The Early Modern Center of the University of California, Santa Barbara and its affiliates invite scholars to attend a conference on “Memory: 1500-1800.” This one-day interdisciplinary conference will explore such concepts as cultural and individual memory, acts of memorializing, forgetting, the sense of a past (and future), adaptations, and archiving (including archiving technologies). Whether individuals employ memory as a means of accessing information, or cultures use collective memory to commemorate historical events and people, memory also shapes the present and the future as it colors the lens through which new experiences are viewed.

The program will include ten panelists representing a variety of disciplines, as well as talks by the following featured speakers:

• Richard Helgerson, Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara
  "Remembering, Forgetting, and the Founding of a National Literature: The Example of Joachim du Bellay"
• Carolyn Lougee Chappell, Professor of History at Stanford University
  "Paper Memories and Identity Papers in Early Modern France"
• Marvin Carlson, Professor of Theater and Comparative Literature at the City University of New York
  "Memory Theatres and Theatre Memories"

Registration information is available below. You may register by mail, email, or online.

Conference Co-Sponsors:

Early Modern Center
College of Letters & Sciences (Division of Humanities and Fine Arts)
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
Graduate Division
Department of English
Department of Music
Comparative Literature Program
Department of Dramatic Arts
Department of History
Department of History of Art and Architecture
Women’s Studies Program

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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

POST-CONFERENCE DINNER

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Online registration is available at
http://emc.english.ucsb.edu/conferences/2004-2005/reg.asp

However, if you would like to register by email or mail, please send us a letter with:

Your Name
Departmental Affiliation
University Affiliation
Mailing Address
E-mail Address
Telephone Number

The conference is free to students and UCSB faculty. Non-UCSB faculty please send a check for $35 to Kris McAbee at the address below. Checks with your name prominently marked should be made out to Regents, University of California and sent with the above information.

For information on travel to and accommodations near UC Santa Barbara, please visit the English Department’s Visitor Information page.