1650) X-edited-by: [log in to unmask] Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 10:32:40 EDT Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Sender: [log in to unmask] X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.09/990901/11:28 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.09/990901/11:28 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN ----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- [forwarded more than once --Paul] Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 06:43:20 -0400 From: Richard Gorrie <[log in to unmask]> Subject: HES: CFP: Shell Games: Scams, frauds and deceits (1300- 1650) Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 17:48:04 CDT Shell Games: Scams, frauds and deceits (1300-1650) Schemes calculated to deceive This multi-disciplinary conference will explore the practice of deception in late medieval and early modern cultures and ask how those who study the past can use such schemes as a vehicle to advance our understanding of the intellectual, economic, social and political climate of the period. The conference is scheduled to take place 28-29 April 2001, at Victoria College in the University of Toronto. Conference organizers invite submissions for 20 minute papers. Deadline is 30 June 2000. Abstracts should be no more than 150 words. Submissions should be made electronically and include a one-page (max.) C.V. to: Richard Raiswell and Mark Crane c/o Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies e-mail: [log in to unmask] Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following: Fraud and deceit in: cartography commerce diplomacy gender and identity politics law literature medicine national myths 'New World' contacts printing and publishing religion travel visual arts ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]