Reminder: NCSA 2014 Urbanism and Urbanity "British and Continental European Romantic-era Writers" (9/30/2013;3/20-22/2014)

Urbanism and Urbanity

Chicago, IL
March 20-22, 2014

Deadline: September 30, 2013

Maria K. Bachman and Maria Gindhart, Program Co-Chairs, ncsa2014@gmail.com

http://www.ncsaweb.net/

As part of the 2014 Nineteenth Century Studies Association gathering in Chicago, Arnold Schmidt is seeking papers for panels on British and Continental European Romantic-era writers treating the conference theme of the “Urban and Urbanity.” Related themes might include the following:

• the Romantic city
• the city and fashion
• the city and education
• the city and commerce
• the city as utopia or dystopia
• the city as nation
• the city and the citizen
• the city and the social season
• the city and the demi-monde
• the city and spectacle
• the city and popular entertainment

Papers might consider the “Urban” in writers including, but by no means limited to Coleridge, De Quincey, Mary Hays, Elizabeth Inchbald, Charles Lucas, Harriet Martineau, Hannah More, Amelia Opie, Sydney Owenson, Frances Trollope, Helen Maria Williams, Wollstonecraft, and Wordsworth. 

Scholars might also treat the theme of "urbanity" and hence focus on novels of manners and/or Romantic satirists like Austen, Byron, Edgeworth, Peacock, among others. These panels are not limited to British writers and particularly welcome papers about Continental European Romantics. 

Email 250-word abstracts for 20-minute papers, as well as one-page vitae, to my attention at aschmidt@csustan.edu by the deadline of September 30, 2013.  Please feel free to contact Arnold Schmidt with questions about the appropriateness of possible paper topics.

Graduate students and international scholars may compete for partial travel funding.  For more information, see the general call for papers below.

CFP: NCSA 2014 “The City and the Country in the Nineteenth-Century British Imagination" (8/15/2013; 3/20-22/2014)

Urbanism and Urbanity

Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association, 

March 20-22, 2014

Chicago, IL.

For a panel tentatively titled “The City and the Country in the Nineteenth-Century British Imagination,” I’m seeking proposals for 20-minute papers addressing urban/rural tensions and contradictions. Broadly interpreted, that could include art, music, and literature invoking nostalgia for the rural, rural dialects, urbanism v. the rural in Englishness, industrialization of the countryside and other land-use issues, the back to the land movement, country weekends, interest in rural folklore, the yokel “Hodge” as seen by city-dwellers, environmental concerns, etc. 

Please email 250-word abstracts (or questions, ideas, etc.) by August 15 to Dr. Deborah Maltby, Associate Teaching Professor of English, University of Missouri-St. Louis: maltbyd@umsl.edu. 

CFP: NCSA 2014 Urbanism and Urbanity "British and Continental European Romantic-era Writers" (9/30/2013;3/20-22/2014)

Urbanism and Urbanity

March 20-22, Chicago IL

Deadline: September 30, 2013

Maria K. Bachman and Maria Gindhart, Program Co-Chairs, ncsa2014@gmail.com

http://www.ncsaweb.net/

As part of the 2014 Nineteenth Century Studies Association gathering in Chicago, Arnold Schmidt is seeking papers for panels on British and Continental European Romantic-era writers treating the conference theme of the “Urban and Urbanity.” Related themes might include the following:

• the Romantic city
• the city and fashion
• the city and education
• the city and commerce
• the city as utopia or dystopia
• the city as nation
• the city and the citizen
• the city and the social season
• the city and the demi-monde
• the city and spectacle
• the city and popular entertainment

Papers might consider the “Urban” in writers including, but by no means limited to Coleridge, De Quincey, Mary Hays, Elizabeth Inchbald, Charles Lucas, Harriet Martineau, Hannah More, Amelia Opie, Sydney Owenson, Frances Trollope, Helen Maria Williams, Wollstonecraft, and Wordsworth. 

Scholars might also treat the theme of "urbanity" and hence focus on novels of manners and/or Romantic satirists like Austen, Byron, Edgeworth, Peacock, among others. These panels are not limited to British writers and particularly welcome papers about Continental European Romantics. 

Email 250-word abstracts for 20-minute papers, as well as one-page vitae, to my attention at aschmidt@csustan.edu by the deadline of September 30, 2013.  Please feel free to contact Arnold Schmidt with questions about the appropriateness of possible paper topics.

Graduate students and international scholars may compete for partial travel funding.  For more information, see the general call for papers below.

