CFP: Medieval and Early Modern Spatial Epistemologies (grad) (12/1/04; 2/18/05)

CALL FOR PAPERS.
"Medieval and Early Modern Spatial Epistemologies"
The University of Michigan's Early Modern Colloquium.
6th Annual Conference.
February 18, 2005.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

The University of Michigan's Early Modern Colloquium (EMC) invites =
graduate students to submit papers for our 6th annual conference. As =
our title suggests, "Medieval and Early Modern Spatial Epistemologies" =
aims to foster interdisciplinary conversation about the various forms of =
spatial knowledge that emerge in the medieval and early modern =
periods.=A0 Potential issues around which the conference will be =
organized include but are not limited to:=20
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-- travel, cartography, and geography
-- spaces and places of performance (the screen and the stage)
-- bodies and space
-- poetic space and perception
-- textual spaces and early print culture
-- visual material and the representation of space, place, and landscape
-- urban spaces and places
-- the development of natural history, medicine, and science
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We are particularly interested in papers that explicitly address their =
own methodological engagement with the materials or archives explored. =
Additionally, Barbara Hodgdon (University of Michigan, author of The End =
Crowns All) will present a keynote address. =20

Abstracts with a cover letter are due by December 1, 2004.

Abstracts should be 150-250 words long and must include the applicant's =
name, academic affiliation, address, telephone number, and e-mail =
address.=A0 Final papers should not exceed 2500 words.=A0 Papers will be =
limited to 20 minutes.

Please send abstracts, via e-mail attachment or post, to the conference =
coordinator:

Kentston Bauman
English Department
3187 Angell Hall
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
baumank_at_umich.edu=20

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