Keynote Barbara H. Rosenwein, Chicago
"A Theory and Its Limits: The Emotions of Thomas Aquinas and His Disciples."

Deadline for proposals (1 page) May 1, 2008 send to: jonas.liliequist@historia.umu.se

We invite submissions for papers and 20-minute talks from scholars and postgraduate students within the disciplines of arts and humanities who are interested in the history of emotions in the premodern period (i.e., up to the turn of the 19th century), for a three-day workshop to be held at Umeå University, Sweden, in October 2008. We welcome contributions on all aspects of the cultural history of emotions, from as diverse approaches as possible, albeit within history, history of ideas, arts, musicology, politics, philosophy, religious or gender studies. We are especially interested in contributions on the following topics:

* emotions as a historical concept
* emotions in religious and political contexts
* emotions, rhetoric and politics
* cultural expressions and historical repertoires of emotions
* the history of gestures and expressions
* emotions and gender

Please send a one-page abstracts by e-mail before May1 2008 to: jonas.liliequist@historia.umu.se Notification of acceptance and programme May 15, 2008

The workshop will provide the basis for an electronic and/or printed publication of selected papers.

Conference organizers, Umeå University:
Jonas Carlquist, Scandinavian Languages;
Mohammad Fazlhashemi, History of Ideas;
Jonas Liliequist, History;
Ann-Catrine Eriksson, History and Theory of Art;
Hanna Zipernovsky, Religious Studies

Website: http://www.umu.se/humfak/chep/index_eng.html