CFP: Sesquicentennial Shaw: A Conference (3/15/06; 6/8/06-6/11/06)

full name / name of organization: 
Richard Dietrich

         The International Shaw Society announces an International
Bernard Shaw Conference, which will be co-hosted by Brown University
in Providence, Rhode Island, June 8-11, 2006, Asa Messer Emeritus
Professor Don Wilmeth presiding.
TOPICS: Papers (for twenty minute talks) may be on a wide range of
topics and written from any critical perspective but may speak, in
acknowledgment of Shaw's impending 150th birthday, of his longevity
as a canonical author and challenges to that, of the contributions he
and his works have made to a wide range of cultural fields, including
the theater of course, of whatever problematics he and his works
anticipated and/or exemplify, and in answer to the question of
whether Shaw still speaks to the contemporary world. ABSTRACTS of
300-500 words, accompanied by a c.v. and cover letter, should be sent
to Professor Richard Dietrich, preferably as an attachment to an
email sent to dietrich_at_cas.usf.edu but otherwise to R. F. Dietrich,
ISS President, P.O. Box 728, Odessa, FL 33556-07628. DEADLINE IS
MARCH 15, 2006. For all conference details -- featured speakers,
theater events, exhibitions, schedules, registration procedures,
accommodations, travel grants, etc. -- please go to
www.shawsociety.org and click on the link to the Brown U. Shaw
Conference. Especially take note of the fact that the ISS provides
travel grants to young scholars 40 and under who apply for financial
assistance to attend the conference.

Richard F. Dietrich
President, International Shaw Society
Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida
Please inform us whenever you change address or email address.

ISS
P. O. Box 728
Odessa, FL 33556-0728
PHONE: 813-920-2986
FAX: 813-926-9814
dietrich_at_cas.usf.edu

INTERNATIONAL SHAW SOCIETY WEB SITE:
www.shawsociety.org

ISS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION--2006:
http://www.shawsociety.org/2006-Benefits-Application-Form.htm

ISS FOUNDERS & ISS COUNCIL: A HISTORY
www.shawsociety.org/ISS_Founders_&_Council.htm

SHAW CONFERENCE AT BROWN UNIVERSITY, June 8-11, 2006
www.shawsociety.org/Brown-Shaw-Conference.htm

SHAW SYMPOSIUM AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL, ONTARIO, August 18-20, 2006
www.shawsociety.org/Shaw-Symposium-2006.htm

ISS Grants & Scholarships for Young Scholars
http://www.shawsociety.org/ISS-grants.htm

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