new society: Society for Early Modern Catholic Studies

[Allen W Thrasher]

Dear Colleagues:

Forwarded from the H-Asia listserv.  For the Asianists to whom I am
forwarding it further, please note that it is specified that the
society's interests are not confined to the West.

Allen Thrasher




Date:    Mon, 5 Nov 2001 07:49:45 EST
From:    Linda Dwyer <Lindwyer5 at aol.com>
Subject: H-ASIA: ANN: Society for Early Modern Catholic Studies

        H-ASIA
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November 5, 2001
From: Kathleen Comerford <kcomerfo at gasou.edu>
Subject: ANN: Society for Early Modern Catholic Studies
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Last weekend, at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, we made the
decision to incorporate the two-year-old Society for Early Modern
Catholic
Studies (SEMCS).

The Society is committed to furthering an understanding of Catholic
issues
in the early modern world [approximately 1450-1750] and the cities,
regions, and countries that remained predominantly Catholic or were
divided
between Catholics and Protestants or Catholics and non-Christian
peoples.
The research focus of the Society is neither limited to Europe, nor to
a
particular academic discipline.  Further, the Society itself is not
confessionally based.  The Society was created in response to a need
for
more coherence and intellectual sharing among scholars who work on
Catholic-related subjects in the early modern world.

Membership is open to scholars in all fields of early modern studies
and to
all levels of post-bachelor's degree academic standing.  Dues, in the
amount of $10.00 per year, cover an annual reception and
administrative
costs.  In addition, portions will be set aside to provide financial
aid to
graduate students who wish to attend the Sixteenth Century Conference.
In
advance of the conference, the board will announce application
procedures.

The Society has a listserv discussion list, which is generally
low-volume.
To subscribe to the list, send an email message to:
    lyris at lyris.unc.edu

Do not fill in the subject line.
In the message box, write:
    subscribe emcathstudies (yourfirstname) (yourlastname)

For further questions, write to:
    Tom Mayer (himayer at augustana.edu) [President]
    Kathleen M. Comerford (kcomerfo at gasou.edu) [Secretary/Treasurer]
For questions regarding the listserv, write to:
        Lance Lazar (lazar at email.unc.edu) [listowner]



Kathleen M. Comerford, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Georgia Southern University
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kcomerfo at gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
Phone: (912) 681-0245
Fax:   (912) 681-0377
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Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.

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