CFP: NCSA 2014 "Urbanism and Urbanity" (9/30/2013; 3/20-22/2014)

Urbanism and Urbanity

March 20-22, Chicago IL

deadline: September 30, 2013

to: Maria K. Bachman and Maria Gindhart, Program Co-Chairs, ncsa2014@gmail.com

http://www.ncsaweb.net/

We seek papers and panels that investigate elements of urbanism and urbanity during' the long nineteenth century, such as: urbanites (the flaneur, the prostitute,the detective, the criminal, etc.); urbanites and the rise of consumer culture; immigrants and urban communities: urban domesticity in literature and culture; architecture, urban design, and city planning; urban spaces and the gothic imagination; mobilities and forms of urban transport; the politics of urban space; the city and the natural environment; urban cartographies; urban crime and violence; urban spaces and urban peripheries (suburbs; ghettos, wastelands, industrial zones, dumps and other hybrid spaces); urbanism and public health; animals and urban environments; concert halls, opera houses, and other urban entertainment venues; restaurants, cafes, and urban eating and drinking; leisure and urbanism; city/country divides; and the anti-urban tradition in art and literature.

We welcome other interpretations of the conference theme as well. Please e-mail abstracts (250 words) for 20-minute papers that include the author's name, institutional affiliation, and paper title in the heading, as well as a one-page CV, by September 30, 2013 to: Maria K. Bachman and Maria Gindhart, Program Co-Chairs, ncsa2014@gmail.com Please note that submission of a proposal constitutes a commitment to attend the conference if the proposal is accepted.

All proposals received will be acknowledged, and presenters will be notified in November 2013. Graduate students whose proposals are accepted may, at that point, submit complete papers in competition for a travel grant to help cover transportation and lodging expenses. Scholars who live outside the North American continent, whose proposals have been accepted, may submit a full paper to be considered for the International Scholar Travel Grant. (See the NCSA website for additional requirements -- http://www.ncsaweb.net/)

Proposal Deadline: September 30,2013

Call for Nominations: NCSA Article Prize (11/15/2012)

The Article Prize recognizes excellence in scholarly studies from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long 19th century (French Revolution to World War I). The winner will receive a cash award of $500 to be presented at the annual meeting of NCSA in Fresno, California (March 7-9, 2013).

Articles published between September 1, 2011 and August 31, 2012 are eligible for consideration for the 2013 prize and may be submitted by the author or the publisher of a journal, anthology, or volume containing independent essays. Submission of interdisciplinary studies is especially encouraged. The winning article will be selected by a committee of nineteenth-century scholars representing diverse disciplines.

Send three copies of published articles/essays to the chair: Professor Christine Roth, Department of English, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Boulevard, Oshkosh, WI 54901. Questions should be sent to: roth@uwosh.edu. Applicants must verify date of actual publication for eligibility and provide an email address so that receipt of their submissions may be acknowledged. One entry per scholar or publisher is allowed annually. Essays written in part or in whole in a language other than English must be accompanied by English translations. Deadline for submission is November 15, 2012.

NCSA Emerging Scholars Award (11/15/2012)

The Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) is pleased to announce the 2012 Emerging Scholars Award. The work of emerging scholars represents the promise and long-term future of interdisciplinary scholarship in 19th-century studies. In recognition of the excellent publications of this constituency of emerging scholars, this award recognizes an outstanding article or essay published within five years of the author's doctorate. Entries can be from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long 19th century (the French Revolution to World War I), must be published in English or be accompanied by an English translation, and must be by a single author. Submission of essays that are interdisciplinary is especially encouraged.

Entrants must be within five years of having received a doctorate or other terminal professional degree, and must have less than seven years of experience either in an academic career, or as a post-terminal-degree independent scholar or practicing professional.

Only articles physically published between September 1, 2011 and August 31, 2012 (even if the citation date of the journal is different) are eligible for the 2012 Emerging Scholar Award. Articles published in any scholarly journal, including on-line journals, or in edited volumes of essays are eligible and may be submitted either by the author or the publisher of a journal, anthology, or volume containing independent essays. In any given year, an applicant may submit more than one article for this award.

The winning article will be selected by a committee of nineteenth-century scholars representing diverse disciplines. Articles submitted to the NCSA Article Prize competition are ineligible for the Emerging Scholars Award.

The winner will receive $500 to be presented at the annual NCSA Conference in Fresno, California, March 7-9, 2013. Prize recipients need not be members of the NCSA but are encouraged to attend the conference to receive the award.

