exemples. Les communications pourront intégrer des perspectives politiques, sociales et culturelles en examinant les comportements émotionnels, les expressions et les représentations des émotions dans une grande variété d’archives, de textes et d’images de l’époque moderne. Il sera possible d’interroger, en les croisant, les pratiques émotionnelles dans l’espace, les expériences émotionnelles dans les textes et les émotions médiatisées dans les arts visuels.

L’histoire de la rhétorique, l’histoire sociale et culturelle, l’histoire de l’art et la philosophie moderne seront au cœur de cette réflexion croisée : aussi, pour favoriser le dialogue interdisciplinaire, le comité d’organisation encourage la proposition de communications à deux voix, conçues par la réunion de deux disciplines autour d’un même problème. Le programme pourra donc présenter des communications solitaires (20 minutes) ou en tandem (30 minutes).

Les propositions de communication devront comprendre un titre, une présentation du projet d’environ 300 mots et une courte présentation biographique, le tout tenant sur une seule page.

Date limite de soumission des propositions : 5 janvier 2018.

Les projets sont à transmettre à bastien.pascal@uqam.ca

Le colloque se tiendra à BAnQ Vieux-Montréal (535 avenue Viger Est, Mtl) les jeudi 25 et vendredi 26 octobre 2018.

Comité scientifique : Pascal Bastien (UQAM), Peggy Davis (UQAM), Benjamin Deruelle (UQAM), Frédéric Charbonneau (McGill), Lyse Roy (UQAM)

http://cirem16-18.ca/

http://www.grhs.uqam.ca/

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