Call for Papers

Exploring the Renaissance 2009

An International Conference

Hot Springs, Arkansas
March 5-7, 2009

The historic Arlington Hotel on Bathhouse Row constitutes conference headquarters (shuttle service provided).

Keynote Lecturer, Nabil Matar, University of Minnesota: “Eschatology, Tobacco, and Moriscos: Islamic Cross-Currents in Jacobean England.”

Sponsored by:

The South-Central Renaissance Conference
The Queen Elizabeth I Society
The Marvell Society
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
The Society for Renaissance Art History

Papers (15-20 minutes in length) are invited on any aspect of Renaissance studies (history, art history, literature, music, philosophy, science, theology). Abstracts only (400-500 words; a shorter 100-word abstract for inclusion in the program) must be submitted online no later than December 15, 2008 via the SCRC website's abstract submission form.

Sessions: sessions should be proposed no later than November 1, 2008 and e-mailed to the Program Chair (link given in contact info below). Abstracts of papers for approved sessions should be submitted online via the SCRC website's abstract form.

Click here for further 2009 conference information, or contact the program chair:

Brian Steele
Associate Dean
College of Visual and Performing Arts
218 Administration Building
Box 45060
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-2081
Telephone: 806-742-0700
Facsimile: 806-742-0695

Program participants are required to join SCRC and are encouraged to submit publication-length versions of their papers to the SCRC journal, Explorations in Renaissance Culture.

A limited number of graduate travel fellowships are available; graduate students presenting a paper at the conference may apply to the program chair for travel assistance (maximum $250). Complete essays must be submitted electronically by February 1 to be eligible for consideration. See the graduate travel fellowships page for instructions on how to apply.