theatre

UPDATE - CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline extended to April 10, 2006

CLOSE RELATIONS: THE =91SPACES=92 OF GREEK AND ROMAN THEATRE

An international, multi-disciplinary conference linking theatre and=20
performance studies, archaeology, classical studies and reception=20
studies

www.sca.unimelb.edu.au/close

September 20-23, 2006 at the University of Melbourne, Australia
Convenors: Prof. Frank Sear, Paul Monaghan, Jane Montgomery Griffiths

Proposals for presentations of 20 or 40 minutes duration, including=20
title and abstract of up to 200 words must be received by April 10,=20
2006

CALL FOR PAPERS for The Third Annual Shaw Symposium at the Shaw
Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, August 18-20, 2006.

PROPOSALS for papers and panel topics (focused as much as possible on
Too True To Be Good and Arms and The Man, the two Shaw plays being
produced at the Shaw Festival, and confined to twenty minutes in
length) should be sent to Dr. Leonard Conolly, preferably as an
attachment to an email (lconolly_at_trentu.ca), or by mail to Professor
Leonard Conolly, Department of English, Trent University,
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8. Include a 300-500 word
abstract. Deadline is April 30, 2006.

Call for Papers:

Essays in Theatre/Ètudes théâtrales invites submissions in for a special issue on the subject of Shakespearean adaptations. Topics may include (but are not limited to): adaptations for the stage—including musical theatre, dance, and performance art—as well as adaptations into other media—including literature, film, and television.

Deadline for Submissions: August 1, 2006.

ABSTRACT DEADLINE (350-500wds)
May 1, 2006

MONOGRAPH TITLE
What We Do: Thinking/Practicing Theatre

EDITOR
Robert Craig Baum, Scholar in Residence
European Graduate School
English Faculty, New Hampshire Community Technical College
Humanities Faculty, Community College of Vermont

CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS
for the
NEW ENGLAND THEATRE JOURNAL - 2006
New England Theatre Journal (a publication of the New England Theatre
Conference) invites Book Reviews for its 2006 edition. A refereed
publication, New England Theatre Journal is concerned with advancing the
study and practice of theatre and drama by printing articles of the
highest quality on a broad range of subjects, including traditional
scholarship, performance theory, pedagogy, and articles on theatre
performance, design and technology.
NETJ prints two types of Book Reviews: Full reviews (1000 words) and
Briefly Noted (175-200 words each). Following are listed books

CFP: Visual Archives and Embodied Practice

This panel looks to the archive as a motivating device for intervention, rather
than as an inert repository of empirical data. In other words, we're interested
in discussing how archival research becomes embodied in practices, and would
like to reconsider the agents and institutions mediating these embodiments.

“Here we come/ Dyma ni’n diwad”-
Traditional and contemporary folk performances in Britain’

A two-day symposium hosted by the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of Wales Aberystwyth in collaboration with Aberystwyth Arts Centre

2 + 3 June, 2006

with: Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane (Folk Archive); Doc Rowe and other guests.

http://users.aber.ac.uk/hhp/

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CALL FOR PAPERS
ESSAY COLLECTION ON DEAD MAN WALKING
(THE BOOK, FILM, PLAY OR OPERA)

Essays are being sought for a collection to be published by Sacred Heart
University Press titled "Reading and Teaching Dead Man Walking: Essays
on the Book, the Film, the Play, and the Opera." Contributors from any
background or discipline are encouraged to submit essays, as this will
be an interdisciplinary collection. Comparisons between the various
adaptations of Dead Man Walking or to other sources are welcome, as well
as essays which explain approaches to teaching any of the works. In
short, any essay which addresses Dead Man Walking will be considered. =20

CALL FOR PAPERS

                The Fourteenth Annual Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group Symposium
        "World as Stage / Stage as World."
An Interdisciplinary Symposium Across Medieval and Early Modern Studies.

Dates:
August 4-5, 2006

Place:
University Club, University of Western Australia, Perth

Keynote Speakers:
Graham Bradshaw, Professor of English, Chuo University
Heather Dubrow, Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The 2006 Ohio Shakespeare Conference will be held on the campus of
Marietta College this coming November 9th-11th. The theme of this
year's meeting will be "Violently Shakespeare." As is always the case
with the OSC, papers that thoughtfully employ any theoretical approach
are welcome. We are posting here on the Penn CFP early in the hope that
you'll consider us when putting together your travel schedule for next
year. Check our web page around mid-April to get complete, updated
information about the Marietta conference. If you visit the page now,
you can read all about our last two meetings (Cincinnati and Toledo).

Call for papers

Close Relations: The =91Spaces=92 of Greek and Roman Theatre

An international, multi-disciplinary conference linking theatre and=20
performance studies, archaeology, classic studies and reception=20
studies.

Conference dates: September 19-23, 2006

Venue: the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Conference website: http://www.sca.unimelb.edu.au/close/

Convenors

Prof. Frank Sear, Paul Monaghan, Jane Montgomery Griffiths

Topics for papers

This conference examines the =91spaces=92 of Greek and Roman theatre and=20=

the relationships between them.

CFP: Shakespeare and Related Topics (3/15/06; PAMLA, 11/10-06-11/11/06)

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference (PAMLA)
Panel Topic: Shakespeare and Related Topics
November 10-11, 2006
UC Riverside
Riverside, California

Submission Deadline: March 15, 2006

Paper proposals sought for a panel on Shakespeare and Related Topics.
Proposals are
encouraged on any topic in Shakespeare studies; possible topics include:

Shakespeare and Shakespeare Criticism: "Trans-Atlantic
Shakespeare."

Journal of Interactive Drama

A Multi-Discipline Peer-Reviewed Journal of
Scenario-Based Theatre-Style Interactive Drama
Freeform Live Action Roleplaying Games

Call for Papers

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