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Objects, Extensions, Prosthetics: The Body and Subjectivity in the Pre-Modern PeriodWednesday 28th February 2018, 1-6pm Newcastle University.We invite postgraduates and early career researchers based in the North to give short (15 minute) talks at an afternoon seminar event on Wednesday 28th February 2018. This event will include a key note from Professor Helen Smith (University of York) in response to the talks given and a group discussion of the topics to close, as well as a free lunch included. The seminar will focus on how objects function as extensions of the self the medieval and early modern period. Can objects be sites of emotional or literary expression? Do they reflect pre-modern notions vi interior/exterior selves? Can they be considered as Metonymic' substitutions for the self? We invite PGRs/ECRs to present on this theme a, well as partake in group discussions over the course of the afternoon. Topics might include (but are not limited to) the following: The body (skin, hair) Fashion (clothing, textiles) Prosthetics Books (print., literary or personal, notebooks) Stage props (/object and costumes) Household items Religious/sacred objectsIf you would like to get involved with this seminar event and give a short paper, please send an expression of interest along with topic details (no more than 200 words) no later than 15thJanuary 2018. and/or any queries. to Emily Rowe - e.c.rowe2@newcastle.ac.uk