CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND EARLY
MODERN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 22-25, 2001
TOPIC: NORTH and SOUTH: IDENTITY, IMAGINATION, AND MEMORY IN PRE-MODERN
CULTURES WORLDWIDE
The North-South division is perhaps the most salient feature of the current
global economy. Such differences have a long history. In many regions of
the World climatic and geographical contrasts have occasioned conspicuous
differences in crop production and diet, in shelter and clothing, and in a
range of other markers and vehicles of cultural identity. The distinct
character (stereo-) types ascribed by ancient philosophers, notably
Aristotle, to Northerners and Southerners have had long-lasting effects
that reverberate today. Within many geographically distinct regions the
unification of North and South and their disparate societies has required
immense effort and frequent bloodshed, from China to France or Britain in
the Old World, to the US in the New World.
On the other hand, the diversity and differences associated with
geographical distance have often supplied and continue to supply positive
cultural stimulus and opportunity. As we seek to come to terms with the
rise of new economic and social relations between North and South in the
modern era, it is timely to study the influence that pre-modern era
southern societies exerted on the North. Notable examples are the debt of
medieval Europe to Islamic and Jewish civilizations, and that of northern
Europe to the Italian Renaissance.
The organizers of the Conference invite submissions on Economic, Cultural,
Artistic, Literary, Scientific, Philosophical and Religious contacts and
exchanges (or resistance to contact) occurring across North-South
boundaries in any region prior to about 1776. Interdisciplinary and
comparative papers are particularly welcome, as well as papers on
historical constructions of North-South difference in the imaginary.
Subject to the usual scholarly review process, select papers will be
published in a Proceedings Volume by BREPOLS Publishing Company.
Abstracts of papers in fields other than Comparative Literature should be
sent to:
Jeremiah Hackett, Conference Coordinator
Department of Philosophy
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
Tel.: 803-777-3738; Fax: 803-777-9178;
Email: HackettJ@gwm.sc.edu.
Abstracts in Comparative Literature should be sent to:
Paul Allen Miller, Director
Comparative Literature Program
University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC 29208
Tel. 803-7770473; Fax: 803-777-7514
E-Mail: PAMiller@sc.edu:
DEADLINE FOR ALL ABSTRACTS: OCTOBER15, 2000
Anna M. DiStefano
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