Call for Papers

The Andrew Marvell Society

Exploring the Renaissance 2012

An International Conference

New Orleans, Louisiana
March 8-10, 2012

Hotel Monteleone

Local Arrangements: Catherine Loomis
University of New Orleans

Program Chair: Debra Barrett-Graves
California State University, East Bay

The Andrew Marvell Society will be hosting sessions on Marvell’s prose, featuring Martin Dzelzainis, Nigel Smith, and Nicholas von Maltzahn; and on “The Picture of Little T.C. in a Prospect of Flowers” featuring presentations by Joan Faust, George Klawitter, and Timothy Raylor. Other proposals for papers or for sessions are now invited.

Proposals are especially welcomed on the following topics:

Marvell and Milton
Royalist Marvell
Marvell and Europe
Marvell’s Poetry and the Sister Arts
“Appleton House” and/or the Marvell-Fairfax connection

Abstracts only (400-500 words; a shorter 100-word abstract for inclusion in the program) should be submitted online no later than December 15, 2011 via the SCRC website's abstract submission form.

Sessions should be proposed no later than October 31, 2011.

For further information, consult Joan Faust.

Program participants are required to join SCRC and are encouraged to submit publication-length versions of their papers to the SCRC journal, Explorations in Renaissance Culture. Shorter papers (up to 3,000 words) are invited for submission to the SCRC newsletter, Discoveries.

Nigel Smith, President
Timothy Raylor, Vice President
Sean McDowell, Past President
George Klawitter, Publications Officer/Webmaster
Joan Faust, Executive Secretary

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jacob Blevins (2009-11)
Martin Dzelzainis (2011-13)
Alex Garganigo (2011-12)
Gabriella Gruder-Poni (2010-12)