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UPDATE: Angry Young (Wo)Men: Theatrical Violence as Ethical Debate (12/10/06; SGES, 2/16/07-2/18/07)

updated: 
Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 11:51pm
stacey

    13th Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium
  The Violent (Re)turn to Ethics?: Implications, Complications, and Situations
  February 15-17, 2006
  Arizona State University—Tempe Arizona
     
  "Angry Young (Wo)Men": Theatrical Violence as Ethical Debate

In late 1995, two significant events changed the theatrical landscape:
John Osborne (Look Back in
Anger) died, and Sarah Kane's play Blasted premiered at the Royal Court
Theatre in London. The timing
was somewhat serendipitous—as one of the original "Angry Young Men"
left this world, one of the "New
Brutalists" made her mark on it.

CFP: UK Graduate eJournal in Theatre (grad) (1/12/07; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 10:51pm
Marissia Fragou

  Platform
  Postgraduate e-Journal of Theatre & Performing Arts
  Platform is an electronic journal devoted to postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers, and entry-level academics in the fields of theatre and performing arts. Platform is run by postgraduates for postgraduates, and is based at the Department of Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London.
   
  The first issue of Platform is now online!
   
  Call for Papers
   
  We invite submissions for the second issue of Platform. The pivotal theme is "Theatres of Resistance." Given the wide-ranging and confrontational nature of the topic, we welcome papers that explore a variety of issues such as the following:
  
   Politics and performance

CFP: Non-Standard Forms of Contemporary Drama and Theatre (Germany) (2/1/07; 5/17/07-5/20/07)

updated: 
Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 10:49pm
sth_at_anglistik.uni-mainz.de

Call for Papers
"Non-Standard Forms of Contemporary Drama and Theatre"
University of Heidelberg, Germany, May 17-20, 2007

The German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English (CDE)
announces its 16th Annual Conference (May 17-20, 2007). It will be
organized by the Chair of English Literature at the University of
Heidelberg and held at a conference venue in the town centre of Heidelberg.

CFP: Performance, Documentation, and Disaster (11/20/06; ATHE, 7/25/07-7/26/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 5:59am
Jason Farman

The Performance Studies Focus Group (PSFG) of the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
invites paper submissions for its 5th annual
preconference, entitled "Regeneration and Return:
Performance Studies in New Orleans," to take place
July 25-26. As generations of performance studies
scholars turn – and return – to New Orleans, we seek a
variety of proposals that address the panel topic
described below. While the city of New Orleans is
central to many of the questions presented here, we
welcome scholarship that employs various methodologies
and geographic points of entry.

Panel #1: Performance, Documentation, and Disaster

CFP: Innovative Uses of Media in Literature & Drama Courses (12/22/06; NJCEA, 3/31/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 4:47am
Ted Price

  * ** 01.For a popular panel of the New Jersey College English
Association. While papers are, of course, expected to be of a
professional, academic nature, a true spirit of informality is expected
to be a mainstay of this panel. Papers must adhere to a 12 minute
reading, thereby leaving time for audience participation. Please eMail
an abstract of 250 words, plus a one-sheet Curriculum Vita to Dr.Ted
Price: pricet_at_mail.montclair.edu by Thursday December 22, 2006.*

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CFP: 7th Triennial Congress of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa (South Africa) (1/31/07; 6/24/07-6/27/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 4:45am
h.slinger_at_ru.ac.za

To: Shakespeareans

re: 7th Triennial Congress of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa:24-27 June
2007:Rhodes University, Grahamstown:

               THE INTERNATIONAL SPREAD OF SHAKESPEARE

                  http:www.ru.ac.za/shakespeare OR
      http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/isea/shake/conference.html

CFP: AHCT El Paso, Spanish Comedia (11/26/06; 3/1/07-3/3/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 4:14am
Lottman, Maryrica

Call for papers re: Ana Caro's *Valor, agravio y mujer,* especially =
those focusing on its recent production at Washington's GALA Theater =
under the direction of Hugo Medrano. Please send abstracts by Friday =
Nov. 26th to Maryrica Ortiz Lottman, Assistant Professor of Spanish, =
UNC-Charlotte. mlottman_at_email.uncc.edu

