[Comedias] CALL FOR PAPERS: ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF AMY WILLIAMSEN

[AHCT Listserv]

Dr. Amy Williamsem (1959- 2019) was a beloved and respected scholar,
colleague, mentor, and teacher. Over the course of her exemplary career of
teaching, research and service she has left an indelible legacy and
enriched the careers and lives of those fortunate enough to have worked
with her, from the communities at the University of Arizona (while a
professor there for 22 years) and the University of North
Carolina-Greensboro (where she was both professor and department chair for
9 years), to the many scholarly and professional organizations nourished
and championed by her, including GEMELA (Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer
en España y las Américas) and the AHCT (Association for Hispanic Classical
Theater). Her impressive research career focused on early modern Spanish
literature, early modern women writers, performance studies, translation,
and the application of cognitive science to literary studies.

To celebrate Amy’s contributions to our academic communities, the
University Press of the South will publish a collection of essays in her
honor, with an anticipated level of participation sufficient for two
volumes. In this Call for papers, we invite submissions of original
research, written in Spanish or English, that intersect with Amy’s
intellectual legacy. We will consider submissions in an inclusive spirit
(as Amy would want us to), but we are especially eager to receive
contributions in the following areas that are most reflective of Amy’s work:

Early modern women writers of the Spanish-speaking world Marginal figures
in the early modern Spanish Comedia Mothers and other female characters in
the early modern Spanish Comedia Cognitive science applied to early modern
Spanish literature and culture Cervantes and Don Quijote Early modern
Spanish Comedia Performance studies (including directing, costumes, music,
etc.) Translation and adaptation of the early modern Spanish Comedia
Teaching the early modern Spanish Comedia

Our goal is to publish this volume in advance of the 2020 AHCT Symposium in
El Paso, so that its presentation there can complement other plans to
commemorate Amy. To meet this goal, we ask that interested authors submit
an abstract of no more than 250 words by May 20, 2019 to
https://form.jotform.com/91194239631156. Invitations to submit the full
essays will be sent quickly, as we are asking for full manuscripts
(4000-5000 words, MLA Style 8th ed., in MS Word format and with no more
than three images) to be submitted as early as possible, but no later than
July 1, 2019.

We understand that the timing of this convocatoria is not ideal, but we
feel that it is important to synchronize our work with other efforts to
celebrate Amy in El Paso next year, as we all grieve her untimely passing.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts and manuscripts to honor a
great colleague and mentor.

Sincerely,

Co-editors

Dr. Robert Bayliss, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of
Kansas Dr. Judith Caballero, Department of Modern Languages, Millsaps
College Dr. Esther Fernández, Department of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin
American Studies, Rice University Dr. Yuri Porras, Department of Modern
Languages, Texas State University
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