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Moments of Becoming: Transitions and Transformations in Early Modern EuropeDeadline: July 10, 2015Conference date(s): November 20, 2015 - November 21, 2015Conference Venue: University of Limerick (Limerick, Ireland)Topic areasEurope16th-17th CenturyCultural HistoryPolitical HistoryReligious HistorySocial HistoryDetailsThe aim of this interdisciplinary conference is to explore the theme of ‘becoming’ in early modern European and Irish culture. The early modern period itself is often understood as a time of transition, but how did the people of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries experience periods of transformation/transition in their own lives and work, and how were these processes accomplished and accommodated? Conference papers will explore changes to personal, professional, religious or political identity and identifications, as well as understandings of transformations of state, status and nature more broadly.Plenary Speakers: Professor Daniel Carey (NUI Galway), Professor Raymond Gillespie (Maynooth University), Professor Alison Rowlands (University of Essex).We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on themes that might include:Transition in religion and politicsReligious conversionAlterations to political sympathiesMigration and naturalisationBecoming a soldier, priest, rebel, martyr, hero or villainPersonal transformationsAcquiring competencies, skills or professional trainingSocial mobility, upwards or downwardsBecoming a parentRites of passageTransition and the supernaturalDeath and movement to the next worldMagical and miraculous transformationsTextual and performative transformationsResponses to societal transitions in poetry and proseTransforming texts via translation, printing or performanceThe use of space and material culture in ceremonial/ritual contextsPlease submit an abstract of about 250 words to Richard Kirwan (Richard.Kirwan@ul.ie) or Clodagh Tait (Clodagh.Tait@mic.ul.ie) before 10th July 2015.This conference will occur under the auspices of the Limerick Early Modern Forum of the University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College. The conference is funded by the Irish Research Council New Foundations Scheme.The organisers plan to publish a volume of essays drawn from the conference papers.Source : Institute of Historical Research