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Contributions are sought for an interdisciplinary collection of essays to be edited by Allison Levy and published by Ashgate Publishing Co. in the new book series, Cultures of Play, 1300-1700..

..Dedicated to early modern playfulness, this series serves two purposes. First, it recounts the history of wit, humor, and games, from jokes and sermons, for instance, to backgammon and
blind man’s buff …. Second, …it also provides a forum for reconceptualizing the play elements of early modern economic, political, religious, and social life.

Deadline: 15 Sept 2014

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Call for papers + exhibition pieces.

Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
University of Westminster, London, UK

Deadline 20/07/14

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Future Anterior invites essays that explore the relationship between copyright and preservation from a historical, theoretical and critical perspective. Both copyright and preservation laws are aimed at protecting unique human achievements, but they point to different, even opposing threats. Whereas copyright is meant to protect private interests from public encroachments, preservation mostly aims to safeguard the public interest against private forces. But as the categories of private and public are redrawn under the pressures of globalization, what challenges and opportunities lay ahead for preservation?

Deadline: 15 Sept 2014

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