CFP: Global Encounters: Legacies of Exchange and Conflict

Call for papers: “Global Encounters: Legacies of Exchange and Conflict (1000-1700)”, Conference of Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, November 14-15, 2008

CALL FOR PAPERS for a Conference organized by the Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Conference dates: 14-15 November 2008. The new Program in MEMS at UNC, Chapel Hill, seeks papers from scholars in a wide variety of disciplines. Papers dealing with topics of cultural mediation, interchange, and conflict are especially welcome. Possible areas of geographical concentration include Europe, the Atlantic world, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Key-note addresses will be offered by Professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman (Silver Professor of History at New York University), and by Professor Alfred J. Andrea (Professor Emeritus of History, University of Vermont).The deadline for paper proposals is 1 April 2008. Proposals should include a title, a 250 word abstract, a brief (two-page maximum) C.V., and full contact information. Proposals should be submitted to the MEMS Organizing Committee, c/o Professor Brett Whalen, chair (bwhalen@email.unc.edu).

This Conference is supported by: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and MEMS, the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program at UNC.

Brett Edward Whalen
Assistant Professor
Department of History
CB# 3195 (Hamilton Hall)
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
W: 919.962.2383
Email: bwhalen@email.unc.edu
Website: http://mems.unc.edu/