Liminality and Border-Crossing in Contemporary English-Speaking Theatre
17th ESSE Conference
26-30 August 2024 in Lausanne, Switzerland
Seminar 33
Convenors:
Sibel Izmir (Atilim University, Turkey)
sibeleceizmir@gmail.com / sibel.izmir@atilim.edu.tr
Claus-Peter Neumann (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Liminality and Border-Crossing in Contemporary English-Speaking Theatre [in person]
While in the current era of Transmodernity globalisation has led to transnational interconnections that seem to dissolve certain spatial and temporal limits, the nationalist reactions to migratory movements have reinforced national borders in many parts of the world. This has ushered in a new age of walls that exacerbates the already harsh condition of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, creating numerous instances of humanitarian crisis. Against this background, this seminar proposes to analyse how contemporary English-speaking theatre represents the liminality involved in the simultaneous but opposed movements of the reaffirmation and the crossing of borders.
Please send your abstract proposals for a 20-minute presentation (250 words) and a brief bio directly to the seminar convenors (sibeleceizmir@gmail.com; cpneuman@unizar.es) by 31 January 2024.