Gender and the Aestheticization of Empire in the Early Nineteenth Century
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Until November 10 we are seeking papers for a proposed panel for the
Middle Atlantic Conference for British Studies to be held April 7-8, 2000,
in New York City.
Our interdisciplinary panel will consider the ways in which gender and
aesthetic discourse were engaged by empire in the Romantic and early
Victorian era. Papers might address how gender provides a model for
the production and consumption of the empire as an aesthetic object,
or the real and representational strategies by which empire was
differentiated along gender lines. We particularly welcome papers that consider issues of taste
and cultural production against the background of the changing national
landscape. For example, the papers that the organizers (both literary
scholars) hope to present are: "An Almost Feminine Partiality": The
Aesthetics of Empire in Charles Lamb's Elia," and "L.E.L. at the
Coliseum: Imperial Rome and Commercial English Writing." Historians,
art historians, and literary scholars are all invited to apply.
We would also be interested to hear from anyone who would like to serve as
discussant or chair.
For inquiries or to submit proposals, please contact:
Karen Fang
Department of English
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
karen@jhu.edu
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