CFP: Claremont Graduate University Early Modern Studies Conference (3/8/03; 5/3/03)

7th Annual Claremont Early Modern Studies Graduate Symposium

Claremont Graduate University

3 May 2003

"Tempest Tost": The Transatlanticization of Ideas in the Early Modern
World

A Celebration of the Work of Constance Jordan

Graduate students are invited to submit one page abstracts for papers of
20-minute reading length on any topic related to the literature,
politics, and cultural history of the Early Modern World and European
people and cultures (1450-1750). We are also celebrating the retirement
of Dr Constance Jordan, Professor of English at Claremont Graduate
University and Co-Founder of the Early Modern Studies Program, an
interdisciplinary program within the Schools of Arts & Humanities and
Religion. As such, papers specific to her work are especially welcome.
We encourage submissions from students in the humanities and related
disciplines.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

Literature
Authorship
Self-fashioning
 Print culture
Concepts of space, borders, and boundaries
Political theory
Property and related topics
Slavery and Colonialism
Gender constructions and debates
Imperialism
The New World and cross-cultural contact
Trade and commerce
Constructions of class, hierarchy, or rank
Education
Religions of the Old and New World
Languages and linguistics
Natural philosophy
Law

Submissions (and c.v.) should be postmarked or sent via email or fax by
March 8, 2003 to:
 Claremont Graduate University
 Attn: Early Modern Studies Group
 740 N. College Avenue
 Claremont, CA 91711-6163
 Phone: (909) 621-8612
 Fax: (909) 607-1221
 Email: reeseg@charter.net http://www.cgu.edu/hum/eng/ems.htm

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