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Subject: CFP: Emotions in Early Modern Europe and Colonial North America
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 06:29:39 -0500
From: Vera Lind <lind@ghi-dc.org>
Call for Papers: Emotions in Early Modern Europe and Colonial North America
November 7-10, 2002
Junior and senior scholars are invited to submit paper proposals for a
conference entitled "Emotions in Early Modern Europe and Colonial North
America," to be held at the German Historical Institute in Washington,
D.C., USA, on November 7-10, 2002. "Interest in 'the emotional' has
burgeoned in the last decade, not only in anthropology, but in psychology,
sociology, philosophy, history and feminist studies" Catherine Lutz and
Geoffrey White wrote in 1986. They could have made the same statement with
even more justification in 2002: The interest in emotions has increased
sharply in recent years, and a new understanding of what emotions are and
their historical importance has begun to gain wide acceptance. Some, like
Michelle Z. Rosaldo, view emotions as "embodied thoughts," while others,
like Alice M. Isen and Gregory Andrade Diamond liken them to "overlearned
cognitive habits." Not all would go that far, but the cognitive element -
emotion as the expression of judgement - is increasingly emphasized
nowadays. Moreover there is little doubt that emotions, though a bodily
state, have a cultural dimension. As the cognitive and cultural elements
in emotions are recognized, history is given broader scope for
investigation. When Lutz and White wrote the statement quoted above, the
only historical work they could draw on was by Lawrence Stone, who
included sentiments in his study of the history of the family. Since then
the study of emotions in history has made progress. Peter Stearns, for
example, has stressed the role of normative systems regulating the display
of emotions and how they change. Historical research in the emotions has
concentrated so far on the medieval era and the eighteenth century onward;
research on the early modern period however has lagged behind, though a
theory of emotional change for that period was proposed long ago by
Norbert Elias.
The aim of this conference is to redress this imbalance by bringing
together scholars who focus on the early modern period in Europe and
colonial North America. Themes for exploration may include (but are not
limited to): - Theoretical approaches, problems of definition and research
- Emotions in different spheres of early modern life (in politics, in the
legal and economic realm, in religious life, in private) - Early modern
discourses on emotions - Emotions and events (war, revolution, natural
disasters etc.) - Emotions and gender, race, and class - Emotions and
social control/social discipline (shame, guilt, embarrassment) -
Historical change in the experience and perception of particular emotions
(e.g. envy, grief, love) - Emotions and the body
Those invited to participate in the conference will be asked to submit a
paper of approximately 25 double-spaced pages by September 30, 2002 for
pre-circulation. The conference language will be English. The conference
committee plans to edit the conference papers and publish them in a volume
of essays. Lodging will be provided and limited travel support will be
available for conference participants. Please send a brief curriculum
vitae including address and e-mail, a ca. 500-1000 word description of the
proposed paper that explains the main arguments, the sources to be used,
and the topic`s relationship to the theme of the conference, and indicate
if you need funds for travel.
For further information please contact Otto Ulbricht, e-mail:
oulbricht@email.uni-kiel.de or Vera Lind, e-mail: lind@ghi-dc.org.
Application materials should reach the conference committee via mail, fax,
or e-mail by March 1, 2002.
Vera Lind
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington D.C. 20009 USA
Telephone: (202) 387-3355 ex. 140 Fax: (202) 483-3430
E-mail: lind@ghi-dc.org
Otto Ulbricht
Historisches Seminar Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel
Olshausenstr. 40 24098 Kiel GERMANY
Telephone: 0431-8803199 Fax: 0431-8801524
E-mail: oulbricht@email.uni-kiel.de
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