Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies CONGRESS 2019,
University of British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC
1-7 JUNE 2019
MEMBER ORGANIZED PANELS
We invite proposals, in either French or English, on any aspect of early modern friendship, whether in relation to its origins in (and as a revival of) classical amicitia, or to what is now often observed as the increasing tension between friendship and heterosexual romantic love. We would be interested in discussions of theoretical positions on this question (such as those by Erasmus, Montaigne, or Bacon), theatrical representations of friendship (in Marlowe, Shakespeare, Fletcher, or Racine), poetry and correspondence about friendship (see Donne’s verse letters), same-sex friendship (see Katherine Philips’ poems), or any other question arising from our topic. We are aware that there is already a considerable archive of scholarship on this issue, and one of the purposes of our session would be to evaluate the position at which we, as scholars of early modern culture, have arrived. But we would also be delighted to receive explorations of our topic that have not yet been fully articulated.
Please submit your proposal (not exceeding 300 words) to Ronald Huebert (rhuebert@dal.ca) or Ian MacAdam (mcadam@uleth.ca) before December 10, 2018.
To participate in the conference, you must be a member in good standing of the CSRS-SCÉR for the year 2018. To inquire about membership or find out more about the Society, see our website, https://csrs-scer.com.