Appels à contribution

Scholars across disciplines have amply demonstrated the role of women in spiritual reform, as writers, patrons (of artworks and religious orders), and in devotional practices. Art-historical inquiry has recently turned to the involvement of some canonical artists in reform movements: women artists, however, seem absent from this discussion, despite their production of altarpieces and devotional images, as well as their connections with ecclesiastics. This session seeks to explore women artists’…

L’Institut International du Livre et de la Librairie (2I2L) annonce sa troisième université doctorale d’été à Ferney-Voltaire du 27 au 31 août 2013 prochains. Le sujet en sera cette année (après avoir été « la correspondance « en 2011 et » écrire une vie, écrire sa vie » en 2012) « l’opinion par alphabet ». Nous adopterons le même dispositif que les années précédentes : invitation aux doctorants de l’ED 3LA à déposer un sujet (remplir fiche jointe) avant le 30 mai auprès de michele.clement@univ…

During the medieval and early modern periods, figures such as witches, prostitutes, women healers, amazons and possessed women were the objects of theological, medical, juridical discourses and institutions which more often than not rendered them outside the realm of « normative » femininity. At the same time, early modern spectacles in all their forms (drama, opera, ballet, entrées royales) contain a whole panoply of representations of such pilloried feminine subjects. This panel invites contr…

The Society for Early Modern Women [http://ssemw.org/] extends sponsorship for up to five sessions at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. Sponsorship signifies that sessions accepted by the SSEMW are automatically accepted for the RSA Annual Conference. Session organizers whose panel focuses on women or female gender/sexuality in the Renaissance/Early Modern period ? in all disciplines and in all geographic areas – are invited to submit an abstract describing the objective…

Le projet ANR Therepsicore, mené par une équipe pluridisciplinaire constituée d’historiens de la Révolution et de l’Empire rattachés au CHEC (Clermont-Ferrand) et de littéraires spécialistes des théâtres français et étrangers de la période rattachés au CELIS (Clermont-Ferrand) et au CELLF 17e-18e siècles (Paris IV), s’intéresse aux salles, au personnel des troupes provinciales et à leurs répertoires respectifs entre 1791 et 1813 – sans oublier les départements créés ou annexés dans l’espace ger…

Organizers: Julie Campbell, Anne Larsen, and Diana Robin We would like to propose a series of panels on women’s participation in the areas of philosophy, theology, and science (natural philosophy) in the early modern period. As more information comes to light about women’s participation in philosophical debates, activities involving religion and religious controversy, and their engagement in natural philosophy during the early modern period, it becomes clear that we have much to learn about the…