SCRIPT calls for papers

SCRIPT has issued two calls for papers for panels at concurrent meetings in May and in November:

 

May 10-11, 2013: SCRIPT panels at the EIR regional meeting of the AAR in Toronto:

We invite proposals for a panel of four papers that address the iconic and performative dimensions of specific texts or a range of texts. We particularly encourage comparative studies that cross traditional scholarly boundaries of time, culture, religion, media or genre.

Each proposal should contain the following in a single e-mail attachment in MS Word format: One-page abstract (300 words maximum) describing the nature of the paper or panel Current CV(s) for the participant(s) Cover page that includes the submitter’s full name, title, institution, phone number, fax number, e-mail, and mailing address. For panel proposals, identify the primary contact person.

Send proposals to scriptsecretary@gmail.com. Deadline: February 15.

 

November 23-26, 2013: SCRIPT panel and annual meeting at the AAR/SBL in Baltimore:

For Baltimore, SCRIPT invites proposals for a panel of four papers that address the iconic and performative dimensions of specific texts or a range of texts. We particularly encourage comparative studies that cross traditional scholarly boundaries of time, culture, religion, media or genre.

Submit paper proposals here. Deadline: March 1.

 

Other Events involving SCRIPT topics and members:

 

March 15-17, 2013: Panel on "Publishing and Protection: The Material Reality of the Bible" in the Religion, Culture, and the Arts Section of the SECSOR in Greenville, SC:

• Dorina Miller Parmenter, "Dangers, Toils, and Snares: The Materialization of the Saving Grace of the Bible"
• David Dault, "’Battlezone’ Bibles and Bulletproof Covers: The Material Rhetoric of Armor Plating in Contemporary Bible Production”

June 23-25, 2013: "Sacred Texts and Human Contexts" at Nazareth College of Rochester