The editors of Theatre Topics are pleased to announce a call for submissions to the journal’s upcoming Special Issue on graduate education. The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2018. Early submissions are encouraged. Since the economic crisis of 2008, tenure-stream academic positions in the arts and humanities have declined sharply, graduate student debt continues […]
ATDS and MLA Chicago 3-6 January 2019 “American Drama’s Ethical Transactions” This panel will consider how twentieth century American plays define, operationalize, register, and/or critique ethical discourse. Is there an “ethics” of the twentieth century play? What people, places, and things are left out of this ethical discourse? For example, in asking ethical […]
The 37th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival and Conference, May 9-12, 2018 CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited on the films and plays of William Inge, and/or the works of our 2018 honoree Carlyle Brown, designed for a 20-minute oral presentation at the conference. A wide variety of perspectives and themes are encouraged. Both Brown […]
Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium May 3-4, 2018 Conference Theme: Community Outreach and the Arts Keynote Speaker and Workshop Presenter Michael John Garcés, Cornerstone Theatre Company The Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium is seeking abstracts for papers for our 12th Annual gathering of theatre scholars. This year’s theme is “Community Outreach and the Arts.” PTRS is seeking papers […]
National Endowments for the Arts Institute on Digital Technologies in Theatre and Performance Studies June 17-29, 2018 University of Georgia (Athens, GA) Application Deadline: March 1, 2018 The institute is for college and university faculty would like to integrate digital technologies into their curricula, and who would like to gain a deeper understanding of the technologies and techniques to make […]
ATDS and MLA Chicago, 3-6 January 2019 “American Drama’s Ethical Transactions” This panel will consider how twentieth century American plays define, operationalize, register, and/or critique ethical discourse. Is there an “ethics” of the twentieth century play? What people, places, and things are left out of this ethical discourse? For example, in asking ethical questions, some […]