Deadline for submission is November 15, 2012.

Send three off-prints or photocopies of published articles/essays to the committee chair: Professor Judith W. Page, Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, PO Box 117352, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. (Electronic submissions will not be accepted.) Address all questions to page7@ufl.edu. Please note that applicants must verify date of actual publication for eligibility and provide an email address so that receipt of their submissions may be acknowledged.

Reminder: Robert Louis Stevenson (NCSA, CSU/Fresno) (9/30/2012; 3/7-9/2013)

Special Session on Robert Louis Stevenson’s Life & Works

“Loco/Motion” 34th Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association

Fresno, California, March 7-9, 2013

As part of next year’s NCSA conference, Arnold Anthony Schmidt is seeking papers for one or more panels about Robert Louis Stevenson that address the theme of “Locomotion.”  Scholars may consider the theme literally (treating images of travel and physical movement in Stevenson’s works), or metaphorically (e.g. chronological, ethical, historical, intellectual, psychological, or spiritual “motion”).  Feel free to email Arnold if you have questions about the appropriateness of a topic for presentation. 

A representative of the Robert Louis Stevenson Silverado Museum will join us to discuss the library’s rare books/manuscripts and to display exhibits from the collection.

To submit, please e-mail 250-word abstracts of 20-minute papers and one-page vitae to Arnold Anthony Schmidt at aschmidt@csustan.edu by 30 September 2012.  Graduate students may, upon acceptance of their abstracts, submit complete papers in competition for a travel grant to help cover transportation and lodging expenses. 

For more information, please see the general conference CFP below or visit http://www.nineteenthcenturystudiesassociation.org/

Reminder: “Loco/Motion,” 34th annual NCSA conference (9/30/2012; 3/7-9/2013)

Loco/Motion

34th Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association

Fresno, California, March 7-9, 2013

The long nineteenth century set the world on the move. Travel became increasingly important for business and pleasure, for war and peace. At the same time, new forms of moving people arose: the balloon, ships, undergrounds, funiculars, the railroads. Each carried riders to great distances, different locales, and novel pursuits. But motion wasn’t purely spatial; new movements arose as well, sweeping the inhabitants of the period into fresh vistas of thought and endeavor. We seek papers and panels that capture the sense of movement at work and at play during the long nineteenth century (1789-1914). Papers may address the intersections of movement/s, focus on technologies of motion in isolation, or reveal the desires—for gain, glory, greed—that set the world on its feet.

Some suggested topics:

• Gold Rushes (Mineral Manias and Speculative Destinations)
• Literature of the Sea
• Maps and Cartography
• The Science of Exploration (Darwin’s Voyages)
• Narratives of Time Travel, Travel into Space (Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle)
• The West as Destination and Concept
• Celebrity Performance Tours
• Movement of Goods and Ideas
• Migration and Relocation
• Expeditions
• Concepts of Motion and Stasis
• New Forms of Creative Motion and Locomotion (Moving Pictures, Photography, Dance, Music)

We also welcome other interpretations of the conference theme.

The campus of California State University, Fresno, will host us in 2013. Its setting makes it the perfect place to explore the conference theme, since Fresno is ringed by the original Gold Rush towns and three superb national parks (Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon), two of which are nineteenth-century creations. As a result, Fresno still bears evidence of the vast changes caused by the movements of the nineteenth century. The library of CSU Fresno houses the Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs; material from this archive will be featured in a special exhibition for the conference.  Please note: submission of a proposal indicates intent to present.

Please e-mail abstracts (250 words) for 20-minute papers that provide the author’s name and paper title in the heading, as well as a one-page cv, to Prof. Toni Wein at NCSA-2013@sbcglobal.net by September 30, 2012. Please note that submission of a proposal indicates intent to present. Presenters will be notified in November 2012. Graduate students whose proposals are accepted may, at that point, submit complete papers in competition for a travel grant to help cover transportation and lodging expenses. 

CFP: Nineteenth-Century Studies on the Move (9/6/2012; 3/7-9/2013)

34th Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association

Fresno, California

March 7-9, 2013

Panel: Nineteenth-Century Studies on the Move in the 21st Century

In recent years the field of public humanities has created new ways of building connections among scholars, arts and cultural heritage institutions (libraries, historic sites, archives, museums, etc.), and individuals who have a shared interest in preserving, creating knowledge about, and studying people or cultures.  Some are turning to social justice causes or environmental reform as an outgrowth of their scholarship, while others are collaborating with local museums or communities to educate and preserve the cultural institutions they write about in their work.  

