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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
SHAKESPEARE AND EUROPEAN POLITICS
I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E
Utrecht, the Netherlands, 4-7 December 2003
The English Departments of Utrecht University, the University of Ghent,
and the University of Namur, in conjunction with the Shakespeare Society
of the Low Countries, will be hosting an international conference
devoted to Shakespeare and European politics.
One of the major aims of the conference - which is the latest in the
series of successful European Shakespeare conferences held in Antwerp
(1990), Bankya, Sofia (1993), Murcia (1999), and Basel (2001) - will be
to explore and define the European political parameters of Shakespeare,
his work, and his international afterlife. As these conferences have
made us increasingly aware, Shakespeare's work did not merely engage
with English or British culture and society, but was part and parcel of
its European context. Conversely, from an early age onwards, his works
and his reputation travelled abroad, to the European Continent, where
they gradually established themselves as powerful cultural and political
signifiers. Often, Shakespeare was given a new language to speak, while
plots, characters, and genres went through a complex metamorphosis. What
has long been regarded essentially as loss may now be read, in cultural
terms, as infinite gain: as "a sea-change / Into something rich and
strange." In some cases, different modes of Shakespeare reception
coincided with the boundaries of the emerging nation states; in others,
however, they transcended narrow frontiers, thus inviting a pan-European
perspective. The conference explores the position of Shakespeare's work
within the early modern as well as later contexts of European politics
and political philosophy. It will address the uses of Shakespeare in
political propaganda in time of war and peace: how his work was
appropriated for political ends in the theatre, the cinema, and the
classroom, whether in English, or in translation, or in any form of
adaptation. Furthermore, the conference studies Shakespeare's
contribution to shaping a sense of European self-identity, but also
takes into account the impact of his works on other shores during
Europe's colonial era.
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Michael Cronin (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland)
Dirk Delabastita (University of Namur, Belgium)
Marta Gibinska (University of Cracow, Poland)
Dominique Goy-Blanquet (University of Picardie, France)
Terence Hawkes (University of Cardiff, Wales)
Andreas Höfele (University of Munich, Germany)
Wilhelm Hortmann (University of Duisburg, Germany)
Russell Jackson (The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham,
UK)
J. Th. Leerssen (European Studies, University of Amsterdam, the
Netherlands)
Roderick J. Lyall (Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Sonia Massai (St. Mary’s College, University of Surrey, UK)
In addition to the keynote lectures and other plenaries, there will be
six seminars, devoted to:
Shakespeare and War (Convenor: Paul Franssen, Utrecht University, the
Netherlands)
Shakespeare and Performance (Convenor: Jozef de Vos, Ghent University,
Belgium)
Shakespeare and Translation (Convenor: Rui Carvalho Homem, University of
Oporto, Portugal)
Shakespeare and Education (Convenor: Ros King, London, UK)
Shakespeare and Critical traditions (Convenor: Manfred Pfister, Freie
Universität, Berlin, Germany)
Shakespeare and Film (Convenor: Mariangela Tempera, University of
Ferrara, Italy)
It has become a tradition at the European Shakespeare conferences
strongly to encourage young researchers to attend.
The local organization is in the hands of Dirk Delabastita (Namur,
Belgium), Paul Franssen (Utrecht), Ton Hoenselaars (Utrecht), and Jozef
de Vos (Ghent, Belgium). Scholars are invited to submit proposals for
seminar papers in accordance with a set of guidelines specific to each
seminar, which will be posted on the Conference Website
(http://shakespeare.let.uu.nl) by the end of September 2002, but if you
want further information before that time, please do not hesitate to
contact the organizers in Utrecht. Proposals of appr. 300 words should
be submitted before 31 March 2003. They will be examined by the
organizers, assisted by a local advisory board. Please send your
proposal to:
Shakespeare and European Politics,
English Department, Utrecht University,
Trans 10,
3512 JK Utrecht,
The Netherlands.
Alternatively send them by e-mail to <ton.hoenselaars@let.uu.nl> or
<paul.franssen@let.uu.nl>.
For further information about the Utrecht conference, as well as the
research group on European Shakespeare, formative conferences, as well
as relevant publications and addresses, please consult our website at:
http://shakespeare.let.uu.nl
Utrecht is a medium-sized city situated 20 miles to the south-east of
the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. The city has an authentic historical
centre, and many valuable museums (Catharijneconvent, Rietveldhuis). The
University was founded in 1636. Its library boasts, among other things,
the Aernout van Buchel diary containing the famous copy of the Swan
drawing by Johannes de Witt. Given its central position in the
Netherlands, Utrecht is the ideal place from which to plan a tour to
other parts of the country, Belgium, or Germany.
International steering committee: Balz Engler, Marta Gibinska, Michael
Hattaway, Ton Hoenselaars, Ángel-Luis Pujante, and Alexander Shurbanov
Local advisory board: Guido Latré (Université Catholique de Louvain),
Rod Lyall (Free University, Amsterdam), Bart Westerweel (Leiden
University), and Helen Wilcox (University of Groningen).
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