CFP: Live Comedy Audiences (11/30/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 4:14am
Batalion, Judith

Live Comedy and Its Audiences

Seeking contributions for an anthology that explores live comedy audiences.=
 The book will include contributions by both scholars and comedians, and wi=
ll focus on the dynamics of audience behaviour. The anthology will cover th=
emes including: cultural and historical differences in comedy audience prac=
tice; the architecture of the audience; the reception of 'low' versus 'high=
' and live versus televised comedy; the subjectivity of audience members an=
d the spread of affect; the two-way relationship between joker and listener=
; and the comedy club as a distinct spatial and emotional environment. Addi=
tional topics also welcome.=20

CFP: The Role of Religious Performance in Rebuilding Communities (12/15/06; 7/24/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 4:13am
jill stevenson

CFP: The Role of Religious Performance in Rebuilding Communities—Past and
Present (opening roundtable)

"Sore Spots": The 2007 Religion and Theatre Preconference
New Orleans, July 24-25, 2007

ATHE's Religion and Theatre Focus Group will open its preconference with a
roundtable entitled "The Role of Religious Performance in Rebuilding
Communities—Past and Present." Participants will offer a 5-10 minute
presentation on a particular instance when religious performance played a
role in rebuilding or regenerating community. Participants will then engage
in a moderate discussion and Q&A with all preconference attendees.

CFP: Staging Race, Staging Place: The Local and the Diasporic (11/20/06; ATHE, 7/25/07-7/26/07)

updated: 
Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 12:36am
Jason Farman

The Performance Studies Focus Group (PSFG) of the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
invites paper submissions for its 5th annual
preconference, entitled "Regeneration and Return:
Performance Studies in New Orleans," to take place
July 25-26. As generations of performance studies
scholars turn – and return – to New Orleans, we seek a
variety of proposals that address the panel topic
described below. While the city of New Orleans is
central to many of the questions presented here, we
welcome scholarship that employs various methodologies
and geographic points of entry.

Panel #2: Staging Race, Staging Place: The Local and
the Diasporic

CFP: Performing Identity/Crossing Borders (Cyprus) (12/15/06; 5/3/07-5/5/07)

updated: 
Friday, November 10, 2006 - 11:15pm
ashok

>>>Call for Presentations<<<

Performing Identity/Crossing Borders
Abstracts due: Dec. 15, 2006
Presentation Venue: Nicosia, Cyprus, May 3-6, 2007

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World War Two has provided a breakthrough for artists who have been =20
marginalized by the hegemonous thinking of white patriarchy.=97 Robert =20=

Wallace, Producing Marginality 141

As national borders become more porous and more restrictive, identity =20=

politics and the body =97 in all its manifestations =97 have once again =20=

CFP: August Wilson's Women (12/1/06; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Friday, November 10, 2006 - 11:14pm
Elizabeth Beaulieu

I am seeking proposals for 10-minute presentations on the topic of women
in August Wilson's cycle of plays. I hope to put together a roundtable
for ALA in Boston (May 24-27, 2007) on the often-unappreciated role
women play in Wilson's depiction of twentieth-century African American
experience.

Please send abstracts of approximately 200 words to
beaulieea_at_appstate.edu by December 1, 2006. I would like to include
short papers on 6 or 7 of Wilson's plays, as well as time for discussion
among panelists and audience members.

UPDATE: August Wilson issue of College Literature (4/15/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Friday, November 10, 2006 - 11:13pm
Carlton Floyd

Manuscripts from 5,000 to 10,000 words that reflect on August Wilson's
legacy and contribution to American culture are invited for a special
issue of College Literature. The editors—Cynthia Caywood and Carlton
Floyd of the University of San Diego and Marilyn Elkins of California
State University at Los Angeles—welcome contributions from all
disciplines that engage the full complexity of Wilson's work. We
encourage contributors to explore his work in a variety of ways: for
example, Wilson and history, Wilson and performance, performance
history, Wilson and women, Wilson and music, Wilson and folkways,
Wilson and place, Wilson and the migration narrative, Wilson and the

CFP: Latina/o Focus Group Debut Panel (2/1/07; ATHE, 7/26/07-7/29/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Jon Rossini

CFP: LATINO/A FOCUS GROUP DEBUT PANEL
The Latino/a Focus Group of the Association
for Theatre in Higher Education
(ATHE) invites submissions for its competitively selected Debut
Panel from
scholars who have not yet published articles or presented at
a national
conference. The postmark deadline for submissions is February 1, 2007.
Papers should be an appropriate length for a fifteen-minute presentation
(typically about eight pages) and address Latino/a American or Latin
American subject matter. Transnational, comparative, and diasporic
approaches are welcome.

