The Reception of Antiquity in Early Modern Times: Historiography and Antiquarianism in Britain and Germany Compared&Q

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H-German CFP: "The reception of antiquity in Early Modern Times: Historiography and Antiquarianism in Britain and Germany compared" (May 2017)

Discussion published by Ralf Behrwald on Sunday, April 30, 2017 Type: Conference Date: August 31, 2017Date: to September 2, 2017 Location: Germany Subject Fields: Classical Studies, Early Modern History and Period Studies, German History / Studies, Intellectual History, British History / Studies

From 31.8.—2.9.2017, Martin Ott and Ralf Behrwald (University of Bayreuth, History Department/Prinz-Albert-Society, Coburg) are organizing a conference on:

"The reception of antiquity in Early Modern Times: Historiography and Antiquarianism in Britain and Germany compared".

The different views of antiquity, of one’s own, regional or local classical history and of ‚antique‘ remains in various parts of Europe – and, in a comparative perspective, beyond – have received a growing interest both in Britain and on the continent in recent years. And while it seems fair to say that overarching narratives of European Renaissance and Humanism, of transnational Baroque scholarship and Enlightenment remain dominant, we have come to a much more refined view of the different attitudes to „Antiquities“ and „the Antique“ in various parts of Eary Modern Europe.

And it is not only those attitudes that were remarkably varied: behind them, different political and social conditions of scholarship in general and of individual historians and antiquaries in particular deserve close study. However, a comparison between Britain and Germany has rarely been sought, and in filling this – to our minds, substantial – gap, our conference intends to contribute to such a study.

While the conference as a whole pursues a comparative approach, individual contributors may feel free to focus on only one aspect. Speakers include: Vittoria Feola (Padua/Oxford/Rome), Richard Hingley (Durham), Kelsey Jackson Williams (Stirling), Marian Nebelin (Chemnitz), Ronny Kaiser (Berlin), William Stenhouse (New York), Silvia Pfister (Coburg); keynote speaker will be Caspar Hirschi (St. Gallen).

Further contributions, also from younger colleagues, are welcome. The conference will be held in English and German (abstracts of German papers in English will be provided); talks should be of roughly 30 minutes. Please send applications, together with a short abstract and an academic CV, to ralf.behrwald[at]uni-bayreuth.de until 15.5.2017. The conference proceedings will appear in the series „Prinz-Albert-Studien“ erscheinen, published by Duncker & Humblot (Berlin). Travel expenses and accomodation will be covered.

Citation: Ralf Behrwald. CFP: "The reception of antiquity in Early Modern Times: Historiography and Antiquarianism in Britain and Germany compared" (May 2017). H-German. 04-30-2017. https://networks.h-net.org/node/35008/discussions/177781/cfp-reception-antiquity-early-modern-times-historiography-and Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-German

The Prince-Albert-Society (Patron: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh) is a scholarly society founded in 1981 and devoted to research on scientific, cultural and political aspects of Anglo-German relations. Since ist beginnings, the society has organized annual conferences on a wide range of relevant topics. A joint foundation of the town of Coburg and the University of Bayreuth, the society is based in Coburg, an historic town of 40.000 inhabitants in the north of Bavaria and former seat of the dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Prof. Dr. Ralf Behrwald

Universität Bayreuth, Alte Geschichte

Universitätsstraße 30

D-95440 Bayreuth

Contact Email: ralf.behrwald[at]uni-bayreuth.de