Thomas Carlyle Resartus: Reappraising Carlyle for Our Times

2007 Carlyle Studies Conference
Hosted by the Villanova Center for Liberal Education
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19087

July 12-13, 2007

The Villanova Center for Liberal Education will host the 2007 Carlyle Studies Conference on the subject of "Thomas Carlyle Resartus: Reappraising Carlyle for Our Times.” Paper proposals are welcome on any aspect of Carlyle's life and work; we are especially interested in papers that address the following: Carlyle and the study of history; Carlyle and democracy; interdisciplinarity in Carlyle studies; and teaching Carlyle in the college classroom. We welcome proposals from a variety of disciplines, including history, literature, political science, philosophy, and cultural studies. The conference will also feature a roundtable discussion on approaches to teaching Carlyle; please indicate on your proposal if you are interested in participating.

Proposals should be no more than 500 words, describing the essay, its argument, and its contribution to the field. Please submit proposals, along with a short curriculum vitae, as email attachments no later than 15 October 2006 to:

Dr. Marylu Hill
Villanova Center for Liberal Education
Villanova University
marylu.hill@villanova.edu

Dr. Paul Kerry
Department of History
Brigham Young University
paul_kerry@byu.edu

http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/vcle/conferences/thomas_carlyle.htm