From lockyert at mweb.co.za Tue Aug 11 10:45:06 2009 From: lockyert at mweb.co.za (Terrence Lockyer) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:45:06 +0200 Subject: [LCC] Desiting the Text (CFP) Message-ID: <7084D4C0F4BF468EA06769A44CA6FE77@olorin> DESIRING THE TEXT, TOUCHING THE PAST: TOWARDS AN EROTICS OF RECEPTION A one-day conference co-organized by the Bristol Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition & the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto University of Bristol, 10 July 2010 Keynote Speaker: Professor Carolyn Dinshaw, NYU CALL FOR PAPERS "In reading Cicero's letters I felt charmed and offended in equal measure. Indeed, beside myself, in a fit of anger I wrote to him as if he were a friend and contemporary of mine, forgetting, as it were, the gap of time, with a familiarity appropriate to my intimate acquaintance with his thought; and I pointed out those things he had written that had offended me." (Petrarch, Rerum Familiarum Liber I.1.42) Love, desire, fannish obsession and emotional identification as modes of engaging with texts, characters and authors are often framed as illegitimate and transgressive: excessive, subjective, lacking in scholarly rigour. Yet such modes of relating to texts and pasts persist, across widely different historical periods and cultural contexts. Many classical and medieval authors recount embodied and highly emotional encounters with religious, fictional or historical characters, while modern and postmodern practices of reception and reading - from high art to the subcultural practices of media fandom - are characterized by desire in all its ambivalent complexity. Theories of readership and reception, however, sometimes seem unable to move beyond an antagonistic model: cultural studies sees resistant audiences struggling to gain control of or to overwrite an ideologically loaded text, while literary models of reception have young poets fighting to assert their poetic autonomy vis-a-vis the paternal authority of their literary ancestors. This conference aims, by contrast, to begin to elaborate a theory of the erotics of reception. It will bring together scholars working in and across various disciplines to share research into reading, writing and viewing practices characterized by love, identification, and desire: we hope that it will lead to the establishment of an international research network and the formulation of some long-term research projects. In order to facilitate discussion at the conference, we will ask participants to circulate full papers (around 5,000 words) in May 2010. We now invite abstracts of 300 words, to be submitted by email by 30 November 2009. Abstracts will be assessed on the basis of their theoretical and interdisciplinary interest. We particularly welcome contributions from scholars working on literary, visual and performance texts in the fields of: history, reception studies, mediaeval studies, fan studies, cultural studies, theology, and literary/critical theory. Some ideas which might be addressed include, but are not limited to: * Writing oneself into the text: self-insertion and empathetic identification * Historical desire: does the historian desire the past? * Hermeneutics and erotics * Pleasures of the text, pleasures of the body: (how) are embodied responses to the text gendered? * Anachronistic reading: does desire disturb chronology? * Erotics and/or eristics: love-hate relationships with texts This conference is part of the 'Thinking Reciprocity' series and will follow directly from the conference 'Reception and the Gift of Beauty' (Bristol, 8-9 July 2010). Reduced fees will be offered to people attending both conferences. If you have any queries, or to submit an abstract, please contact one of the conference organizers: Dr Ika Willis (Ika.Willis [at] bristol.ac.uk) Anna Wilson (anna.wilson [at] utoronto.ca). ---------- The text above the line was cross-posted to H-Histsex and LambdaCC from the Classicists list by Terrence Lockyer Johannesburg, South Africa e-mail: lockyert [at] mweb.co.za Please note that I am simply fowarding this message for information, and have no personal connection with any individuals, institutions, sites, publications, or events concerned. Please direct any queries to the sites or addresses in the notice itself. From lockyert at mweb.co.za Tue Aug 11 12:03:56 2009 From: lockyert at mweb.co.za (Terrence Lockyer) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:03:56 +0200 Subject: [LCC] Desiting the Text (CFP) References: <7084D4C0F4BF468EA06769A44CA6FE77@olorin> Message-ID: Sorry about that subject-line typo ... Terrence From ncampa at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 12 14:32:02 2009 From: ncampa at u.washington.edu (NAOMI E. CAMPA) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:32:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LCC] Graduate Student Paper Nominations Message-ID: Last call for nominations for the LCC Graduate Student Paper Award! Deadline is September 1st, 2009. Details follow: Announcing the new LCC Graduate Student Paper Award! Did you see an amazing graduate student paper at the APA/AIA addressing queer issues? Please consider nominating! This year we are proud to announce a new award for graduate students: The LCC Graduate Student Paper Award. This award is designed to encourage and reward scholarship by pre-Ph.D. scholars on issues related to the LCC?s mission, including, but not limited to: homosocial and homoerotic relationships and environments, ancient