Call for Papers: Ohio Shakespeare Conference 2006

Plenary Speaker: Lisa S. Starks, University of South Florida

Plenary Speaker: William Proctor Williams, University of Akron

Submissions for this theme-focused conference should explore the many aspects of violence in early modern culture. We welcome 300 word abstracts or proposals. Proposals for panels are also welcome. Submissions should include treatment of Shakespeare and/or his contemporaries.

• violent emotions;
• physical violence;  
• violent characters;
• self-mutilation;
• staged or simulated violence;
• suicide;
• cannibalism;
• rape and sexual violence;

• violent language or poetic imagery;
• war and political violence;
• punishment;
• executions;
• abuse of servants;

• colonial violence in the Renaissance;
• violent textual editions (violent distortions of meaning);
• stage properties used for violence;
• the violence of nature (storms, bears);
• riots in the theater;
• violent reactions to Shakespeare (the Essex rebellion, and, of course, teaching!);

• violent endings to the theater (the burning of the Globe);
• disintegration of the text;
• the causes of violence;
• and, of course, where you can find it, non-violent Shakespeare