La Sixteenth Century Society and Conference est une association professionnelle américaine mondialement reconnue dans le domaine de la littérature et des études pré-modernes françaises. Comme dans le passé, les langues de travail de nos sessions de la conférence seront l’anglais et le français, bien entendu.
Ville fluviale et universitaire, située au cœur des Etats-Unis, Cincinnati a été surnommée la « Queen of the West » par le poète américain H. W. Longfellow. Jumelée avec la ville lorraine de Nancy, elle dispose depuis toujours d’atouts industriels et culturels importants, ce qui lui valut d’attirer l’attention d’Alexis de Tocqueville lors de son séjour en Amérique. Parmi les œuvres des grands maîtres européens de la collection permanente du musée Taft au centre-ville, nos amis seiziémistes ne manqueront pas d’admirer le célèbre émail de Léonard Limosin représentant François de Clèves, duc de Nevers.
Vous trouverez ci-dessous notre appel à communication. Notez bien que la date limite de réception des propositions de communication a été fixée au 15 avril 2012.
En attendant de vous voir parmi nous cet automne à Cincinnati, je tiens à vous présenter à tous mes meilleurs vœux pour 2012 !
Robert J. Hudson
Director, SCSC French Literature Track
The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) promotes scholarship on the early modern era, broadly defined (ca. 1450 – ca. 1660). Providing opportunities for intellectual exchange among scholars of the period, the Society also actively encourages the integration of younger colleagues into the academic community. The geographical scope of the organization is as international as its membership. The SCSC welcomes scholars from all disciplines in early modern studies, including history, art history, religion, history of science, musicology, and literary and cultural studies in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The Society holds one annual meeting in a different city each year, usually during the month of October, with an average of more than 700 participants.
The Sixteenth Century Society and Conference is now accepting proposals for individual papers and complete panels for its annual conference, to be held October 25-28, 2012, at the National Historic Landmark hotel, the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza, an Art Deco gem that opened in 1931 and is a located in the heart of downtown, near Fountain Square.
The SCSC, founded to promote scholarship on the early modern era (ca. 1450 – ca. 1660), actively encourages the participation of international scholars as well as the integration of younger colleagues into the academic community. We also welcome proposals for roundtables sponsored by scholarly societies that are affiliated with the SCSC.
For those who are anniversary-minded, 2012 will, among other things, mark the 500th anniversary of the start of the Fifth Lateran Council, Luther’s appointment to Wittenberg University, the births of Mercator, James V of Scotland, and Catherine Parr. It is also commemorates the unveiling of Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling and in acknowledgment, Michelangelo scholar William Wallace, Washington University, will be a plenary speaker.
2012 is also the 450th anniversary of the first religious war in France, the births of Lope de Vega and Isabella Andreini and the deaths of Eleonora de Toledo, Jan van Scorel, and Peter Martyr Vermigli. It is the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Accademia della Crusca’s Dizionario, as well as the birth of Anne Bradstreet and the deaths of Emperor Rudolph II and Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.
Abstracts (up to 250 words in length) for papers and sessions may be submitted online at : http://96.126.126.10/
If you experience any difficulty with our online submission process or have questions about how to submit a proposal please send an email message to : conference@sixteenthcentury.org
The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2012. Within four weeks after the deadline, the Program Committee will notify all those who submitted proposals.
The SCSC has arranged for discounted airfare to Cincinnati through Delta/Air France/KLM.
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