sexuality and gender roles, representations of the gendered body, and queer theory. We ask for nominations of oral papers presented by a pre-Ph.D. scholar at a conference (including, but not limited to the APA/AIA and CAMWS) from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 (ca. 20 minutes in length as delivered). To nominate, e-mail Kristina Milnor (kmilnor at barnard.edu) and Bryan Burns (bburns at wellesley.edu) with the presenter?s name and email address and the title of the paper. Self-nominations are encouraged; information related to nominations is confidential. Membership in the Caucus is not required to be eligible for these awards. Nominations accepted until September 1, 2009. The winner will be announced at the 2010 WCC-LCC opening night reception at the APA/AIA. From blondell at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 12 16:36:01 2009 From: blondell at u.washington.edu (Ruby) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:36:01 -0700 Subject: [LCC] [Fwd: APA 2011 Call for Papers: "Women, Food, and Drink in the Classical World"] Message-ID: <4A8351E1.3020803@u.washington.edu> ************************************************************************ Call for Papers: Panel on "Women, Food, and Drink in the Classical World" (APA 2011, San Antonio) Organized by Kathryn Topper (ktopper at u.washington.edu) and Laurie Kilker (lkilker at ithaca.edu) Since the 1980s and 90s, customs surrounding food and drink have become central to our understanding of ancient Mediterranean societies and are now widely understood to have touched on aspects of ancient life as diverse as poetry, sexuality, religion, politics, and domestic life (Detienne and Vernant 1989, Lissarrague 1990, Murray 1990, Slater 1991, Schmitt-Pantel 1992, Murray and Tecusan 1995). Recent inquiries into topics such as the imagery of the Roman banquet or the cultural significance of dining posture, as well as more general reassessments of ideas presented in earlier scholarship, suggest that interest in ancient dining customs shows no sign of abating (Dunbabin 2003, Orfanos and Carrire 2003, Roller 2006). In most of these studies, however--as at the majority of the ancient meals themselves--attention has centered on the male participants. Although some facets of women's involvement in ancient meals, most notably their roles as courtesans, have been extensively examined, a comprehensive picture of ancient Mediterranean women's relationships to practices of eating and drinking still eludes us. Our panel seeks to address this problem by placing women's roles in ancient meals (broadly defined to include any interaction with food or drink) at the center of discussion. By bringing together papers on women, food, and drink in the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan worlds, we hope to take stock of current knowledge about the topic and to discover what avenues of further research may be most productively explored. We therefore solicit abstracts for papers on any aspect of ancient women's interactions with food and drink, although papers that address underexplored questions or evidence are especially welcome. Because of the aims of the panel, we also encourage abstracts for papers that highlight the promises and limitations of their own methodologies. Papers may consider literary, visual, architectural, epigraphic, archaeological, or other forms of evidence; possible topics include, but are not limited to: women and food preparation; women's roles at ritual banquets; tropes or metaphors involving women, food, and drink; evidence for women's diets, both in daily life and at religious festivals; women and sacrifice; women's roles at banquets outside of the centers that have been the focus of study (Greece outside of Athens; the Roman provinces); women's involvement in meals other than the symposium and convivium. Please send two copies of Form D and four copies of your abstract to: American Philological Association, University of Pennsylvania, 292 Logan Hall, 249 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304. Submissions must be received by February 1, 2010 and will be reviewed anonymously by the panel organizers. Please note whether your presentation requires audiovisual equipment. From northm at mail.nlm.nih.gov Mon Aug 24 08:57:14 2009 From: northm at mail.nlm.nih.gov (North, Michael (NIH/NLM) [E]) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:57:14 -0400 Subject: [LCC] CFP: 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine Message-ID: <368BBA31C9099143B96F48BA8E7D69AC0E426CF93F@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> Note from poster: At last year's conference there was a dearth of papers relating to ancient medicine. The AAHM is a prestigious organization and casts a wide net in terms of subject areas, including papers on gender, sexuality, biology, and medicine in literature. Please consider submitting an abstract if you are working on a related topic.