The Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
A joint project of
The Wisconsin Historical Society and the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Is Proud to Announce a Conference
Religion and the Culture of Print in America
Authors, publishers, readers and more since 1876
To be held in Madison, Wisconsin
September 10-11, 2004
This conference will address the world of print in which religions and
religious practices were inherited, constructed and promulgated over the
last 125 years. In addition to keynote speakers to be announced, there
will be a number of additional special presentations. Papers should
focus on and illuminate the interaction between the reader and printed
materials (e.g. books, Bibles, periodicals, newspapers, church
bulletins, hymnals, tracts, etc.) aimed at or produced and read by
religious individuals and groups. Studies dealing with religion and
class, regionalism, feminism, immigrant groups, racial and sexual
minorities, radicals, etc. are especially welcome. The Center hopes that
the conference will include scholars interested in Protestantism (in its
many manifestations, including revivalism and missionary outreach),
Roman Catholicism (both The official church and grassroots phenomena
such as Marian visitations), Eastern Orthodox churches, Mormonism,
Judaism (all varieties), Islam (both immigrant and native originated),
and indigenous religions, as well as new or less-well-known religious
movements. Studies of single group experiences and studies that compare
the historical sociology of print in the lives of religious groups and
individuals located at the periphery of power are of great interest to
the Center.
The conference is being cosponsored (support requested) by the
University of Wisconsin-Madison's Religious Studies Program, Departments
of English, History, Educational Policy Studies, General Library
System, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Department of
Afro-American Studies, School of Library and Information Studies, Center
for the Humanities, George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for
Jewish Studies, Asian American Studies Program, Women's Studies Program,
and the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures.
The Center encourages the interdisciplinary study of print culture
history and welcomes proposals from scholars in all fields. The
Director and Advisory Board will select a number of papers from the
conference for publication in a volume in the Center's series "Print
Culture History in Modern America" published by the University of
Wisconsin Press. Papers most likely to be selected for publication will
be those that combine innovative theoretical perspectives, clarity of
organization, a pleasing and accessible prose style, and significant
research in primary resources to produce an account that deals with
texts and readers in meaningful ways. A listing of books produced by the
Center, available on the Center's website, offers a guide to prospective
authors. For more information on the Center and its programs consult:
http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/
Proposals for individual papers or entire sessions (up to three
presentations) should include a 250-word abstract and a one-page
curriculum vitae for all the proposed presenters. If at all possible,
submissions should be made via email. Deadline for submission is January
30, 2004. Notification of acceptance will be made by late February.
For information contact: James P. Danky, Director
Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
608/264-6598 FAX 608/264-6520
jpdanky@whs.wisc.edu
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Phyllis Holman Weisbard (Center Board member)
University of Wisconsin System
Women's Studies Librarian
Madison, WI 53706
pweisbard@library.wisc.edu
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/
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