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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Greetings Aphra Behn Society Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Below you will find the monthly update of announcements and calls for papers and publications. Please send information you would like included in the monthly announcement to our listserv moderator, Robin Runia, at <a href="mailto:robin.runia@angelo.edu">robin.runia@angelo.edu</a>, and keep your eyes open for word of ABS doings from now on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Aphra Behn Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>February 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Announcements: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Fall Newsletter Available at: <a href="http://aphrabehn.org/newsletter.htm">http://aphrabehn.org/newsletter.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Aphra Behn Society Graduate Student Essay Prize Winner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>It is with pleasure that we announce that Elizabeth Matthews is the winner of the Aphra Behn Society Graduate Student Essay Prize.<br><br>She earned her master's degree at Mills College and is now studying at the University of California, Irvine. Her paper, “’A Strange Sympathy’: The Rhetoric of Emotion in <i>The History of the Nun; or, The Fair Vow-Breaker</i>” was chosen due to its sophisticated reading, well articulated argument, intelligent relationship secondary resources, and originality of thought. Ms. Matthews will receive $300 in prize money and essay will be published in the 2012 Volume of <i>ABO</i>.<br><br>We wish to thank everyone who entered and participated in the bi-annual conference—our society is strong because of the active and intelligent participation of our graduate students.<br><br>Congratulations, Elizabeth!<br>Dr. Aleksondra Hultquist and Dr. Laura Runge<br>Committee for Graduate Student Essay Prize<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Lectures, Exhibitions, Events, Seminars:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'>Sacred Satire: Lampooning Religious Belief in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Lewis Walpole Library, September 22, 2011-March 2, 2012: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/programs/exhibitions.html">http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/programs/exhibitions.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/Jane%20Austen%20and%20Her%20Contemporaries.html">"Jane Austen and Her Contemporaries"</a> - National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers. June 18- July 20, 2012 at the University of Missouri in Columbia. - Deadline March 1, 2011: <a href="http://nehseminar.missouri.edu/">http://nehseminar.missouri.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/NewberrySpring2012.html">2011-12 Eighteenth-Century Seminars</a> at the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies in Chicago: <a href="http://www.newberry.org/eighteenth-century-seminar">http://www.newberry.org/eighteenth-century-seminar</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Fellowships:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/ChawtonHouse.html">Chawton House Library Visting Fellowships 2012-12</a> <span class=color>in partnership with the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Southampton: <a href="http://www.chawtonhouse.org/education/fellowship.html">http://www.chawtonhouse.org/education/fellowship.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Call for Papers:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>The Language of Women’s Fiction, 1750-1830, A Conference at Chawton House Library, Hampshire, 24th-25th February 2012: <a href="http://languageapproachesatchawton.co.uk/">http://languageapproachesatchawton.co.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/HECAA,.html">HECAA</a> New Scholars Session at CAA in Los Angeles, 22-25 February 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/CallforPapers_SCSECS2012_IMAGE.docx">South Central Society for Eighteenth</a><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/CallforPapers_SCSECS2012_IMAGE.docx">-Century Studies</a>, Asheville, NC, February 23-25, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies - Decatur, GA, March 1-3, 2012 "Legacies of the Enlightenment": <a href="http://www.seasecs.net/pdf/2012_cfp.pdf">http://www.seasecs.net/pdf/2012_cfp.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Methodologies of Amateur Theatre Studies panel at the 43nd Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), March 15-18, 2012: <a href="http://www.nemla.org/convention/2012/cfp_british.html">http://www.nemla.org/convention/2012/cfp_british.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>ASECS, - San Antonio, TX, March 22-25, 2012, <a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/">http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Aphra Behn Society-Europe-Conference, Loughborough, England April 12-14, 2012: <a href="http://www.aphrabehn.org/ABS%20Europe%20CFP.pdf">http://www.aphrabehn.org/ABS%20Europe%20CFP.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Joint Conference of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music (SECM) and the Haydn Society of North America (HSNA), 13-15 April 2012: <a href="http://www.secm.org/links/events.html">http://www.secm.org/links/events.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span class=color><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/AnnaLetitiaBarbauld.docx">Anna Letitia Barbauld in Twenty Hundred and Twelve: New Perspective</a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/AnnaLetitiaBarbauld.docx">s</a>, A Conference at Chawton House Library, May 11-12, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Society of Early Americanists and the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, May 31-June 2, 2012: <a href="http://www.societyofearlyamericanists.org/SEA_2012specialtopicsCFP.pdf">http://www.societyofearlyamericanists.org/SEA_2012specialtopicsCFP.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>British Women Writers Conference (BWWC) ~ “Landmarks, - Boulder, CO, </span></span><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>June 7-10, 2012: <u><a href="http://www.bwwc2012.com/">www.bwwc2012.com</a><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><a href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\rrunia\My%20Documents\Aphra%20Behn\listserv\Announcements\Enlightenment%20Liberties.docx">”Enlightenment Liberties” ISCS International Seminar for Early-Career Researchers<span style='color:windowtext'><br></span>Indiana University, Bloomington (USA), 2-7 July 2012</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\rrunia\My%20Documents\Aphra%20Behn\listserv\Announcements\HistoriesofBritishArt.pdf">“Histories of British Art, 1660-1735: Reconstruction and Transformation,” September 20-22, 2012, Kin's Manor, University of York</a><o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/Weekly%20Announcements/2012%20Burney%20Society%20Call%20for%20Papers.final.pdf">Burney Society of North America</a>, October 4, 2012, New York City<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'><span class=color><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://neasecs2012.conference.wesleyan.edu/">Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conferenc</a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://neasecs2012.conference.wesleyan.edu/">e</a>, October 11-14, 2012, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Reminders:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>It's never too early or too late to pay your ABS Dues! You may pay them online at <a href="http://www.aphrabehn.org/dues.htm" target="_blank">http://www.aphrabehn.org/dues.htm</a> or by sending a check via USPS to the address on our website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Dr. Robin Runia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Assistant Professor of English<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Department of English and Modern Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Angelo State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Member, Texas Tech University System<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>ASU Station #10894<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>San Angelo, TX 76909-0894<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'>Phone: (325) 942-2268, ext. 229<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><a href="mailto:robin.runia@angelo.edu">robin.runia@angelo.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>