The eighth annual conference of the North American Society for the Study
of Romanticism will be held September 14 - 17, 2000 at the Tempe Mission
Palms Hotel in downtown Tempe, AZ. The first NASSR (North American
Society for the Study of Romanticism) conference in the American
Southwest, Romanticism and the Physical invites interdisciplinary
explorations of Romanticism's relationship to all aspects of
physicality.
Plenary Speakers:
W.J.T. Mitchell, University of Chicago
N. Katherine Hayles, University of California at Los Angeles
The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2000.
All updated conference information can be found at the NASSR 2000
website:
<http://www.asu.edu/clas/english/NASSR/>.
The topic of the conference, Romanticism and the Physical, is designed
to encourage interdisciplinary explorations of Romanticism's
relationship to all aspects of physicality.
Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
Romanticism and the Body (e.g. Gender, Race, and Sex)
Mind/Matter Relations (e.g. physiology, psychology,
phrenology)
Romanticism and the Physical Sciences (e.g. Geography,
Geology, Medicine, Biology, Physics)
Romantic Ecologies
Romantic Responses to Industry and Technology
Romantic Aesthetics and Representation
Epistemologies of Romanticism
Romanticism and Nationalism
Romanticism and Empire
Romanticism and Travel
Realism in Art and Literature
Transatlantic Connections
Romanticism and War
Naturphilosophie
For open or special sessions please submit papers (15 - 20 minutes in
length) or a detailed 500 word abstract
by January 15, 2000.
Special Sessions:
Romanticism and the Great West
The Rhetoric of New World Romanticism
America Reads Europe
Bryan Short
Department of English
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
bryan.short@nau.edu
New Perspectives on the Picturesque: Ecology, Travel, Space
Gary Harrison
Department of English
Humanities #217
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1106
garyh@unm.edu
And (please send proposals to both)
Jill Heydt-Stevenson
Department of English
Hellems 101, Campus Box 226
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0226
jill.heydt@colorado.edu
Sexuality and Romanticism
Richard C. Sha
Department of English
American University
Washington DC 20016
rcsha@american.edu
Romantic Labor/Romantic Leisure
Robert Frost Anderson
Department of English
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48309-4401
r2anders@oakland.edu
The Scourge of Satire
Steven Jones
Department of English
CC 402
Loyola University Chicago
6525 N. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60626
sjones1@orion.it.luc.edu
Romanticism and Organicism: New Approaches
Willard Spiegelman
Department of English
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas 75275
wspiegel@post.cis.smu.edu
Conference organizers welcome additional session proposals by July 30th,
as well as single-paper submissions by January 15th. Those submitting
session and seminar proposals should submit panel participants and
abstracts by the submission deadline to the NASSR 2000 address below.
When submitting proposals for special sessions, please submit proposals
to the appropriate session leaders and the NASSR 2000 address. Papers
that cannot be accommodated in special sessions will be considered by
the general conference committee for open sessions. All participants
must be members of NASSR by the time of the conference.
The registration fee for NASSR 2000 is $70 (US dollars) before July 31,
$80 thereafter. Accommodation information will be included in
registration packets sent to conference participants. The conference
will be held at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel. The hotel provides a free
shuttle to and from Sky Harbor International Airport for your
convenience. Advanced registration can be made by calling the hotel at
(800) 547-8705 and mentioning NASSR 2000.
Contact Information:
To submit proposals by mail, fax or e-mail:
NASSR 2000
C/O Jerrold Hogle
Department of English
PO Box 210067
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Fax: 520-621-7937
E-mail: hogle@u.arizona.edu
-- Bruce H. Matsunaga "When I see an adult riding a bicycle, Arizona State University I do not despair for the human race." Department of English -H.G. Wells B.Matsunaga@asu.edu http://www.public.asu.edu/~hiroshi=============================================== From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List CFP@english.upenn.edu Full Information at http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/ or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu ===============================================
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