USC BICENTENNIAL CONFERENCE
MARCH, 22-25, 2001
AT THE COLUMBIA CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, SC 29208.
CONFERENCE TITLE:
NORTH AND SOUTH: IDENTITY, IMAGINATION AND MEMORY IN PRE-MODERN CULTURES
Deadline for submission of Abstracts: January 5, 2001:
Submit Comparative Literature Abstracts to PAMiller@sc.edu; Submit all=20
Abstracts in other areas to HackettJ@gwm.sc.edu
Abstracts should be limited to one page.
(ORGANIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COMMITTEE FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES AND
THE CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES,
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY, NY) IN COOPERATION WITH THE
FOLLOWING SPONSORING BODIES:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF=20
PHILOSOPHY,DEPARTMENT, THE COMPARATIVE LITERATURE PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF=20
SOUTH CAROLINA: (THE THIRD ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE=20
ON COMPARATIVE LITERATURE WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CONFERENCE), THE=
=20
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND CLASSICS, THE DEPARTMENT OF GERMANIC, SLAVIC &=20
EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES, THE DEPARTMENT OF SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE
THE RICHARD L. WALKER INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF=20
SOUTH CAROLINA
THE INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHERN STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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THE =93NORTH=96SOUTH=94 CONFERENCE WILL BE PRECEDED BY
THE 9TH ANNUAL IRVINE FURMAN BELSER LECTURE:
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001, 7:30 pm
Gambrell Hall Auditorium
=93MUSICAL NOTATION IN THE SINGING OF CLASSICAL
POETRY IN THE MIDDLE AGES=94
JAN ZIOLKOWSKI, CHAIR, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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FRIDAY, MARCH 22 TO SUNDAY MARCH 25, 2001
=93NORTH=96SOUTH=94 CONFERENCE: PLENARY SPEAKERS
1. ALFRED IVRY, PROFESSOR, NEAR EASTERN STUDIES, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY:
MEDITERRANEAN INFLUENCES ON NORTHERN EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
2. MARSHA COLISH, PROFESSOR, HISTORY, OBERLIN COLLEGE:
THE CONTINUITY OF STOICISM AND SOUTHERN INFLUENCES ON NORTHERN EUROPE IN=20
THE MIDDLE AGES
3. CAROL PURTLE, PROFESSOR, ART, UNIVERSITY OF
MEMPHIS:
THE INTERACTION OF SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN ART IN THE RENAISSANCE
4. DAVID C. LINDBERG, PROFESSOR, HISTORY OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF=
WISCONSIN:
THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH ENCOUNTERS THE CLASSICAL
SCIENTIFIC TRADITIONS: AUGUSTINE, ROGER BACON AND
THE HANDMAIDEN METAPHOR
5. [Speaker to be Announced]: Modern Problems in NORTH-SOUTH
IDENTITY: AFRICA AND THE NORTH. (Sponsored by The Richard L. Walker=20
Institute of International Studies, University of South Carolina)
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE PANELS:
TITLE:
DIRECTIONS IN MILTON STUDIES: NORTH, SOUTH AND OTHER
PLACES, OTHER TIMES (Sponsored by the USC Program in
Comparative Literature)
PART 1: PLENARY LECTURES
1. VICTORIA KAHN, PROFESSOR, ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY:
TIES THAT BIND: RETHINKING OBLIGATION IN MILTON=92S
DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF DIVORCE AND PARADISE
LOST
2. PROFESSOR DAVID QUINT, PROFESSOR, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, YALE=
UNIVERSITY:
MILTON AND THE EUROPEAN TRADITION
PART 2: SPECIAL SESSION: MILTON AND THE EUROPEAN
TRADITION:
Organizer: Lawrence Rhu, Professor, Department of English, USC
Presiding: Ward W. Briggs, Jr., Professor, Department of French=20
andClassics, USC
PART 3: NORTH AND SOUTH: EUROPEAN POETRY IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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OTHER SPECIAL PANELS/TOPICS/ SESSIONS/ AREA PRESENTATIONS:
1. JAN OPSOMER, PROFESSOR, ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY,=20
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA:
GREEK STOICISM, LATIN STOICISM AND THE FOUNDATIONS
OF MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND MODERN PHILOSOPHY.
2. ARJO VANDERJADGT, PROFESSOR, MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES AND THE=20
HISTORY OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS:
THE IMPACT OF RENAISSANCE HUMANISM ON NORTHERN EUROPE WITH SPECIFIC=20
REFERENCE TO BURGUNDY.
3. NANCY VAN DEUSEN, MUSIC, CLAREMONT GRADUATE SCHOOL:
MUSIC: LINES OF INFLUENCE, NORTH=96SOUTH IN MEDIEVAL/RENAISSANCE MUSIC.
4. PAUL LONIGAN, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, QUEEN=92S COLLEGE/ CITY UNIVERSITY, NEW=
=20
YORK:
FROM LATIN TO ROMANCE LANGUAGES: CELTIC CONTRIBUTIONS
5. RICHARD LEMAY, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, CITY UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK:
THE ROLE OF GERARD OF CREMONA IN 12c PHILOSOPHY: TRANSLATIONS FROM ARABIC=20
INTO LATIN.
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OTHER SUGGESTED SPECIAL TOPICS: NORTH=96SOUTH INFLUENCES IN THE FOLLOWING=
AREAS:
1. HANDWRITING: (ESPECIALLY LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY, BUT NOT EXCLUDING OTHER=20
LANGUAGES).
2. MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN.
3. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PATTERNS.
4. CELTIC LANDS AND IDENTITY.
5. THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN DEFINING NORTH-SOUTH IDENTITY.
6. THE ROLE OF =91SCIENCE=92 IN DEFINING IDENTITY.
7. LOGIC: MEDIEVAL/RENAISSANCE LOGIC
8. POETRY, GRAMMAR AND RHETORIC AND THE DEFINITION OF IDENTITY.
9. RELIGION: AND NORTH=97SOUTH IDENTITY.
BYZANTINE, LATIN AND ISLAMIC CONTACTS
10. LEGAL INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITY.
11. ART AND IDENTITY.
12. PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS: (i.e. ARISTOTELIANISM, PLATONISM, STOICISM=20
AND OTHERS.)
13. GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, CHRONOLOGY, ITENERARY
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS FROM THIS LIST WILL DEFINITELY=20
BE FORMED. HOWEVER, PAPERS IN OTHER AREAS ARE WELCOME:
A. HANDWRITING. B. MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT.
C. ASTROLOGY IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE CULTURE.
D. SCIENCE AND MAGIC IN THE FORMATION OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
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ALTHOUGH THE CONFERENCE PLENARY TALKS ARE ON
NORTH AFRICA AND EUROPE, THERE WILL BE SPECIAL SECTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING:
A. SPECIAL SECTION SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR
SOUTHERN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA:
NORTH=96SOUTH IDENTITY IN NORTH AMERICA PRIOR TO
THE ADVENT OF SLAVERY AS A POLITICAL ISSUE
B. DEPICTIONS OF HISTORICAL CHINESE NORTH=96SOUTH IDENTITY IN MODERN CHINESE=
=20
FILM.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THERE WILL BE OTHER SECTIONS ON
JAPANESE, INDIAN, RUSSIAN, IRANIAN, NEAR EASTERN, AND LATIN AMERICAN=
IDENTITY.
Anna M. DiStefano
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