The American Handel Society will hold its year 2000 Conference at the
University of Maryland, College Park, in conjunction with the Maryland
Handel Festival on May 5-7.  The featured performance of the festival will
be Handel's SOLOMON and the conference sessions will focus on the topic
"Susanna, Solomon, and Baroque Representations of Nature."

The Society extends a call for papers pertaining to (but not restricted
to) the featured topic and work.  Proposals that take an interdisciplinary
approach to the relation of Handel's works to the other 18th-century arts
and sciences are especially welcome.  Applicants should submit a proposal
of not more than 500 words to:

   AHS Program Committee
   Prof. Robert Ketterer
   Dept. of Classics
   202 Schaeffer Hall
   University of Iowa
   Iowa City, Iowa 52242

In addition to sending proposals to the above address, duplicates should,
if possible, be sent by electronic mail to:

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Proposals must be receveived by January 15, 2000. Applicants will be
notified of the program committee's decision by February 1.

Brad Leissa, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer, American Handel Society
http://www.intr.net/bleissa/ahs/