- Michael North ****************************************** The American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) invites submissions in any area of medical history for its 83rd annual meeting, to be held in Rochester, Minnesota, April 29 through May 2, 2010. The Association welcomes submissions on the history of health and healing; history of medical ideas, practices, and institutions; and histories of illness, disease, and public health. Submissions from all eras and regions of the world are welcome. In addition to single-paper proposals, the Program Committee accepts abstracts for sessions and for luncheon workshops. Please alert the Program Committee Chair if you are planning a session proposal. Individual papers for these submissions will be judged on their own merits. Presentations are limited to 20 minutes. Individuals wishing to present a paper must attend the meeting. All papers must represent original work not already published or in press. Because the Bulletin of the History of Medicine is the official journal of the AAHM, the Association encourages speakers to make their manuscripts available for consideration by the Bulletin. The AAHM uses an online abstract submissions system. We encourage all applicants to use this convenient software. A link for submissions will be posted to the website at http://histmed.org. If you are unable to submit proposals online, send eight copies of a one-page abstract (350 words maximum) to the Program Committee Chair, Keith Wailoo, kwailoo at rci.rutgers.edu, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research Rutgers University, 30 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, (732) 932-8419 When proposing a historical argument, state the major claim, summarize the evidence supporting the claim, and state the major conclusion(s). When proposing a narrative, summarize the story, identify the major agents, and specify the conflict. Please provide the following information on the same sheet as the abstract: name, preferred mailing address, work and home telephone numbers, e-mail address, present institutional affiliation, and academic degrees. Abstracts must be received by 15 September 2009. E-mail or faxed proposals cannot be accepted. Michael J. North, northm at mail.nih.gov Head of Rare Books & Early Manuscripts History of Medicine Division National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894 (301) 496-9204 * fax (301) 402-0872 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services From ehsuther at utk.edu Mon Aug 24 12:37:18 2009 From: ehsuther at utk.edu (Sutherland, Elizabeth H) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:37:18 -0400 Subject: [LCC] FW: Medieval MS workshop at U. Tennessee Message-ID: <2593A2677C118749B0D83775C598B4B0014CF14D@KFSVS3.utk.tennessee.edu> Forwarding as requested (and with apologies for cross-posting). Please contact Dr. Roy Liuzza directly (rliuzza at utk.edu) with any questions. EHS Elizabeth H. Sutherland Associate Professor and Associate Head Dept. of Classics 1101 McClung Tower University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996-0413 From: Lafferty, Maura Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:05 PM To: Sutherland, Elizabeth H Subject: arco Manuscript Workshop - Call For Proposals "Unruly Letters & Unbound Texts" The Fourth Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, February 5 and 6, 2010, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; the workshop is organized by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy M. Liuzza (English). Last year's workshop focused on "textual trauma" -- instances of violence, deliberate or otherwise, against texts. This year our focus will be on texts and manuscripts that cross or confound the boundaries scholars have tried to place around them, that do not fit neatly into the genres or categories of modern scholarship, or that pose peculiar difficulties of definition, categorization or reading. These might include: macaronic and multilingual texts, prosi-metric and metri- prosaic texts, glosses and commentaries, diagrams and tables, ciphers and strange alphabets, incongruous or appropriated forms and textual designs, interpolations and conflations, marginal commentaries that overwhelm their texts, miscellanies and composite manuscripts, and manuscripts in the age of print. We welcome presentations on any aspect of this topic, broadly imagined. The workshop is open to scholars and students at any rank and in any field who are engaged in textual editing, manuscript studies, or epigraphy. Individual 75-minute sessions will be devoted to each project; participants will be asked to introduce their text and its context, discuss their approach to working with their material, and exchange ideas and information with other participants. As in previous years, the workshop is intended to be more a class than a conference; participants are encouraged to share new discoveries and unfinished work, to discuss both their successes and frustrations, to offer both practical advice and theoretical insights, and to work together towards developing better professional skills for textual and codicological work. We particularly invite the presentation of works in progress, unusual manuscript problems, practical difficulties, and new or experimental models for studying or representing manuscript texts. Presenters will receive a stipend of $500 for their participation. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2009. Applicants are asked to submit a current CV and a two-page letter describing their project to Roy M. Liuzza, Department of English, University of Tennessee, 301 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0430, or via email to rliuzza at utk.edu . The workshop is also open to scholars and students who do not wish to present work but are interested in sharing a lively weekend of discussion and ideas about manuscript studies. More information will be available by contacting Roy Liuzza . -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 1705 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: