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>From: "Nadia Altschul" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: CFP: Medievalism and the Post/Colonial Perspective 
>(10/1/05; collection)
>
>CFP for a collection on:
>MEDIEVALISM AND THE POST/COLONIAL PERSPECTIVE:
>HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS TO GLOBAL POLITICS
>
>Eds. Nadia Altschul and Kathleen Davis
>
>Colonialism and medievalism are intimately connected. Over the past decade,
>scholars have begun to document examples and symptoms of this connection,
>with particular attention to the nationalist projects of colonizing
>countries. But as yet we have no resource for comparative study of this
>interconnection from the perspective of the colonies, or for understanding
>how medieval studies in colonial and postcolonial lands might disrupt
>traditional histories of nationalist philology and global relationships. The
>editors of this volume seek contributions for an interdisciplinary and
>transnational collection that will advance our understanding of the role of
>colonial medievalisms in national histories and in world politics. Essays
>might address any of the following areas:
>
>POST/COLONIAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
>* Early foundational work on a European Middle Ages undertaken in
>post/colonies (i.e., colonies or postcolonies) or by post/colonial subjects
>(for example, early editions, philological methods)
>* The relationship between medieval studies in post/colonies and the
>strategies, institutions, or effects of colonialism (did medievalism operate
>differently, for instance, in colonies that have grown to play a significant
>role in "world politics" as against those that have not?)
>* Institutionalization of medieval studies in post/colonies
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>MEDIEVAL AND POST/COLONIAL IDENTITIES
>* The interrelated processes of defining medieval and colonial societies
>* The relationship between these definitional processes and other political
>rhetorics or histories, such as Orientalism or Anti-Semitism
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>A GLOBAL "MIDDLE AGES"?
>* The uses, functions, and effects of writing a "Middle Ages" for
>post/colonies
>* The accelerating use of "the Middle Ages" as a category of world history.
>How, for instance, does this globalizing timeframe operate in academia and
>in world politics today?
>* The institutionalization of medieval studies outside Europe or its
>colonies
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>SEND FULL DRAFTS BY OCTOBER 1, 2005 OR INQUIRIES TO:
>Nadia Altschul ([log in to unmask]) or Kathleen Davis ([log in to unmask])
>
>The editors are planning a panel discussion session for final submissions in
>late March.
>
>
>
>Nadia Altschul, Ph.D.
>Romance Languages and Literatures
>The Johns Hopkins University
>3400 North Charles Street, Gilman Hall 436
>Baltimore, MD 21218 / USA
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>

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