CFP: Dance &amp; Culture (11/14/06; 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Libby Smigel

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - "Dance and Culture" Area of the annual joint conference of the
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Marriott Copley Place
April 4-7, 2007
   
  Papers, Lec/Dems, Panels, Roundtables, Film Screenings, Other Formats
  Deadline for proposals: November 14, 2006
Contact: Libby Smigel MFA PhD, DanceAndCulture_at_gmail.com & Smigel_at_gwu.edu

CFP: Journal of Drama Studies (11/30/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:13pm
Bhim Dahiya

CFP: Journal of Drama Studies (11/30/06); journal issue)

Journal of Drama Studies (biannual)

Call For Submissions

Though open to world drama from any period, provided written/translated in English, submissions are invited on the Anglo-American drama and the Modern European Drama.

Submission Guidelines:

Preferred length of essays is 8-15 pages (double spaced, Times New Roman, Font 12) typed in MS-Word format. Follow MLA style, with endnotes and work cited at the end of the paper.

The papers will be peer reviewed by the experts.

Send one hard copy and a CD of your complete submission.

Provide a bibliographical headnote to be included in the list of contributors.

UPDATE: The &quot;Drama&quot; of James Purdy (1/1/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:37am
mybennett_at_english.umass.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

"The "Drama" of James Purdy"

American Literature Association (ALA) Conference
Westin Copley Place
Boston Massachusetts
May 24-27, 2007

The James Purdy Society will sponsor a session at the 18th Annual ALA
conference. Individuals whose proposals are accepted will join some of the
nation's leading James Purdy scholars for 15-20 minute presentations to
explore multiple facets of this major American author's dramatic works.

UPDATE: Victorian Dramas (UK) (11/15/06; 1/27/07)

updated: 
Friday, November 3, 2006 - 11:41pm
KJMattacks_at_aol.com

Call for papers - Victorian Dramas Interdisciplinary Conference to be held =20
at the University of Worcester on Jan 27th 2007. Keynote speakers: Kate Newe=
y, =20
Jackie Bratton & David Mayer. Proposals for 20min papers on any aspect of=20
Victorian Drama, especially gesture, e-resources, adaptations, publishing=20
practices, melodrama, themed papers reflecting the resources in The Victori=
an=20
Plays Project. For more details visit _www.worc.ac.uk/victorian_=20
(http://www.worc.ac.uk/victorian) or e-mail _k.mattacks@worc.ac.uk_=20

UPDATE: MATC articles-in-progress workshop (11/15/06; MATC, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Friday, November 3, 2006 - 11:41pm
Magelssen, Scott

Mid-America Theatre Conference 2007
CHANGING THEATRICAL LANDSCAPES:
MAPPING NEW DIRECTIONS IN HISTORY, PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE FOR THE 21ST
CENTURY
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis, March 1-4
www.matc.us

ARTICLES IN PROGRESS WORKSHOP

The MATC Theatre History Symposium is pleased to offer a workshop for
scholars with articles or reviews in progress. Workshop facilitators
scheduled to appear include editors from:

Theatre Journal
Theatre Topics
Theatre History Studies
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Baylor Journal of Theater and Performance

CFP: Film Exhibtion and Theater Preservation (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Friday, November 3, 2006 - 11:41pm
Debcar6569_at_aol.com

CFP: FILM EXHIBITION AND THEATER PRESERVATION

The 28th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA
February 14â€"17, 2007
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Join a group that has gathered annually since 2000 to discuss research
accomplishments for the year and to participate in an area that always welcomes
newcomers with fresh ideas on exhibition history and the future of film
exhibition today, as well as the efforts of theatre preservationists who save
history for all us. The focus, then, is the history and future of film exhibition
as well as the good work of those who save movie theatres for all of us to
enjoy.

