CFP SCRC 2016

The Andrew Marvell Society invites proposals for papers to be presented at the 2016 South-Central Renaissance Conference (SCRC) on any aspect of Marvell studies from established scholars in the field as well as graduate students and newcomers. Papers may be suggesting new historical, cultural, and discursive contexts for his works in verse and prose, re-examining them with new analytical techniques, or drawing attention to previously unknown or overlooked facets of Marvell’s work and his relationship to both people and topics in the seventeenth century.

Every year at the SCRC, the Marvell Society holds a ‘Special Poem’ panel: for this, one poem is selected each year, and then analysed in a different way by three presenters. The poem selected for 2016 is Tom May’s Death. If you are interested in participating in the Special Poem panel, please contact Executive Secretary Emma Annette Wilson in advance to assist with the coordination of this panel. Abstracts for the special poem panel are submitted in the same way as all other abstracts (see below for details). Papers given as part of this panel will be considered for publication in Marvell Studies. In addition to our broad call for papers, we seek proposals for papers focused on topics such as:

  • Marvell’s letters
  • Marvell and religion
  • Marvell and his contemporaries
  • Marvell’s afterlife

The SCRC will be held from 24-26 March 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri, under the auspices of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. The conference will take place at the Parkway Hotel, and further information about reservations, registration, and the conference itself will be available in due course via the SCRC website (http://www.scrc.us.com/archives/2016conference.shtml).

Proposals for Marvell Society papers must be submitted as abstracts via email to the Program Chair Christopher Baker ([email protected]) and Marvell Society Executive Secretary Emma Wilson ([email protected]) no later than 15 December 2015. Scholars need to submit one more detailed abstract of approximately 400-500 words, and a shorter 100-word version for inclusion in the conference program should their proposal be successful. The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2015.