July 16th-18th 2015<\/em> Keynote Speakers Although it is often acknowledged that early modern books were routinely read aloud we know relatively little about this. Oral reading is not embedded as an assumption in existing scholarship. On the contrary, over the last two decades it is the studious and usually silent reader, pen in hand, who has been placed centre stage. This conference invites contributions that explore the kind of evidence and research methods that might help us to recover this lost history; that think about how reading \/ singing aloud relates to other kinds of orality; that recover the civic and \/ or social life of the performed book in early modern culture; and reflect on how the performance of the scripted word might inform our reading of early modern writing today. We also welcome papers that think through what it might mean to make \u2018voice\u2019 central to our textual practice.<\/p>\n We invite proposals (in English) that address the relationship between orality and literacy in any genre in print or manuscript in any European language. The genres might be literary, religious, musical, medical, scientific, or educational. We encourage proposals that recover diverse communities and readers\/hearers. We also welcome papers that consider problems of evidence: e.g. manuscript marginalia; print paratexts; visual representations; as well as non-material evidence (voice; gesture). We will be particularly pleased to receive suggestions for presentations that include practical illustrations, performances or demonstrations.<\/p>\n Topics might include, but are not restricted to: 200-word abstracts for 20-minute papers from individuals and panels (3 speakers) to be sent to voicesandbooks15001800@gmail.com<\/a>. The DEADLINE for abstracts is: Friday 16th January 2015.<\/p>\n There will be a small number of travel bursaries for postgraduate and early career researchers. If you are interested in applying for support please contact Helen.Stark@ncl.ac.uk<\/a>. Deadline: May 1st 2015.<\/p>\n For more information on the AHRC Network Voices and Books 1500-1800, co-led by Professor Jennifer Richards (Newcastle) and Professor Richard Wistreich (RCM London), please visit our website: https:\/\/research.ncl.ac.uk\/voicesandbooks\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Voices & Books Network is supported by the AHRC, Newcastle University, the Royal College of Music, London and NEMA, the National Early Music Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nNewcastle University and City Library, Newcastle<\/em>
\nOrganiser: Jennifer Richards, Newcastle University, with Helen Stark, Newcastle University<\/p>\n![\"Voices](\"http:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voices-and-Books.jpg\")
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\nHeidi Brayman Hackel (University of California, Riverside)
\nAnne Karpf (London Metropolitan University)
\nChristopher Marsh (Queen\u2019s University, Belfast) with The Carnival Band
\nPerry Mills, Director of Edward\u2019s Boys (King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon)<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The sound of print
\n\u2022 The physiology of voicing
\n\u2022 Singing and speaking
\n\u2022 Rhetoric: voice and gesture
\n\u2022 Performance and emotions
\n\u2022 Communities of hearers
\n\u2022 Acoustic reconstructions
\n\u2022 Children’s reading \/ reading to children<\/p>\n