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EAST CENTRAL AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES
13-16 OCTOBER 1994
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS
CONFERENCE THEME: "CROSSING BORDERS"
The boundaries of 18th-century life and culture are reflected in its
literature, art, philosophy, and political life. We encourage
sessions that invite specialists from all fields to unite in exploring
common ways in which these borders were obscured, transgressed, or
crossed. We suggest that there are multiple interpretations of
"crossing borders" and will give emphasis to those sessions that
foster this diversity and encourage participation from more than one
academic discipline in the session. Each individual paper need not be
interdis ciplinary, but the session as a whole should focus on broad,
interdisciplinary issues, such as the crossing of national borders
(both in travel and politics), borders of genre, traditional
chronological boundaries, gender, cultures, discursive modes, metho
dologies, social classes, and race.
To submit a proposal or paper for consideration, send it to the
session chair noted after the title. If no such chair is mentioned,
then please send the abstract or paper to the conference chairs, Dick
Frautschi and Christine Clark-Evans.
All participants must be members of ECASECS, for which Mary Margaret
Stewart, Department of English, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
17325-1486, can be contacted concerning dues ($10.00 reg., $5.00 grad
student, $15.00 couple). The dues of graduate students attending the
conference are waived, and graduate students are eligible to submit
papers in advance of the conference for the Molin Prize, awarded to
the best paper by a graduate student at the conference. These papers
should be sent to Joan Stemmler, Chair, Molin Prize Committee, in
advance of the meeting, because a member of the selection committee is
needed to arrange to hear the paper (3540 Winfield Lane, N.W. /
Washington, D.C. 20007).
The sessions posted to date and their chairs are as follows:
1. "Still Stealing Fire: Appropriations and Transvaluation of
Classical Authority." Kevin Berland (English, Pennsylvania State
University--Shenango / 147 Shenango Avenue / Sharon, PA 16146;
B...@PSUVM.BITNET)
2. "Real and Fictional Travel Literature." Theodore E. D. Braun
(Foreign Languages & Literatures / Univ. of Delaware / Newark, DE
19716; BR...@CHOPIN.UDEL.EDU)
3. "Crossing the Boundaries between Art and Philosophy: The Creator as
Theorist, the Theorist as Creator." John Buck (English / Pennsylvania
State University / University Park, PA 16802)
4. "Clarissa's Polyphony: Recovering Cultural Discourses." Murray L.
Brown (English / Georgia State University / Atlanta, GA 30303)
5. "Drama: Generic Change." William Burling (English / Southwest
Missouri State University / Springfield, MO 65804;
WJB...@SMSVMA.BITNET)
6. "Crossing Oceans, Choosing Visions: Eighteenth-Century
Representations of Africa and Africans." Leroy Hopkins (Foreign
Languages / Millersville University, Millersville, PA 17155)
7. "Borders and Business: The Growth of the Slave Trade and Other
Emerging Businesses of Empire." Mary Margaret Stewart (English /
Gettysburg College / Gettysburg, PA 17325-1486)
8. "African Voices on Self and Nation." Linda Merians (English / La
Salle University / 1900 West Olney Avenue / Philadelphia, PA
19141-1199)
9. "From Body Parts to Physiological Systems: Medico-Philosophers on
the Human Body." Simon Richter (German and Slavic / University of
Maryland / College Park, MD 20740; [301] 405-4101)
10. "The Human Form in Art and Literature." Veronique Foti
(Philosophy / Pennsylvania State University / University Park, PA
16802; [814] 863-0568)
11. "On the History of Women" (A Panel, with speakers addressing
women in five areas: 1) the U.S. and Canada, 2) Great Britain, 3)
Europe, 4) Latin America, and 5) Africa and Asia). Christine
Clark-Evans (French / Pennsylvania State University / University Park,
PA 16802; CX...@PSUVM.PSU.EDU)
12. "Getting There: Cartography, Geography, and Navigation." (Chair
to be announced--send papers and proposals to Conference Chairs)
13. "Representative/Repre'sentant: A Comparative View of
Legislative Assemblies." William Everdell, French Intellectual
and Political History, St. Anne's School (9 Garden Place /
Brooklyn, NY 11201)
14. "The Novel Across Nation, Class, and Gender." Catherine A.
Beaudry (French / Dickinson College / Carlisle, PA 17013-2896;
BEA...@dickinsn.Bitnet)
15. "Issues in Eighteenth-Century Theatre and Music." Dale Monson,
(Music / Pennsylvania State University / University Park, PA 16802;
[814] 865-2900)
16. "Citizen of the World: Concepts of National and International
Identity." Ronda Ray Kerscmar (English / East Stroudsburg Univ. /
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301)
17. "The Medical Doctor in History and Fiction." Thomas Horrocks,
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd St.
