The Centre is pleased to welcome returning Fellows Dylan Reid (PhD candidate Oxford), working on 16th-century French social history; Laura Willett (PhD UCLA), working on 16th-century French literature and fine arts; and Visiting Graduate Fellow Vic Thiessen (PhD candidate Queen's), who is using the Centre's extensive collection of German Reformation pamphlet literature. Our new Fellows include Dennis Ngien (PhD Toronto), working on Luther's eschatology; Edmund Pries (PhD Waterloo), working on 16th-century Anabaptism; Philippa Sheppard (PhD Oxford), working on English Renaissance Drama; Sara Charney (PhD Toronto), studying the Jewish community of Renaissance Italy; and Christina Luckyj (Dalhousie), studying issues of gender and performance in Early Modern England.
The CRRS now runs a site on the World Wide Web. It offers additional information on the Centre and its re-sources, as well as providing access to various relevant databases, including an updated version of our International Directory of Renaissance and Reformation Associations and Institues. The address for the home page is: http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/Renaissance/Renaissance.html.
The CRRS and the Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium (TRRC) are hosting a back-to-school reception on Sept 28 at 4:00 pm in the Senior Common Room at Victoria College. Everyone is welcome.
Upcoming talks sponsored by the CRRS and the TRRC include John O'Malley (Weston School of Theology), "Trent and All That: 50 Years Trying to Name It" (17 Oct.); Jeremy Maule (Trinity College, Cambridge), "Twice Murdered? Elizabeth Cary's Edward II (1626) and its Bibliographers" (2 Nov.); and Joanna Woodall (Courtauld Institute), "'His Majesty's most majestic room': The Division of Sovereign Identity in Phillip II's Lost Portrait Gallery at El Paredo" (21 Nov.). All talks are held at 4:00 pm in the Senior Common Room, Victoria College. Other presentations planned for this year include talks by Richard Hillman (Western Ontario), Charles Fantazzi (Wind- sor), and Randall McLeod (Toronto).
The 1995 Erasmus lecture will be delivered by Erika Rummel (Wilfrid Laurier University): "Why Erasmus was No Lutheran." The talk will be held at Victoria in Emmanuel College room 119, Tuesday Nov 7 at 4:00 pm.
Nov 18. The CRRS and the Centre for Research in English Drama present a one-day conference, Politics and High Culture in the Reigns of Edward VI and Mary Tudor at Victoria College. Speakers include C.E. McGee, Dale Hoak, Joanna Woodall, and Daniel Page. For further information, contact CRRS, tel (416) 585-4484; fax 585-4584; e-mail crrs@epas.utoronto.ca.
Mar 5-6. The CRRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar for 1996 is Nicholas Mann (Director, Warburg Institute). He will be presenting two seminars: an illustrated talk on Petrarch and Simone Martini (5 Mar) and "Petrarch at the Crossroads" (6 Mar). Both talks will be held in Alumni Hall, Victoria College, at 4:00 pm.
Mar 7-10, 1996. The CRRS hosts De-Centring the Renaissance: Canada and Europe in Multi-Disciplinary Perspective 1350-1700. This conference questions traditional historical concepts of periodization, with papers covering a variety of aspects of life in the territory we now know as Canada. Featured speakers include Natalie Zemon Davis, Olive Dickason, Selma Barkham, Luca Codignola, and Gilles Thérien, and other presentations include a six-person team of scientists from the Smithsonian Institute who will speak on the 16th-century Frobisher expedition to Baffin Island. Inquiries to Germaine Warkentin, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1K7; fax: (416) 585-4584; e-mail warkent@epas.utoronto.ca.
One victim of Canada's last federal budget was the Support to Specialized Research Collections Programme run by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Over the past decade, this programme has enabled the CRRS to augment its collection of early printed books and to purchase several significant microform collections. We are pleased to announce, however, that in the programme's final competition this spring the CRRS was awarded the funds to purchase the microfilm collection of the complete state papers for the reign of Henry VIII. Added to our holdings in English social history and literature, the CRRS now offers scholars major resources in the political and religious history of early 16th-century England.
In May 1995 Professor Margaret King (Brooklyn College, CUNY) donated to the Centre her collection of microfilms acquired in conducting research for her books Venetian Humanism (1986) and The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello (1994). The core of the donation comprises 103 microfilms of manuscripts, primarily Italian humanist texts. The majority of the originals are in the collection of the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice; the remainder are in repositories in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, England, and Scotland. Also included are microfilms of 28 complete printed works, from rare incunables and early imprints to modern books.
Sept 21-Oct 1 1995. 10th International Conference on Medievalism, Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, MA. Contact James Gallant, 10 Lyndale Rd, Worcester, MA 01606 tel (508) 853-3609; Linda Honan, Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave, Worcester, MA 01606. Tel (508) 853-6015; fax 852-7697.
Sept 28-30 1995. Legends of the Middle Ages. Clinch Valley College, Univ of Virginia. Contact Tom Costa, Dept of History and Philosophy, Clinch Valley College, Wise, VA 24293. Tel (703) 328-0231; e-mail tmc5a@clinch. edu.
