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Annual CPLT Conference AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 22-25, 2001 Schedule of Events AND The NORTH-SOUTH division is perhaps the most salient feature of the current global economy. Such differences have a long history. In many regions of the World climatic and geographical contrasts have occasioned conspicuous differences in crop production and diet, in shelter and clothing, and in a range of other markers, and vehicles of cultural identity. The distinct character (stereo) types ascribed by Ancient Philosophers, notably, Aristotle, to NORTHERNERS and SOUTHERNERS have had long-lasting effects that reverberate to-day. Within many geographically distinct regions the unification of NORTH and SOUTH and their disparate societies has required immense effort and frequent bloodshed, from China to France or Britain, in the Old World, to the US in the New World. On the other hand, the diversity and differences associated with geographical distance have often supplied and continue to supply positive cultural stimulus and opportunity. As we seek to come to terms with the rise of new economic and social influence of the NORTH on the SOUTH in the modern era, the influence that the pre-Modern era Southern Societies exerted on the North comes to mind. One thinks, for example, of the debt of Medieval Europe to Islamic and Jewish Civilizations and that of Northern Europe to the Italian Renaissance. The organizers of the Conference invite submissions on Economic, Cultural, Artistic, Literary, Scientific, Philosophical and Religious contacts and exchanges (or resistance to contact) occurring across NORTH-SOUTH boundaries in any region prior to about 1776. We are especially interested in historical constructions of NORTH-SOUTH
DIFFERENCE IN THE IMAGINARY. Jeremiah Hackett, Conference Co-ordinator, E-Mail:HackettJ@gwm.sc.edu. Papers in Comparative Literature should be sent to: Paul Allen Miller, Director, Tel. 803-7770473; Fax: 803-777- 7514;
University of South Carolina College of Liberal Arts; Department
of Philosophy, USC; The Committee on Medieval, Renaissance and
Early Modern Studies and The Comparative Literature Program, University
of South Carolina. The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies,
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY; The Richard L. Walker Institute
of International Studies, University of South Carolina; The Institute
for Southern Studies, USC. (1) Plenary Speakers (Comparative Literature): Professor Victoria Kahn, Berekeley
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