{"id":4790,"date":"2023-09-11T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2023-09-11T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:37:40","slug":"call-for-papers-romantic-boundaries-special-issue-of-romantic-textualities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=4790","title":{"rendered":"Call for papers: Romantic Boundaries\u00a0(special issue of Romantic Textualities)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This June, the BARS Early Career and Postgraduate Conference gathered researchers from around the globe to celebrate and to appreciate Romanticism and its legacies at the University\u00a0of Edinburgh by exploring the theme of \u2018boundaries\u2019 within the context of Romantic-period literature and thought. The\u00a0Oxford English Dictionary\u00a0<\/em>defines the term \u2018boundary\u2019 as: \u2018That\u00a0 which serves to indicate the bounds or limits of anything whether material or immaterial; also\u00a0the limit itself.\u2019 Such a term seems at odds with the spirit of Romanticist thought, which has long been associated with mobility and boundlessness. Conference delegates aptly addressed the complexity of the concept\u00a0through various representations of boundaries \u2013 both tangible\u00a0and intangible \u2013 from a wide range of viewpoints. To continue such a diverse critical dialogue,\u00a0in collaboration with\u00a0Romantic Textualities: Literature and Print Culture, 1780\u20131840<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>(h<\/a>ttps:\/\/www.romtext.org.uk\/<\/a>), we plan to produce a special \u2018Romantic Boundaries\u2019 edition of\u00a0the journal. To widen the scope of our scholarly conversation, not only do we welcome all the\u00a0conference delegates to consider expanding their conference papers for publications, but we\u00a0also invite researchers and scholars in general for submissions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Echoing our conference theme, topics of interest may include, but are not limited to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Geographical and spatial boundaries; transnationalism <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Borders, liminal spaces, and boundary crossing <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Temporal boundaries <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Dialogues between genres and disciplines <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Translations and transgressions <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Lived boundaries (including those pertaining to identity, such as gender, race, or sexuality)\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Digital boundaries\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Human and nonhuman boundaries <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Boundaries and reception; public versus private writings <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Past, present, and future limits of the field of Romantic studies and its canon <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Successful abstracts will suggest articles that broaden our understanding of Romantic boundaries by illuminating the elasticity and multiplicity of their meanings.\u00a0For those who are\u00a0interested, please submit\u00a0500-word\u00a0<\/strong>abstracts with\u00a05 keywords<\/strong>. Abstracts are due by\u00a010\u00a0 October 2023<\/strong>. The result will be announced by\u00a0mid-November.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essays (5000-8000 words, including footnotes) that grow out of accepted abstracts will undergo peer review and are due by\u00a031 January 2024<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please email submissions to Yu-hung Tien (yuhung.tien@ed.ac.uk<\/a>), with a subject line\u00a0(Romantic Boundaries, \u2018Paper Title\u2019, Author Name).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papers will be published in a special issue of\u00a0Romantic Textualities\u00a0<\/em>(Summer 2024), guest\u00a0edited by Professor Li-hsin Hsu, Professor Andrew Taylor, and Yu-hung Tien.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that the essay submission date and publication schedule are tentative and subject to change, depending on the reviewing progress.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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