New
Directions:
Exploring Identity in the Early Modern Period
A Mini-Symposium for Faculty
and Graduate Students in the mid-Atlantic Region
Thursday, October 14, from
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Atrium of the Adele
H. Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland, College Park
During this afternoon colloquium, we considered
new directions undertaken by scholars of early modern literature
and history in their research. These scholars examined the
assumptions about identity-race, gender, nationality, political
affiliation-that emerged in the early modern period for English
settlers in Barbados and Jamaica, for a Spaniard writing about
the native Americans of New Spain, and for women who enthusiastically
supported the English republic responsible for overthrowing
an enslaving monarchy and for embracing the English slave trade.
The Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies made copies
of papers available to participating institutions in advance
of the symposium in order to facilitate conversations about
these new endeavors.
Schedule:
1:00. Luncheon and Welcome.
2:00. Presentations. (For abstracts of
these presentations, click on the title.)
"Becoming a White
Man: Slavery and Identity in the Seventeenth Century English
Caribbean."
Susan Dwyer Amussen. History, Graduate
College, The Union Institute
"1542: Empire,
Shipwreck, and the ‘Culture of the Baroque' in Alvar
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios."
Ralph Bauer. Department of English,
University of Maryland at College Park.
"Lucy Hutchinson:
Republicanism, Gender and Politics."
David Norbrook. Department of English,
University of Maryland at College Park.
4:00. Response and Discussion.
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