CALL FOR PAPERS
ROMANTIC NATIONALISMS 1750-1850
A major inter-disciplinary and international conference to be held at the
University of Surrey Roehampton, London, England
28 June to 1 July 2001
Keynote Speakers: James Chandler, Katie Trumpener, Craig Calhoun,
Marilyn Butler, Tom Nairn, Martin Thom, Cairns Craig.
The aim of the conference is to take stock of the cultural impact of
national ideologies and movements from the mid eighteenth century onwards.
The continuing importance of nationalism as an agent of social and
cultural change is self-evident. The conference will take a new look at
the emergence of nationalist discourses in the Enlightenment, Romantic and
post-Romantic periods. Why did national identity exert such a powerful
hold over the political imagination, and why has it continued to shape so
many of our political and cultural agendas?
Topics to include:
* nationalism as a ‘Romantic’ discourse
* revolutionary nationalism
* nationalism in Britain, Europe and America
* national and sub-national literatures
* the legacy of Romantic nationalism
* memorialism, commemoration, spectacle and ritual
* nationalism, race and gender
Please send a 200-word abstract of a 25-minute paper with a brief c.v. to:
Romantic Nationalisms Conference, c/o Dr Ian Haywood, Simon Edwards, English
Department, University of Surrey Roehampton, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PH.
Telephone: (44) 0181 392 3362; fax: (44) 020 8392 3146.
Email: english@roehampton.ac.uk
Deadline for submission of proposals: November 31, 2000.
Further details can be found on our web site:
www.roehampton.ac.uk/artshum/english/romnat.asp
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
University of Surrey Roehampton is part of the Federal University of
Surrey. It is situated in picturesque grounds within easy reach of central
London (30 minutes by train). Richmond Park is only a short walk away. The
University has excellent conference accommodation at Froebel College (one
of the constituent colleges) based around an eighteenth-century house,
landscape gardens and lake.
ABOUT THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
The English Department at University of Surrey Roehampton is large and
well-established. It currently offers four Masters programmes in 'Women,
Gender and Writing'; 'Childrens’ Literature', 'Shakespeare in Performance'
and 'Literature and Politics 1776-1832'.
Staff and graduate students from 'Literature and Politics 1776-1832' have
developed the idea for a conference on 'Romantic Nationalisms 1750-1850'.
The last major project the team initiated was the production of a course
reader, Romantic Period Writings 1798-1832: An Anthology (Routledge,
1998). The faculty who teach on the course include: Simon Edwards, Ian
Haywood, Zachary Leader, Susan Matthews, Martin Priestman, John Seed and
Kate Teltscher. Further details about the research profiles and
publications of the team can be found on the English and History
Departments web pages.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
We aim to attract speakers and participants from Europe, North America and
a range of other countries from around the world. Those scholars who
intend to visit Britain in the summer of 2001 may want to note that the
biennial conference of the British Association of Romantic Studies will be
held in England in August 2001. In addition to a full conference programme
we hope to arrange a visit to a site of relevant historical interest, and
to host an evening of musical entertainment.
The conference is residential though the number of rooms available at
Froebel College (pictured) is limited. Once the conference programme has
been agreed, participants will be asked to confirm attendance and
accommodation requirements. This will take place in February 2001, when a
second mailing will be issued with full details of local amenities. We
hope that participants will want to stay for the whole duration of the
conference.
We are in negotiation with a publisher and hope to have further news about
this development in the coming months.
For further enquiries contact the conference organisers at the above address.
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