This panel will look at the movement of our field out of the tower and onto the street, to address the intersection of scholarship and civic engagement.  Papers might consider any of the following:  How has public humanities moved interdisciplinary nineteenth-century studies in new directions?  How might nineteenth-century scholarship transform, reform, preserve, or better serve the world in which we live?  How might our collaborations with non-academic institutions and people help to reinvigorate the humanities and/or nineteenth century studies scholarship for the 21stcentury? 

Please submit 300 word abstracts for 20 minute papers and a short CV (2 pages) to Heidi Kaufman at kaufman@udel.edu no later than September 6, 2012.

NCSA: http://www.nineteenthcenturystudiesassociation.org/

CFP: Pre-Cinema & Silent Film (NCSA, CSU/Fresno) (9/30/2012; 3/7-9/2013)

Special Session on Pre-Cinema & Silent Film

"Loco/Motion"
34th Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association
Fresno, California, March 7-9, 2013

As part of the 2013 NCSA conference, Arnold Anthony Schmidt is seeking papers or presentations for one or more panels about pre-cinema and early film technology, as well as on silent film creators (producers, actors, directors) and images (representations of class, culture, gender, or race) produced anywhere before 1914. Film – i.e. “moving pictures” -- fits neatly into the conference theme of Locomotion, which I interpret very broadly.

If they like, scholars might address the theme literally (treating images of travel and physical movement) or metaphorically (e.g. technical evolution; camera movement; narrative or character development; cultural, historical, or psychological change). Feel free to email me if you have questions about the appropriateness of a topic for presentation.

To submit, please e-mail 250-word abstracts of 20-minute papers and one-page vitae to Arnold Anthony Schmidt at aschmidt@csustan.edu by 30 September 2012. It may be possible to arrange screenings to accompany the panels, so include information about any material available.

Graduate students may, upon acceptance of their abstracts, submit complete papers in competition for a travel grant to help cover transportation and lodging expenses.

For more information, please see the general conference CFP: http://www.nineteenthcenturystudiesassociation.org/uploads/9/7/7/9/9779672/ncsa_cfp_flyer.pdf

NCSA 2012: Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit (3/22-24/2012)

Please join us for the 33rd Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association: Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit (March 22-24, 2012) in Asheville, North Carolina.

From Romanticism's spiritual resurgence to the interrogations of Darwinism and science, the nineteenth century was immersed in conversation about the place of spirituality and religion in society, politics, and the arts. This year's NCSA conference will feature papers addressing all aspects of belief, religion, and spirituality in the long nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914.

Our keynote speaker this year is Alexandra Owen, Professor of History and Gender Studies at Northwestern University. The title of her presentation is “Spirit, Matter: Modern Ghosts and the Haunting Effect in the Shadow of the Long Nineteenth Century.” The program also features "An Evening with the Ghosts" (a reenactment of a Victorian séance conducted by Eric Hall) and an excursion to the Biltmore Estate. The complete conference program, as well as information about travel, accommodations, and registration can be found on the conference website: http://www.nineteenthcenturystudiesassociation.org/2012-conference.html.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Updated CFP: NCSA Emerging Scholars Award (12/5/2011)

The Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) is pleased to announce the 2011 Emerging Scholars Award. The work of emerging scholars represents the promise and long-term future of interdisciplinary scholarship in 19th-century studies. In recognition of the excellent publications of this constituency of emerging scholars, this award recognizes an outstanding article or essay published within five years of the author's doctorate. Entries can be from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long 19th century (the French Revolution to World War I), must be published in English or be accompanied by an English translation, and must be by a single author. Submission of essays that are interdisciplinary is especially encouraged.

Entrants must be within five years of having received a doctorate or other terminal professional degree, and must have less than seven years of experience either in an academic career, or as a post-terminal-degree independent scholar or practicing professional.

Only articles physically published between September 1, 2010 and August 31, 2011 (even if the citation date of the journal is different) are eligible for the 2011 Emerging Scholar Award. Articles published in any scholarly journal, including on-line journals, or in edited volumes of essays are eligible and may be submitted either by the author or the publisher of a journal, anthology, or volume containing independent essays. In any given year, an applicant may submit more than one article for this award.

The winning article will be selected by a committee of nineteenth-century scholars representing diverse disciplines. Articles submitted to the NCSA Article Prize competition are ineligible for the Emerging Scholars Award.

