Connecting with Women in Reform Movements, Science, and Travel (1500-1700)

2016 Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference

18-20 August 2016: Bruges, Belgium

Deadline for submission:  Monday, February 8, 2016

Proposed Sessions at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, 18-20 August, 2016, in Bruges, Belgium.

Organizers:  Julie Campbell (Eastern Illinois University), Anne Larsen (Hope College), and Diana Robin (The Newberry Library)

We invite papers on connections with early modern women in reform, scientific, and travel discourses. We are interested in papers that consider both national and cross-border forms of connections in England, the Continent, and the American Colonies. The focus may be on any of the following:

Reform movements and religious cults

Scientific Women, Men, and Lab Work

Scientific academies for knowledge sharing

The European Grand Tour and travel

Paper proposals for this session should be sent in the form of a 250 word paper abstract.  Send abstract along with contact information.  Abstracts should be sent via e-mail to Julie Campbell, Professor of English (jdcampbell@eiu.edu), Anne Larsen, Professor of French (alarsen@hope.edu), and Diana Robin, Scholar in Residence, Newberry Library (diana.robin@rcn.com).

Source: Anne Larsen