[ARETE] Sixteenth Century Society Conference - Baltimore, MD - 26/29 October 2023: Sports and Games in the Renaissance

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On Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 1:28 PM, Brenna, Francesco via Sport_literature_association <sport_literature_association at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

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Hello,
 
 
 
I was wondering if you could circulate this cfp to your mailing list.
 
 
 
Many thanks,
 

Francesco Brenna
 
 
 
 
 
CFP: Sixteenth Century Society & Conference
 
Baltimore, MD - 26-29 October 2023
 
 
 
Sports and Games in the Renaissance
 
 
 
This panel aims to bring scholars together to reflect on sports and games in the Renaissance. Examples of possible topics include but are not limited to:
 
- the definition of “sport” in early modernity vs “game,” “recreation,” “contest,” “exercise”;
 
- the representation of sports and games in poetry and imaginative literature;
 
- the representation of sports and games in visual arts;
 
- sports and games and performative arts;
 
- the gaze on sports provided by poetry and the arts vs other types of documents;
 
- sports and gaming metaphors in various types of texts;
 
- the role of sports and games in pedagogical texts and educational curricula;
 
- the relationship between sports and games and war;
 
- gender roles in the theory and practice of early modern sports and games;
 
- the role of sports and games in different social contexts—e.g., courts, academies...;
 
- sports and games in schools and universities;
 
- modern aspects of early modern sports;
 
- sports and game theory in early modernity;
 
- the sources to study early modern sports and games;
 
- the Renaissance in contemporary sports and games: from thecalcio storico fiorentino to videogames; 
 
- the use of sports and games to teach the Renaissance today.
 
 
 
Deadline for proposals: 15 April 2023
 
 
 
Please send an abstract (up to 300 words) and a short bio (up to 100 words) toFrancesco Brenna (fbrenna at towson.edu).  
 
 
 
________________________
 
Francesco Brenna, PhD
 
Assistant Professor of Italian
 
Italian Program Coordinator
 
Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures
 
Towson University
 
8000 York Rd | Towson, MD 21252 | USA
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