SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA Y PORTUGUESA DE ESTUDIOS RENACENTISTAS INGLESES

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE SOCIETY FOR ENGLISH RENAISSANCE STUDIES

SOCIEDADE ESPANHOLA E PORTUGUESA DE ESTUDOS RENASCENTISTAS INGLESES

    The Organising Committee of the XVII SEDERI Conference to be held at the University of Extremadura (Cáceres, Spain) on April 5^th-7^th, 2006, together with the Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies, would like to invite you to contribute to the conference offering either a paper (20' presentation + 10' discussion) or a seminar/workshop (time allotted depending on panellists). Proposals on Culture, Language, Linguistics and Literature of the Renaissance period in Europe and Early American Literature and Culture are welcome.

    Please notice that English is the official language of the Conference.

    The following plenary speakers have already confirmed their attendance:

        · Pilar Cuder Domínguez (University of Huelva, Spain)

        · Jonathan Culpeper (University of Lancaster, United Kingdom)

        · Dirk Delabastita (University of Namur, Belgium)

        · Mark Robson (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)

    There will be a prize (payable in published material) for the best paper presented by a graduate student. The winner of the prize will be announced during the annual meeting of SEDERI, held at the end of the Conference.

    A two-hundred word abstract including complete affiliation of author(s) —including their full name(s), department, university, ordinary and e-mail addresses, phone and fax numbers, together with the paper title— should be electronically submitted to sederi17@unex.es before January 31^st, 2006. Submissions reaching the organisers before this date will be greatly appreciated. Please do not forget to indicate if you will need any facilities for your presentation, such as an overhead projector, VHS, DVD, computer...

    The Conference Academic Committee will make a selection of papers and inform authors by e-mail of their acceptance or refusal by February 20^th, 2006.

    Authors are kindly requested not to exceed the twenty-minute allotted time.

    Seminars/Workshops are intended for active discussion of papers among seminar/workshop participants. The public will be invited to contribute to the discussion. Papers will be circulated among Seminar/Workshop participants. Attendants will find copy in the Conference Pack they will receive on Reception day.

    A summary of 1000-1500 words should be submitted before January 31^st, 2006.The Conference Academic Committee will inform authors by e-mail of their acceptance/refusal by February 20^th, 2006.

    Please, send your paper or seminar/workshop abstracts either by post or by e-mail to:

José Luis Oncins Martínez / Manuel Sánchez García

XVII SEDERI Conference

Departamento de Filologías Inglesa y Alemana

Universidad de Extremadura

Campus universitario

10071 Cáceres (Spain)

Phone: +34 927 257 000 (operator)

e-mail: sederi17@unex.es