The winner will receive $500 to be presented at the annual NCSA Conference in Asheville, North Carolina, March 22-24, 2012. Prize recipients need not be members of the NCSA but are encouraged to attend the conference to receive the award.

Deadline for submission is December 5, 2011.

Send three off-prints or photocopies of published articles/essays to the committee chair: Thomas Prasch, Dept. of History, Washburn University, 1700 SW College, Topeka KS 66621. (Electronic submissions will not be accepted.) Address all questions to tom.prasch@washburn.edu. Please note that applicants must verify date of actual publication for eligibility and provide an email address so that receipt of their submissions may be acknowledged.

CFP: NCSA Emerging Scholars Award (11/16/2011)

The Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) is pleased to announce the 2011 Emerging Scholars Award. The work of emerging scholars represents the promise and long-term future of interdisciplinary scholarship in 19th-century studies. In recognition of the excellent publications of this constituency of emerging scholars, this award recognizes an outstanding article or essay published within five years of the author's doctorate. Entries can be from any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long 19th century (the French Revolution to World War I), must be published in English or be accompanied by an English translation, and must be by a single author. Submission of essays that are interdisciplinary is especially encouraged.

Entrants must be within five years of having received a doctorate or other terminal professional degree, and must have less than seven years of experience either in an academic career, or as a post-terminal-degree independent scholar or practicing professional.

Only articles physically published between September 1, 2010 and August 31, 2011 (even if the citation date of the journal is different) are eligible for the 2011 Emerging Scholar Award. Articles published in any scholarly journal, including on-line journals, or in edited volumes of essays are eligible and may be submitted either by the author or the publisher of a journal, anthology, or volume containing independent essays. In any given year, an applicant may submit more than one article for this award.

The winning article will be selected by a committee of nineteenth-century scholars representing diverse disciplines. Articles submitted to the NCSA Article Prize competition are ineligible for the Emerging Scholars Award.

The winner will receive $500 to be presented at the annual NCSA Conference in Asheville, North Carolina, March 22-24, 2012. Prize recipients need not be members of the NCSA but are encouraged to attend the conference to receive the award.

Deadline for submission is November 16, 2011.

Send three off-prints or photocopies of published articles/essays to the committee chair: Dr. Maria K. Bachman / Department of English / Coastal Carolina University / P.O. Box 261954 / Conway, SC 29528-6054. (Electronic submissions will not be accepted.) Address all questions to mbachman@coastal.edu. Please note that applicants must verify date of actual publication for eligibility and provide an email address so that receipt of their submissions may be acknowledged.

NCSA 2012 Article Prize (12/15/2011)

The Nineteenth Century Studies Association announces the 2012 Article Prize, recognizing scholarly excellence in any discipline focusing on any aspect of the long 19th century (French Revolution to World War I). The winner will receive $500 at the NCSA meeting hosted this year by the University of North Carolina, Asheville, March 22-24, 2012. Articles published between September 1, 2010 and August 31, 2011are eligible. The author or publisher of a journal, anthology, or volume of independent essays may submit. Send three hard copies and email address to: Professor Maura Coughlin, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield RI 02917. Questions: mcoughli@bryant.edu.

Applicants must provide verification from the editor of the venue documenting date of actual publication. One entry per scholar and three per publisher; note the entry's interdisciplinary focus. Foreign language essays must have English translations. Deadline: December 15, 2011.

Last Call: NCSA Conference "Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit" (9/30/2011; 3/22-24/2012)

Call for Papers

Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit 

33^rd Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association

Asheville, North Carolina March 22-24, 2012

From Romanticism's spiritual resurgence to the interrogations of Darwinism and science, the nineteenth century was immersed in conversation about the place of spirituality and religion in society, politics, and the arts. Paper and panel proposals are welcome on all aspects of belief, religion, and spirituality in the long nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914.

Papers might address: retreats, communes, and utopias; visionaries and prophets; spiritual awakenings; esprit de corps and group spirit; revivals and reforms; religious doctrines and dogmas; proselytes, converts, and newcomers; spiritualism and the Feminist Movement; cults, cabals, and conspiracies; free spirits, lunatics, and addicts; revered commodities and capital; spiritual growth and enlightenment; perspectives on religious belief; acts of faith and interfaith; Theosophy and mysticism; shamans, mediums, and psychics; non-European spiritual traditions; representations of emotions and the unconscious; altered states; secular spirituality; spirituality of agnostics and atheists; aesthetic spirituality; theology and spirituality; ethnicity and spirituality; fears and phobias of spirituality and religion; spiritual conflicts and combats; sacred texts, pictures, music and shrines; spiritual tours and monuments; sacrilegious and blasphemous acts; matters of atonement and redemption; reactions against spirituality or religion. Other interpretations of the conference theme are welcome.