Sept 28-Oct 1 1995. Tradition and Revolution: Politics, Literature and Religion in John Bunyan's England. Univ of Alberta and Banff Centre for the Fine Arts. Contact Greg Randall, NABC, 11525-23 Ave, Edmonton, AL T6J 4T3; or Arlette Zinck, English Dept, Univ of Alberta, Edmonton, AL T6G 2E5.
Sept 29-30 1995. Northeast Conference on British Studies. Brown Univ, Providence, RI. Contact Robert Tittler, Dept of History, Concordia Univ, Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1R6.
Fax (514) 848-4537; e-mail tittler@vax2.concordia.ca.
Oct 20-21 1995. Christine de Pizan: Texts/Intertexts/ Contexts. Annual Fall Conference, Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, SUNY Binghamton. Contact Marilynn Desmond, CEMERS, SUNY Binghamton, NY 13902-6000. Tel (607) 777-2730; fax 777-2408.
Oct 21 1995. Paths and Destinations: Getting from Point A to Point B in the Middle Ages. Annual Conference, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto. Contact Jesse Brink, Centre for Medieval Studies, 39 Queen's Park Cres E, Toronto, ON M5S 2C3. E-mail jbrink@epas.utoronto.ca.
Oct 27-28 1995 Montaigne in Print, 1595-1995. 1995-96 Renaissance Conference, Newberry Library, Chicago. For information contact the Library: 60 West Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610-3380. Tel: (312) 943-9090.
Apr 11-12 1996. Northern Humanism in European Context 1469-1625. COMERS, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Contact Wilma van der Berg, University Library, PO Box 559, NL-9700 AN Groningen. Tel 0031 50 635002; fax 0031 50 634996; e-mail w.van.den.berg@ub.rug.nl. The conference was accepting paper proposals until 15 Sept. 1995.
Apr 18-21 1996. Annual Meeting, Renaissance Society of America, Indiana Univ, Bloomington. The Bennett Lecturer will be Janet Cox-Rearick. Contact Marybeth Gasman, Indiana Univ Conference Bureau, Rm 671, Bloomington, IN 47405. Tel (812) 855-6451; fax (812) 855-8077.
May 1996. 31st International Conference on Medieval Studies (Western Michigan Univ, Kalamazoo). The Society for Reformation Research will be sponsoring two sessions on literature: 1) Reformation Drama, 2) Strategies of Persuasion. Contact Peter Auksi, Dept of English, Univ of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7.
Sept 2-7 1996. Second International Tyndale Conference, Hertford and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford. Contact Mrs Priscilla Frost, 10B Littlegate St, Oxford OX1 1QT. Tel. (011-44) 865-794-727; fax (011-44) 865-794-695.
June 21-22 1996. Lo Stato territoriale fiorentino (secoli XIV-XV). Centro di Studi sul Tardo Medioevo, San Miniato, Italy. Contact: William J. Connell, Dept of History, Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-5059; or Dott. Andrea Zorzi, Dipt di Storia, Univ di Firenze, Via San Gallo 10, 50100 Firenze, Italy.
April 11-14 1996. XVI Annual Conference of the American Association for Italian Studies, Washington Univ, St Louis, MO. Deadline for organizing sessions is Sept 27 1995. Contact Michael Sherberg, Romance Languages and Literatures, Washington Univ, Box 1077, One Brookings Dr, St Louis, MO 63130-4899.
E-mail: sherberg@artsci.wustl.edu
March 29-31 1996 The Middle Ages in Contemporary Popular Culture: An Interdisciplinary Conference, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Send 250-word abstracts in English or French (for 20-minute papers) by Sept 30 1995 to Madeleine Jeay, Dept of French, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M2. Tel (905) 525-9140 ext 23754; fax (905) 577-6930;
E-mail: jeaymad@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
or Susan Fast, School of Art/Drama/Music, McMaster Univ. Tel (905) 525-9140 ext 23670;
E-mail: fastfs@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Sep 27-28 1996. The Faerie Queene in the World, 1596-1996: An Interdisciplinary Symposium. Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Deadline for paper proposals is Sep 30 1995. Send one-page abstract to Elizabeth Fowler, Dept of English, Yale University, PO Box 208302, New Haven, CT 06520-8302. Fax: (203) 432-7066; e-mail: fowler@minerva.cis.yale.edu.
Aug 18-23 1996. Fourth Annual Emblem Conference. Society for Emblem Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium. The deadline for paper proposals is Oct 1 1995. Send 500-word abstract to Prof Dr Karel Porteman, Dept of Literature, PO Box 33, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel (16) 32-48-53; fax (16) 32-50-25; e-mail: karel.porteman @arts.kuleuven.ac.be.
Mar 29-30 1996. XV Annual Fordham Medieval Conference: Learning, Literacy, and Gender in the Middle Ages. Lincoln Center Campus, Fordham University, New York. The deadline for paper proposals is Oct 27 1995. Send two-page abstract to H. Wayne Storey, Dir of Medieval Studies, Keating 107, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458-5162. Fax: (718) 295-0366.
