[MGSA-L] CFP Interdisciplinary Conference: Antiquity and the History of Ideas in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Roland Moore rolandmo at pacbell.net
Mon Nov 2 00:05:37 PST 2015


Cross-posted from H-SAE.

   
CFP Interdisciplinary Conference: Antiquity and the History of Ideas in Eighteenth-Century Europe
by Felicity LoughlinYour network editor has reposted this from H-Announce. The byline reflects the original authorship.Type: Call for PapersDate: December 1, 2015Location: United KingdomSubject Fields: Classical Studies, Ancient History, European History / Studies, Intellectual History, Religious Studies and TheologyCFP Interdisciplinary Conference: ‘Antiquity and the History of Ideas in Eighteenth-Century Europe’4 April 2016, New College, University of EdinburghThis one-day interdisciplinary conference to be held at the University of Edinburgh on 4 April 2016 aims at exploring the reception of antiquity in Europe in the long eighteenth century (ca 1650-1800). This period is frequently referred to as the ‘birthplace of modernity’, yet scholars have long recognised that the ancient world exerted a profound impact on the European 'Enlightenment'. By either contrast or identification, contemporaries appealed to the ancient world - in its classical, Christian, and extra-European guises - in their engagement with a variety of religious, political, philosophical, historical, literary, and cultural debates.The conference seeks to build on the rich and diverse range of scholarship produced in this field by providing an interdisciplinary forum for researchers in departments including History, Classics, and Theology to discuss their work. In so doing, we hope to gain a deeper understanding of the substantial European engagement with antiquity, and thus also of the central intellectual concerns of eighteenth-century thought and 'enlightened' culture.The conference will consist of several panels followed by a key-note lecture from Dr Anthony Ossa-Richardson of the University of Southampton. We invite proposals for twenty-minute individual papers from postgraduate and early-career researchers, dealing with any aspect of the engagement with antiquity in the long eighteenth century.Topics may include but are by no means limited to:   
   - How did the reception of antiquity shape contemporary definitions of ‘modernity’?
   - Are ancient texts, civilisations, and characters used as a source of comparison with contemporary events, and/or to create a contrast between past and present?
   - What role did antiquity play in contemporary religious debates?
   - What role did antiquity play in shaping contemporary perceptions of the ‘other’?
   - How did new developments in ‘orientalism’ affect the encounter with antiquity?
   - In what ways did the reception of antiquity contribute to political ideologies and institutions?
   - How does the reception of antiquity contribute to eighteenth-century notions of progress?
   - How does thinking about eighteenth-century engagements with antiquity help us to shed light on the contested label of ‘the Enlightenment’?
   - How can investigating the reception of the ancient world in the long eighteenth century help us to define and understand the practice of classical studies?
Abstracts of around 250 words along with a short biography should be sent in the body of an email to antiquity18thc at gmail.com by 1 December 2015.For more information see our website: http://antiquity18thc.weebly.comContact Info: Conference Organisers: Felicity Loughlin and Alexandre Johnston Contact Email: antiquity18thc at gmail.comURLhttp://antiquity18thc.weebly.com

   
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