[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Shakespeare and Islam (12/1/06; journal issue)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CFP: Shakespeare and Islam (journal issue)

Scholars have long associated Shakespeare with the wider world beyond
early modern England's shores, notably Europe of course and, in the wake
of New Historicism, the Americas. One of the most interesting recent
developments in early modern studies, however, has been the recognition
that writers looked towards the East as well as westwards - to the
Islamic world, and the Ottoman Empire in particular.

The Routledge journal Shakespeare is devoting its 4.1 (Spring 2008)
issue to the special topic 'Shakespeare and Islam.' Contributions are
invited that address any aspect of the possible conjunctions between
Shakespeare (understood here to mean the texts, study of, place of,
etc.) and Islam (similarly open to broad interpretation). Essays may
also include consideration of other early modern writers/texts/contexts,
as long as Shakespeare remains the primary focus of the discussion.

Please send enquiries and abstracts  (200-300 words) by email to Mark
Hutchings (University of Reading), Guest Editor, Shakespeare by 1
December 2006; completed essay drafts (5,000-7,000 words) to be
submitted by 1 February 2007.

For information about past and forthcoming issues of this journal go to
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17450918.asp

Mark Hutchings (m.p.v.hutchings at reading.ac.uk)

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