Please e-mail abstracts (250 words) for 20-minute papers that provide the author's name and paper title in the heading, as well as a one-page c.v., to Phylis Floyd AND Michael Duffy by September 30, 2011. Presenters will be notified in November 2011.

Phylis Floyd, Program Co-Chair

Michigan State University

floyd@msu.edu

Michael Duffy, Program Co-Chair

East Carolina University

duffym@ecu.edu

Reminder - NCSA 2012 CFP: Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit (9/30/2011; 3/22-24/2012)

Call for Papers

Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit 

33^rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE

 OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY STUDIES ASSOCIATION

Asheville, North Carolina March 22-24, 2012

From Romanticism's spiritual resurgence to the interrogations of Darwinism and science, the nineteenth century was immersed in conversation about the place of spirituality and religion in society, politics, and the arts. Paper and panel proposals are welcome on all aspects of belief, religion, and spirituality in the long nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914.


Papers might address: retreats, communes, and utopias; visionaries and prophets; spiritual awakenings; esprit de corps and group spirit; revivals and reforms; religious doctrines and dogmas; proselytes, converts, and newcomers; spiritualism and the Feminist Movement; cults, cabals, and conspiracies; free spirits, lunatics, and addicts; revered commodities and capital; spiritual growth and enlightenment; perspectives on religious belief; acts of faith and interfaith; Theosophy and mysticism; shamans, mediums, and psychics; non-European spiritual traditions; representations of emotions and the unconscious; altered states; secular spirituality; spirituality of agnostics and atheists; aesthetic spirituality; theology and spirituality; ethnicity and spirituality; fears and phobias of spirituality and religion; spiritual conflicts and combats; sacred texts, pictures, music and shrines; spiritual tours and monuments; sacrilegious and blasphemous acts; matters of atonement and redemption; reactions against spirituality or religion. Other interpretations of the conference theme are welcome.


Please e-mail abstracts (250 words) for 20-minute papers that provide the author's name and paper title in the heading, as well as a one-page c.v., to Phylis Floyd AND Michael Duffy by September 30, 2011. Presenters will be notified in November, 2011.

Phylis Floyd, Program Co-Chair

Michigan State University

floyd@msu.edu

Michael Duffy, Program Co-Chair

East Carolina University

duffym@ecu.edu

CFP: NCSA Conference "Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit" (9/30/2011; 3/22-24/2012)

Spiritual Matters/Matters of the Spirit

33rd Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association
Asheville, North Carolina
March 22-24 2012

From Romanticism's spiritual resurgence to the interrogations of Darwinism and science, the nineteenth century was immersed in conversation about the place of spirituality and religion in society, politics, and the arts. Paper and panel proposals are welcome on all aspects of belief, religion, and spirituality in the long nineteenth century, from 1789 to 1914.

Papers might address: retreats, communes, and utopias; visionaries and prophets; spiritual awakenings; esprit de corps and group spirit; revivals and reforms; religious doctrines and dogmas; proselytes, converts, and newcomers; spiritualism and the Feminist Movement; cults, cabals, and conspiracies; free spirits, lunatics, and addicts; revered commodities and capital; spiritual growth and enlightenment; perspectives on religious belief; acts of faith and interfaith; Theosophy and mysticism; shamans, mediums, and psychics; non-European spiritual traditions; representations of emotions and the unconscious; altered states; secular spirituality; spirituality of agnostics and atheists; aesthetic spirituality; theology and spirituality; ethnicity and spirituality; fears and phobias of spirituality and religion; spiritual conflicts and combats; sacred texts, pictures, music and shrines; spiritual tours and monuments; sacrilegious and blasphemous acts; matters of atonement and redemption;
reactions against spirituality or religion. Other interpretations of the conference theme are welcome.

Please e-mail abstracts (250 words) for 20-minute papers that provide the author's name and paper title in the heading, as well as a one-page c.v., to Phylis Floyd AND Michael Duffy by September 30, 2011. Presenters will be notified in November, 2011.

Phylis Floyd, Program Co-Chair
Michigan State University
floyd@msu.edu

Michael Duffy, Program Co-Chair
East Carolina University
duffym@ecu.edu