(Bloomington, 16-17 Oct 09)

C A L L  F O R  P A P E R S

Sacred and Profane in the Early Modern Hispanic World
Indianapolis Museum of Art and Indiana University, Bloomington,
Oct. 16-17, 2009

We are seeking abstracts for papers to be presented at this two-day
interdisciplinary conference centered on religiosity in the Hispanic
world from 1492-1680. Submissions should represent the fields of
literature, art, religion, politics and/or history. The symposium will
coincide with the opening of the Indianapolis Museum of Art's special
exhibition, Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World, which
examines the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and its
American colonies through the lens of belief and its lived experience.
This exclusive exhibition includes works from collections throughout
Spain and Latin America, many of which have never been exhibited in
the US. At the IMA, curators and scholars directly involved with the
organization of the exhibition will speak about the show, which
visiting scholars and other participants will have a chance to see
and discuss in the galleries. The symposium will draw synergistically
on this exhibition, while seeking to establish a spectrum of other
approaches to this cultural production, including but not limited to
the following:

1. The Irreligious, dealing with cultural production that rejected
Catholic orthodoxy;
2. The Non-religious, in which the discourse of religion stands aside
from cultural production;
3. Classical Myth and its engagement and/or distancing from Catholic
culture;
4. Sacred Others: Jewish, Islamic and Pre-Columbian religious
perspectives
5. Empire and Religion, on the implication of religion into this
expansive mindset;
6. Text and the Sacred Image, investigating interrelationships among
texts and the visual.

The first day will take place at the IMA and the second day at
Indiana University at Bloomington. Hotel rooms will be available for
participants at conference rates and a free service will transport
participants between the two venues.  Please e-mail 250-500 word
abstracts or panel proposals (three abstracts and panel description),
along with a brief CV, by May 15, 2009 to Prof. Steven Wagschal
(swagschaindiana.edu) and Prof. Giles Knox (gknoxindiana.edu).
Inquiries welcome.

Please see www.indiana.edu/~spanport/sacredandprofane.shtml for more
information and a printable Call for Papers.