Feb 15-17 1996. The Future of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Problems, Trends, and Opportunities in Research. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Arizona State Univ. Proposals for sessions and abstracts for papers will be accepted from July 1 to Nov 1, 1995. Send two copies of paper or session proposals and two copies of cv to Robert E. Bjork, ACMRS, Arizona State Univ, Box 872301, Tempe, AZ 85287-2301. Tel (602) 965-5900; fax 965-2021; e-mail atreb@asuvm.inre.asu.edu.
Feb 3 1996. Teaching the Renaissance. Renaissance Conference of Southern California 4th Annual Symposium, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Proposals on practical and theoretical pedagogical topics are invited. Send proposals for workshops or panel discussions or abstracts for 20-minute papers by Nov 31, 1995 to Prof Renée Pigeon, Dept of English, CSU San Bernadino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernadino, CA 92407. Tel (909) 880-5896; e-mail rpigeon@wiley.scusb.edu.
Mar 14-16 1996. Tenth Biennial New College Conference on Medieval-Renaissance Studies, New College, University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL. The deadline for paper proposals is Dec 1 1995. Send one-page abstract to Prof Lee D. Snyder, Director of Medieval-Renaissance Studies, New College of U.S.F., 5700 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243-2197. Fax (813) 359-4298. There are also separate calls for papers for two sessions at the conference: "New Life for the Post-Plague Era in Italy" to Dr. Michael Grillo, 151 Carnegie Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5712; send abstracts by Oct 31; and "Venetian Art in the Ringling Museum" to Dr. Helena K. Szépe, Art Dept, FAH 229, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620-7350; abstracts will be accepted until Oct 31
Mar 21-23 1996. South-Central Renaissance Conference and Regional
Central Renaissance Conference. St. Louis, Missouri. Deadline for submissions
is Dec 31 1995. Send abstracts to:
James Baumlin, Dept of English, Southwest Missouri State Univ, Springfield,
MO 65804. Tel (417) 831-6585
E-mail: mfb137f@vma.smsu.edu
May 10-11 1996. The Renaissance Conference of Southern California. Southwest Regional Renaissance Conference, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. The 1996 RCSC Lecturer will be Stephen Greenblatt. Deadline for session proposals and paper abstracts is Jan 19, 1996; send to Prof Renée Pigeon, Dept of English, CSU San Bernadino, 5500 University Pkwy, San Bernadino, CA 92407. Tel (909) 880-5896;
E-mail: rpigeon@wiley.scusb.edu
May 97. Barnaby Riche Society Conference, Carleton Univ, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Send paper abstracts by Feb 1996 to Donald Beecher, Dept of English, Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6. Tel (613) 731-7601; fax 713-3544.
July 22-26 1997. XIth Biennial Conference of the International Society
for the History of Rhetoric: The Greco-Roman Rhetorical Tradition: Alterations,
Adaptations, Alternatives. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Deadline
for proposals in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish is Feb 9
1996. For a form, contact Judith Rice Henderson, Dept. of English, 9 Campus
Dr, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A5. Fax: (306) 966-5951
E-mail: hendrsnj@duke.usask.ca
Apr 3-6 1997 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Vancouver, BC. Send ten copies of panel proposals or paper abstracts by May 1, 1996 to Paul Budra, English Dept, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC U5A 1S6. Tel (604) 291-3008; fax (604) 291-5737E-mail:
Feb 29-Mar 2 1996. Ohio Shakespeare Conference: Shakespeare and Multiculturalism, Holiday Inn, Fairborn, Ohio. The proposed Central State University segment is entitled "Shakespeare and African Queens"; the keynote speaker will be J. Max Patrick, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison. Send paper abstracts to Cecile Cary, Dept of English, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435. Tel (513) 873-3136; fax 873-2707; or Robert Fleissner, Dept of English and Communication, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH 45384. Tel (513) 376-6458; fax 376-6530.
Late Mar/early Apr 1996. XIIth International Congress of l'Institute Interuniversitaire pour l'Etude de la Renaissance et de l'Humanisme/Interuniversitair Instituut voor Studie van de Renaissance en het Humanisme: La femme lettrée à l'époque de la Renaissance/Lettered Women in the Renaissance. Bruxelles/Brussels. Send paper proposals to Prof. Michel Bastiaensen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Letteren en Wijsbegeerte (RENH), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium. Phone: (02) 629-2652-2661.
July 1-4 1996. Second International Congress on Pre-Modern Encyclopedic Texts. Centre for Classical, Oriental, Medieval and Renaissance Studies (COMERS), University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Send abstracts to Dr Peter Binkley, COMERS, International Encyclopedia Congress, Oude Boteringestraat 23, 9712 GC Groningen, Netherlands. Tel (50) 63-72-58; fax (50) 63-72-63 E-mail: binkley @let.rug.nl
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