The Organising Committee of the 16th SEDERI International Conference and the Spanish and Portuguese Association for English Renaissance Studies welcomes proposals for 20-minute papers on topics related to the culture, language, linguistics and literatures of the English Renaissance. English is the official language of the conference.

The following Plenary Speakers have already confirmed their attendance:

• Prof. Gary Taylor (University of Alabama)

  Prof. Jonathan Sawday (University of Strathclyde)

• Dr. Laurie Maguire (University of Oxford)

  Dr. John Jowett (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham)

Short papers will be presented by Dr. Gordon McMullan, Prof. Ruth Evans and Dr. Jonathan Hope.

A 200-hundred word abstract including complete affiliation of author(s) (title, full name and surname(s) of author(s), department, university) and paper title, as well as telephone, fax and (ordinary) mail and e-mail addresses, should be submitted before 15 March 2005. Submissions that reach the organisers before this date will be greatly appreciated. Abstracts will be evaluated by the Conference Academic Committee and authors will be informed of their acceptance/refusal before 1 April 2005.

Electronic versions of the abstract (preferably MS Word or RTF format) should be sent by e-mail to ccalvo@um.es referably using the attached form. Abstracts can also be posted to the address below. Please also indicate if you need an overhead projector, computer and video, DVD, Power-Point or any other facilities for your presentation.

Please, send your abstracts either by e-mail or post to:

Dr. Clara Calvo

16th SEDERI Conference

Departamento de Filologia Inglesa

Facultad de Letras

Universidad de Murcia

Campus de la Merced

30071 Murcia

Spain

E-mail: ccalvo@um.es  

For more information, please contact us at the following email address:

ccalvo@um.es

We are looking forward to meeting you all in Murcia.

The organising committee