les réseaux intellectuels

Intellectual Networks in the Long Seventeenth Century

Durham University, United Kingdom 30 June-2 July 2013

http://www.dur.ac.uk/imrs/newsandevents/research/cfp/

Durham's Centre for Seventeenth-Century Studies - now part of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies - has, since its foundation in 1985, organized over a dozen high-profile international conferences. Next year's event, which both continues that tradition and celebrates the Centre's new role within one of Durham University's flagship research institutes, will address the topic of 'Intellectual Networks in the Long Seventeenth Century.'

The conference will explore the emergence and consolidation of systems of intellectual and cultural exchange during the long seventeenth century, while assessing their lasting influence on the history of scholarship, literature, diplomacy, science, and religious communities. The sub-topics listed below offer some guidance for the submission of proposals. Special emphasis will be placed on the relationship between the British Isles and the wider world.
* Erudite correspondence
* Academic networks: knowledge transmission and cultural change
* Diplomacy, high and low
* Literary circles
* Scientific institutions and the history of medicine
* Intellectual exchange among/within religious communities
* Book trade and collectorship
* Counter-intelligence and the political and religious underground
* Women and intellectual exchange
* Popular cultural exchange
Proposals for 20-minute papers and full panels should be submitted to early.modern@durham.ac.uk by 15th January 2013. Replies will be sent in early February 2013. Details concerning travel and accommodation for both speakers and delegates will be made available around the same time. It is hoped that the conference will give rise to an edited volume of selected essays.