SE17 Prizes

THE SOCIETY FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY FRENCH SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES (SE17) 

 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS  

Re-Visioning the Center:  

New Directions in Seventeenth-Century Francophone Studies Prize

 

The Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies (SE17) is awarding a prize to recognize work presented at any conference that relativizes, problematizes, and revitalizes aspects of French and Francophone culture that have been under recognized by and in the established critical canon of French seventeenth-century studies. 

 

Subjects treated include, but are not limited to, the following topics: disability, race, non-normative sexuality, queer theory/studies, global topics, any area of francophone studies (North Africa, Caribbean, North America, Asia).

 

SUBMISSION DETAILS: 

  • Papers may have been presented at any conference in any country during the previous calendar year (2025).

  • Length: 12 pages double spaced or approximately 3000 words (not including endnotes and bibliography). Chicago Notes and Bibliography or Modern Languages Association styles accepted. 

  • Languages: English or French. 

  • Papers may not be published at time of submission but a longer version may be under consideration for publication. 

  • Submitter must be a member of SE17 at the time of submission and may join the Society to submit.

  • Double blind submission by April 1st, 2026.

  • Submit paper plus a 200-word abstract to Prize Committee Chair Camille Leclère-Gregory (se17prizes@gmail.com). Remove any information identifying authorship from the paper itself and include in the accompanying email the following information: name, affiliation (if any), the name and dates of the conference where the paper was presented.

  • Prize: Two years of complimentary membership in the Society; abstract and “Spotlight” article focused on the author and their work published on the website earlymodernfrance.org. Winner announced and prize awarded at the annual SE17 conference, on the Early Modern France website, major interdisciplinary listservs, and through the Society’s social media outlets.