Voor de geïnteresseerden - en vooral diegenen die een trip naar Massachusetts wel zien zitten - volgt hier een call for papers voor het symposium dat het National Heritage Museum van de Aloude en Aangenomen Schotse Ritus - Noordelijke Jurisdictie, Verenigde Staten volgend jaar april wil organiseren.
The Scottish Rite Masonic
Museum & Library announces a call for papers for
its symposium, “Perspectives on American Freemasonry and Fraternalism,” to be
held on Friday, April 11, 2014, at the Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts.
The
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library is an American history museum
founded and supported by Scottish Rite Freemasons in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of
the United States. As the repository of one of the largest collections of
American Masonic and fraternal objects, books and manuscripts in the United
States, the Museum aims to foster new research on American fraternalism and to
encourage the use of its scholarly resources.
The
symposium seeks to present the newest research on American fraternal groups
from the past through the present day. By 1900, over 250 American fraternal
groups existed, numbering six million members. The study of their activities
and influence in the United States, past and present, offers the potential for
new interpretations of American society and culture. Diverse perspectives on
this topic are sought; proposals are invited from a broad range of research
areas, including history, material and visual culture, anthropology, sociology,
literary studies and criticism, gender studies, political science, African
American studies, art history, economics, or any combination of disciplines.
Perspectives on and interpretations of all time periods are welcome.
Possible
topics include:
•
Comparative studies of American fraternalism and European or other
international forms of fraternalism
•
Prince Hall Freemasonry and other African-American fraternal groups
•
Ethnically- and religiously-based fraternal groups
•
Fraternal groups for women or teens
•
Role of fraternal groups in social movements
•
The material culture of Freemasonry and fraternalism
•
Anti-Masonry and anti-fraternal movements, issues and groups
•
Fraternal symbolism and ritual
•
The expression of Freemasonry and fraternalism through art, music, and
literature
•
Approaches to Freemasonry – from disciplinary, interdisciplinary, or
transnational perspectives; the historiography and methodology of the study of
American fraternalism
Proposals
should be for 30 minute research papers; the day’s schedule will allow for
audience questions and feedback.
Proposal
Format: Submit an abstract of 400 words or less with a resume or c.v. that is
no more than two pages. Be sure to include full contact information (name,
address, email, phone, affiliation).
Send
proposals to: Aimee E. Newell, Ph.D., Director of Collections, Scottish Rite
Masonic Museum & Library, by email at anewell[at]monh.org or by mail to 33
Marrett Road, Lexington, MA 02421. Deadline for proposals to be received is September
3, 2013.
For
more information about the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, see www.nationalheritagemuseum.org.
For questions, contact Aimee E. Newell as above, or call 781-457-4144.
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