theatre

ATHE 2019

SCENE CHANGES: PERFORMING, TEACHING AND WORKING THROUGH THE
TRANSITIONS

Orlando, FL | August 7-11, 2019

Dramaturgy Focus Group
Call for Proposals (Full Paper Panels, Full Roundtables, and Individual Papers)

The Dramaturgy Focus Group (DR) of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
invites proposals for full paper panels, full roundtables, and individual papers for the 2019 ATHE
conference theme, “Scene Changes: Performing, Teaching and Working Through the Transitions” to be held in Orlando, Florida from August 7- 11, 2019.

 CFP Early Modern Studies Seminar, "The Rule(s) of Exception(s) in Early Modern Culture (16th-17thc.): Literary and Historical Perspectives on Exception and Exceptionality", SAES Congress, 6-8 June 2019, Aix-en-Provence, France.

Shakespeare and Tourism

Call FOR PAPERS/ABSTRACTS

Deadline for Submission: November 15, 2018

Editors: Robert Ormsby and Valerie Clayman Pye

The editors of the essay collection, Shakespeare and Tourism, are seeking two further contributions for the volume, which is under contract with Routledge.

Western civilization is deeply rooted in Judeo-Christian tradition and ideology, which goes a long way in explaining why the Bible is a shadow text on nearly every college literature syllabus. The heritage of the so-called “the book of books” spans the full historical spectrum of English writing, from its earliest specimens up to its most recent. For centuries, the bible offered up a common vocabulary and shared lens through which American college professors and their students could think and talk about literary history and culture.

This panel seeks proposals on theater and performance of the long eighteenth-century, especially those that address the theme of perspective. Essays might consider the way that perspective functioned thematically in plays and other public performances, such as opera, dance, and music, and the ways that perspective (e.g., perspective scenery) affected the material conditions of performance. What perspectives did eighteenth-century audiences have on theater and performance? How did these perspectives in the public discourse shape the drama and performances of the period, and how was eighteenth-century society shaped by these cultural institutions? Submit abstracts of 250-500 words to Ashley Bender at abender@twu.edu.