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Gossip, gospel, and governance: orality in Europe 1400-1700
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Call for Papers Deadline: | 2010-01-04 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2009-11-03 |
| Announcement ID: |
171725 |
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International Conference in London 14-16 July 2011. It explores the spoken word and its power 1400-1700 in a broad range of contexts: Street life ;Reading aloud; Teaching and learning in University schools 1400-1700;Declamation and discourse in Parliament; Incantation and magic;Performance;Preaching;Parley and discourse of war; Women’s speech. The conference draws on interdisciplinary approaches including literature, art history, musicology and the history of language and will bring together scholars from an international field. Conference language: English. Proposals for papers, accompanied by abstracts of no more than 200 words in both the original language and in English, should reach the organizers by January 4 2010. We are planning to request financial support for speakers, although this cannot be guaranteed at this stage.
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Alex Cowan Department of Humanities, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Northumbria University, UK
Email: a.cowan@northumbria.ac.uk
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