Call for submissions for SE17’s new prize for Re-Visioning the Center: New Directions in Seventeenth-Century Francophone Studies
The Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies (SE17) announces a new prize to be awarded to recognize work presented at any conference that relativizes, problematizes, and revitalizes aspects of French and Francophone culture that have been under recognized by and in the established critical canon of French seventeenth-century studies. Subjects treated include, but are not limited to, the following topics: disability, race, non-normative sexuality, queer theory/studies, global topics, any area of francophone studies (North Africa, Caribbean, North America, Asia).
Submission details:
● Papers may have been presented at any conference in any country during the previous calendar year (2023).
● Length: 12 pages double spaced or approximately 3000 words, not including endnotes and bibliography. Chicago Notes and Bibliography or Modern Languages Association styles accepted.
● Languages: English or French.
● Papers may not be published at time of submission but a longer version may be under consideration for publication.
● Submitter must be a member of SE17 at the time of submission and may join the Society to submit.
● Double blind submission by March 1, 2024.
● Submit paper plus a 200-word abstract to Prize Committee Chair Abby Zanger. Remove any information identifying authorship from the paper itself and include in the accompanying email the following information: name, affiliation (if any), the name and dates of the conference where the paper was presented.
Prize: Two years of complimentary membership in the Society; abstract and “Spotlight” article focused on the author and their work published on the website earlymodernfrance.org. Winner announced and prize awarded at the annual SE17 conference, on the Early Modern France website, major interdisciplinary listservs, and through the Society’s social media outlets.
Prize Committee seeks additional jury members
Please consider serving the Society as a member of a prize jury and enjoy reading innovative new work in the field. Each year, jury members will read submissions of conference papers presented the previous year for one of two prizes (graduate prize and new directions prize) and deliberate in an online meeting with other jury members to determine the prize winner for that year. The prize committee’s work will take place primarily in February and March each year. Term length is flexible, though a three-year commitment is desirable. Jury members will recuse themselves in the case of their own work being considered for a prize. If interested, please contact Prize Committee Chair, Abby Zanger, through our contact page.