/ Philadelphia, PA 19147; [215] 561-6050)
18. "The Rise of Theoretical Mechanics, Chemistry, and the New
Science." (Chair to be announced--send papers and proposals to
Conference Chairs)
19. "Co-opting the Sensual: Music and Fiction 1710-1752." William
Coulter (English / Randolph-Macon Women's College / Lynchburg, VA
24503)
20. "The Gothic Novel in Print and Film." Josephine Grieder (French /
University of Rutgers at Camden / Camden, NJ 08102)
21. "The Book and Music Trades in England and the Americas." Nancy
Mace (English / U.S. Naval Academy / Annapolis, MD 21402)
22. "Bibliographical and Textual Studies." James May (Pennsylvania
State University / College Place / DuBois, PA 15801; JEM4@PSUVM)
23. "Jonathan Swift: His Imitators and Collaborators (Covert and
Otherwise)." Leland D. Peterson, English, emeritus, Old Dominion
University (1051 Manchester Avenue / Norfolk, VA 23508)
24. "Transgressive Themes in the Novels of Francis Burney." Betty
Rizzo. City College, CUNY (40 Earle Place / New Rochelle, NY
10801)
25. "Crossing Signals: The Problem of Homosexual Expression in the
18th Century." Jon Rowland, English, University of Toronto (535
Lansdowne Avenue / Toronto, Ontario M6H 3Y2; [416] 978-1881)
26. "Voltaire, the Cosmopolitan." Lois Ann Russell, French, Rosemont
College (4 Morris Circle / Wayne, PA 19087)
27. "Gender Boundaries and Sexual Conduct in Eighteenth-Century
France and England." Anne Widnell, French, Allegheny College (232
Lytton Avenue / Pittsburgh, PA 15213)
28. "Lesser Known Names in Women's Writing." Jane Gassner, English,
Lehigh University (1405 Chelsea Ave. / Bethlehem, PA 18018;
jg0a.Lehigh.edu)
29. "Visual and Narrative Genre Crossings: Caricature, Novel, and
Film Interpretations of the Eighteenth Century." Roman Zylawy, French,
Clinch Valley College (825 Ridge Ave. / Norton, VA 24273)
30. "Internationalizing the Book Trade in the 18th Century." Dick
Frautschi (French / Pennsylvania State University / University Park,
PA 16802; [814] 865-1959)
31. "Borders of Canonicity, Old and New." Peter Perreten (English /
Ursinus College / Collegeville, PA 19426-1000; (215) 489-4111)
32. "Libraries and Eighteenth-Century Studies." Deborah J. Lesley
(Library Company of Pennsylvania / 1314 Locust St. / Philadelphia, PA
19107-5698; BM....@RLG.BITNET)
33. "Borders of Money and Love in Eighteenth-Century Literature."
Peter Briggs (English / Bryn Mawr College / Bryn Mawr, PA 19010)
34. "Approved and Disapproved Speech Acts." Molly Wertheimer
(Speech Dept. / Pennsylvania State Univ.--Hazleton / Hazleton, PA
18201-1291; MM...@PSUVM.BITNET)
35. "Feeling Backward: Nostalgia in the Eighteenth Century." Marc
Harris (Pennsylvania State Univ.--Altoona / 3000 Ivyside Park /
Altoona, PA 16601; MLH6@PSUVM)
36. "Teaching the Eighteenth Century in an Age of
Interdisciplinarity." Marie McAllister (English / Villanova University
/ Villanova, PA 19085; [215] 645-4630)
37. "Matrons, Models, and Monsters: Visions of Maternity in
Eighteenth-Century Literature." Marilyn Francus (English / Box 6296 /
West Virginia University / Morgantown, VA 26506-6296; [304] 293-5021,
ext. 3107; fax [304] 293-5380)
38. "Being Anglo-Irish." Elizabeth Lambert, English, Gettysburg
College (10916 Howland Dr. / Reston, VA 22091;
Elizabeth...@cc.gettysburg.edu)
39. "At a Festive Table: Cuisine and Celebration." Vera Mark (French
/ Pennsylvania State University / University Park, PA 16802)
40. "Rules of Represented Libertinage." Janice Broder (English /
Bloomsburg University / Bloomsburg, PA 17815)
41. "Text and Metatext: (Re)establishing the Border." (Chair to be
announced--send papers and proposals to Conference Chairs)
42. "Breaking Legal Boundaries: Case Histories Real & Fictive." Jean
A. Perkins, emerita, French, Swarthmore College (913 Strath Haven Ave.
/ Swarthmore, PA 19081)
43. "Breaking Instructional Boundaries: Educational Theories and
Practices." Peter Petschauer (History / Appalachian State University /
Boone, NC 28608)
44. "Scottish Studies" Stephen Smith, English, LaSalle College (306
Clifton Ave. / Sharon Hill, PA 19079)
45. "Transnational Perspectives of the Public Sphere in the
Enlightenment." Carla Mulford (English / Pennsylvania State University
/ University Park, PA 16802)
DICK FRAUTSCHI AND CHRISTINE CLARK-EVANS
ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802
(814) 865-1959 (o.), or (814) 238-2908 (h.), FAX (814) 863-1103,
or Christine Clark-Evans via electronic mail: CX...@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Deadline for Paper Proposals: MARCH 15, 1994
The Arrangements Committee: Dick Frautschi (French, Penn State at
University Park), Chair; Kevin Berland (English, Penn State at
Shenango); Janice Broder (English, Bloomsburg State); Christine
Clark-Evans (French, Penn State at University Park), Co-Chair; James
Farrell (Humanities, Drexel Univ.); Joseph Gallanar (History, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania); Jane Gassner (English, Lehigh
University); Marc Harris (History, Penn State Univ.--Altoona); Rhonda
Ray Kerscmar (English, East Stroudsburg Univ.); Phil Koch (emeritus,
French, Univ. of Pittsburgh); Jim May (Penn State Univ.--DuBois); and
Dale Monson (Music, Penn State Univ.--University Park).