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Call For Papers 
 
THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES ASSOCIATION 
 
"NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPECTACLES" 
 
Keynote Speaker: Nina Auerbach 
 
NCSA, an interdisciplinary association for the study of nineteenth-century 
cultures, announces the theme of its 18th annual conference, 
"Nineteenth-Century Spectacles," to be hosted by Rutgers University, March 
18-20, 1999, in Philadelphia, PA. 
 
As the great age of the world's fair and of an emerging consumerist 
ideology, the nineteenth century fostered the spectacle in all realms of 
life and cultural production.  We invite papers of panels from multiple 
disciplines that consider any manner of nineteenth-century permutations, 
materials, expressions, or interpretations of, as well as reactions 
against, the world of spectacle.  Papers or panels might consider 
        world's fairs, international exhibitions, historical commemorations, 
sanitary fairs, national art academies, salons and salons des refuses, 
theatrical events, literary experiments, historical novels, operas, music 
halls, circuses, traveling shows, sporting events; 
        epic ambitions, imperialist adventures, military exploits, 
revolutionary 
uprisings, riots, terrorist acts, show trials, crimes and criminals, public 
pageantry, parades, funerals, religious ceremonies; 
        artistic, literary, musical, and theatrical personalities, kings and 
queens, politicians, scientists, inventors, explorers, evangelists, 
outcasts, exotics, and others who made spectacles of themselves whether in 
fiction or in real life; 
        the technology and artistry of spectacles:  battleships, balloons, 
dynamos, mansions, palaces, resorts, amusement parks, architectural bravura 
of all kinds, feats of engineering, developments in communications and 
advertizing, photography, stereography, etc. 
Proposals of one to two pages for twenty-minute papers should be 
accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and a 50-75 word abstract. 
Proposals for 1=BD hour panels should include format, issues to be= 
 discussed, 
participants' statements (and a cv for each), as well as a short abstract. 
Proposals on other topics for open sessions are also welcome.  All 
materials should reach the Program Director by mail no later than October 
1, 1998.  You may e-mail queries, but NOT proposals.  Decisions will be 
announced in December 1998. 
 
Submit proposals to: 
Suzanne Johnson Flynn 
Program Director 
Department of English 
Gettysburg College 
Gettysburg, PA 17325 
e-mail: [log in to unmask] 
 
Direct other inquiries to: 
Robert M. Ryan 
Locations Director 
Department of English 
Rutgers University 
Camden, NJ 08102 
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