{"id":2517,"date":"2011-02-22T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/scitent.com\/2011\/02\/22\/cfp-charles-dickens-past-present-and-future-612011-1021-222011\/"},"modified":"2011-02-22T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T17:30:00","slug":"cfp-charles-dickens-past-present-and-future-612011-1021-222011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/2011\/02\/22\/cfp-charles-dickens-past-present-and-future-612011-1021-222011\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Charles Dickens: Past, Present, and Future (6\/1\/2011; 10\/21-22\/2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Victorian-girl-200.png\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Victorian-girl-200.png\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Call for Papers: &nbsp;Victorians Institute Conference<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><b>Charles Dickens: Past, Present, and Future<\/b><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">October 21-22, 2011, Myrtle Beach, SC<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">To help usher in the global celebration of his bicentenary in 2012, the 41st&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">annual conference of the Victorians Institute will focus rather broadly on&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">the life and work of Charles Dickens. We welcome papers that examine&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">Dickens's writings and their relevance to us today. &nbsp;We are particularly&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">interested in interdisciplinary essays exploring the literary life and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">legacy of Dickens in relation to science, economics, psychology, sociology,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">philosophy, law, history, aesthetics, and theater and film adaptation.<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">Topics may include, but are not limited to:<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens's Journalism<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens and the Literary Marketplace<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens and Mass Culture<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickensian Friendships<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickensian Scandals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The Dickens Circle<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Catherine Dickens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens and Science<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens and Emotion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Reading Dickens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickensian Afterlives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Spiritualism and Spirituality in Dickens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens's Moral Philosophy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens and the Posthuman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens and Travel<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Theatrical Dickens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens in America<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Dickens and Empire<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The Dickens Industry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">The Postmodern Dickens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Teaching Dickens<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">Please send proposals of no more than 500 words and a brief one-paragraph&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">bio by <b>June 1, 2011<\/b> to: &nbsp;Dr. Maria K. Bachman, Department of English, P.O.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">Box 261954, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina 29528-6054.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">Email:<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><a href=\"mailto:mbachman@coastal.edu\" style=\"color: #3333cc;\">mbachman@coastal.edu<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><a href=\"mailto:mbachman@coastal.edu\" style=\"color: #3333cc;\"><\/a><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">Victorians Institute &amp; Journal:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcu.edu\/vij\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.vcu.edu\/vij\/index.htm<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\"><span style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcu.edu\/vij\/index.htm\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Papers: &nbsp;Victorians Institute ConferenceCharles Dickens: Past, Present, and FutureOctober 21-22, 2011, Myrtle Beach, SCTo help usher in the global celebration of his bicentenary in 2012, the 41st&nbsp;annual conference of the Victorians Institute will focus rather broadly on&nbsp;the life and work of Charles Dickens. 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