Call for Papers: The Eighth Annual Meeting of the American
Conference on Romanticism will be held at Miami University
in Oxford, Ohio, 8-11 November 2001. Conference Focus:
"Inventing the Individual"
We seek twenty-minute presentations on the theme of "inventing
the individual" (broadly understood.) We anticipate that the
conference will cover a wide variety of topics (whose primary
historical focus is Romanticism) from a spectrum of disciplinary,
interdisciplinary, and cross-disciplinary viewpoints including, but
not limited to, literature, criticism, comparative literature,
political and social history, philosophy, sociology, psychology,
material culture, European and American studies, music history, art
history, architectural history, and religion. Papers addressing the
theme of individualism with reference to feminist theory, queer
theory, and post-colonial theory as well as papers addressing
Romanticism from traditionally less represented geographical areas,
are particularly welcome. Presenters are encouraged to examine topics
in comparison with or contrast to other periods prior to, contemporary
with, or succeeding Romanticism up to the present.
Given the developing interest in the use of technology to support
scholarship in Romanticism, presentations demonstrating applications
of technology to research are also welcome.
In support of the interdisciplinary thrust of the conference, on
Saturday evening November 10, the Performing Arts Series at Miami
University will feature a performance of Franz Schubert's
Winterreise, sung by Ulrich Schutte, accompanied by Gary Holt.
Half-page abstracts should be submitted electronically via the
Miami Conference website (http://sasnt-class.eas.muohio.edu/ACRConf)
by March 15, 2001. Other inquiries can be directed to Michael
Bachem (e-mail: bachemm@muohio.edu) or to G. Todd Davis (e-
mail: davisgt@muohio.edu).