CFP: [Renaissance] Internation Society for Emblem Studies

The eighth triennial conference of The Society for Emblem Studies will
take place at Winchester College, England from 28th July to 1st August
2008. The conference theme will be “Word and Image, 1500-1900: Figure,
Form and Function”.
Proposals are invited for 20 minute papers on any aspect of Emblem
Studies: they might address, but are not restricted to, the following
areas:

Emblems and Education

Emblems in the Schoolroom; Emblems and Alba amicorum; Emblems and
International Humanism.

Emblems and Numismatics

Emblems and Medals; Emblems and Jetons; Emblems and Antique Coins.

Emblems and Reformation

Protestant Emblematics; Counter-Reformation Emblematics; Emblems and
Revelation.

Emblems and War

Emblems and Glorification; Emblems and Repudiation; Emblems and Soldiers.

Emblems in the Social Sphere

Emblems and Childhood; Emblems and Courtship; Emblems and Marriage;
Emblems and Citizenship; Emblems and Death.

The Global Presence of the Emblem

The Emblem in Europe; The Emblem in Asia; The Emblem in Africa; The
Emblem in North and South America.

Emblems and Art History

Emblems and Painting; Emblems and Sculpture; Emblems and the Applied
Arts; Iconography.

Emblems in Literature

Emblems and Metaphor; Emblems and Shakespeare; Emblems on the Stage;
Emblems and Narrative.

Emblems and the Book

Bibliography; Emblematic Production; Emblems and Frontispieces; Printers’
Devices.

Emblems as Political Discourse

Emblematic Panegyrics; Emblematic Lampoons; Emblematic Manifestoes.

Recent Developments in Emblem Theory

Appraisals of Emblem Theory in the light of scholarship since Mario Praz.

Otto Vaenius’ Amorum emblemata: 400 years on

To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of Otto Vaenius’ Amorum
emblemata, proposals are sought celebrating the achievement of Vaenius in
the sphere of the erotic emblem.

Ideas for panels not covered in the range of themes listed above are most
welcome. The deadline for proposals is 31st December 2007. To submit a
paper for consideration, please send a 250-word abstract to the e-mail or
postal addresses below. Please include your contact details and brief
biographical note, including your affiliation, if any.

The conference organizer is Dr Simon McKeown. Contact Simon McKeown on
smck_at_kcs.org.uk or by name at: Art History, King’s College School,
Southside Common, Wimbledon, London SW19 4TT, United Kingdom.

Deadlines: Submission of proposals: 31st December 2007; Confirmation of
accepted papers: 28th February 2008; Registration for a conference place:
31st March 2008; Final registration: 31st May 2008.

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