CFP: Food and Performance (4/1/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Friday, November 3, 2006 - 11:09pm
Laura Lindenfeld

Text and Performance Quarterly

Call for Papers: Food and Performance, Food as Performance

Special Issue edited by

Myron Beasley, placePlaceTypeUniversity of PlaceNameChicago ,placeCityChicago, StateIL PostalCode60614
Kristin Langellier, Communication and Journalism, placePlaceTypeUniversity of PlaceNameMaine,
Orono ME 04469, placecountry-regionUSA, 207-581-1942;and
Laura Lindenfeld, Communication and Journalism, placePlaceTypeUniversity of PlaceNameMaine,
placeCityOrono, StateME PostalCode04469, country-regionUSA, 207-581-3850, [ mailto:Laura_Lindenfeld_at_umit.maine.edu ]Laura_Lindenfeld_at_umit.maine.edu.

CFP: Angry Young (Wo)Men: Theatrical Violence as Ethical Debate (11/30/06; SGES, 2/16/06-2/18/06)

updated: 
Friday, November 3, 2006 - 11:06pm
stacey

13th Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium
  The Violent (Re)turn to Ethics?: Implications, Complications, and Situations
  February 15-17, 2006
  Arizona State University—Tempe Arizona
     
  "Angry Young (Wo)Men": Theatrical Violence as Ethical Debate

In late 1995, two significant events changed the theatrical landscape:
John Osborne (Look Back in
Anger) died, and Sarah Kane's play Blasted premiered at the Royal Court
Theatre in London. The timing
was somewhat serendipitous—as one of the original "Angry Young Men"
left this world, one of the "New
Brutalists" made her mark on it.

CFP: Religion &amp; Theatre One-Act Play Festival (2/15/07; ATHE, 7/24/07-7/29/07)

updated: 
Friday, November 3, 2006 - 11:06pm
Laura G. Pattillo

Call for Plays: ATHE Religion and Theatre Focus Group
"Sore Spots"

In the human body, soreness is a symptom of stress. It can indicate rapid
growth or long neglect, the beginning of repair or the end of exertion.
Religion both generates and heals sore spots. Not only institutional
religions but all forms of spiritual practices and beliefs can be used to
probe wounds, or as a salve; they can medicate, or can celebrate recovery.

CFP: Theatre, Performance and Circulation in the Americas (11/1/06; ACLA, 4/19/07-4/22/07)

updated: 
Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 1:43am
Sarah Townsend

Paper proposals are sought for the following seminar at the American
Comparative Literature Association conference on Trans, Pan, Intra: Cultures
in Contact, to be held in Puebla, Mexico, April 19-22:

"Missing Pieces: Theatre, Performance and Circulation in the Americas"

Seminar Organizers:
Sarah J. Townsend, NYU
Kahlil Chaar, NYU

CFP: The &quot;Drama&quot; of James Purdy (1/1/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:52am
mybennett_at_english.umass.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

"The "Drama" of James Purdy"

American Literature Association (ALA) Conference
Westin Copley Place
Boston Massachusetts
May 24-27, 2007

The James Purdy Society will sponsor a session at the 18th Annual ALA
conference. Individuals whose proposals are accepted will join some of the
nation's leading James Purdy scholars for 15-20 minute presentations to
explore multiple facets of this major American author's dramatic works.

UPDATE: Musical Theatre (11/3/06; PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:52am
Leslie Fife

    CFP: MUSICAL THEATRE
   
  NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE &
  AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATIONS
  2007 JOINT CONFERENCE
   
  April 4 - 7, 2007
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
   
  For more information on the PCA/ACA, please go
  to: http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.
   
  UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 3, 2006
   
  The Musical Theatre Area of the Popular Culture
  Association is calling for papers for the PCA
  Conference, to be held at the Boston Marriott
  Copley Place, April 4 - 7, 2007. I am welcoming
  proposals from anyone interested in any musical
  that has been shown on the stage, in the movies, or

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