Call for Abstracts for 53rd Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (March 10-13, 2021 Baltimore, MD)

Submissions invited for Issue 33 of the Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy (JTCD).

All submissions must be made through the Dergipark site:

https://dergipark.org.tr/en/journal/987/submission/step/manuscript/new

Last date of submission: 4 October 2021.

Author Guidelines:

https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/journal/jtcd/information/author-guidelines

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