This multi-disciplinary conference will explore the practice of deception in late medieval and early modern cultures and ask how those who study the past can use such schemes as a vehicle to advance our understanding of the intellectual, economic, social and political climate of the period.

The conference is scheduled to take place 28-29 April 2001, at Victoria University in the University of Toronto under the auspices of the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. The conference organizers invite submissions for 20-minute papers before 30 June 2000. Abstracts should be no more than 150 words. Submissions should be made electronically and include a one-page (max.) C.V. to:

Richard Raiswell and Mark Crane c/o Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies

e-mail: crrs_toronto@hotmail.com

Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Fraud and deceit in: