CFP: “Theatre-Fiction”November 1, 2020Seeking proposals for an edited book of chapters on “theatre-fiction”,i.e. novels and stories about theatre.Theatre has made star appearances in dozens of novels, from J. W.Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship to Mikhail Bulgakov’s BlackSnow to Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed. There are historicaltheatre-novels (John Arden’s Silence Among the Weapons), naturalisttheatre-novels (George Moore’s A Mummer’s Wife), […]

The Journal of American Drama and Theatre Special Issue: Milestones in Black Theatre Co-Edited by the American Theatre and Drama Society, the Black Theatre Association, and the Black Theatre Network Spring 2021 Call for Submissions 2021 marks the centennial of Errol Hill’s birth.  A prominent West Indian playwright, performer, and scholar who launched his career in the 1940s, Hill remains […]

UCLA Department of Theater and the Center for Performance Studies2021 Graduate Student Conference:Contact – Performing ProximityKeynote Speakers:Sarah Bay-Cheng (York University)Daphne Brooks (Yale University)GLAM Collective (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums): HeatherIgloliorte (Concordia University), Julie Nagam (The University of Winnipeg),Carla Taunton (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University)Date: Feb. 19-21, 2021From its Latin roots, contact describes […]

Theatre JournalCall for PapersSpecial Issue for September 2021: AI From the formal inception of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with individuals like computer scientist and mathematician Alan Turing, AI technologies have often been measured first in their ability to mimic human performance, such as translation, and then to surpass them. For example, in an AI subfield like natural […]

Theatre Journal Call for PapersSpecial Issue for December 2021: Shooting In 2013, the Black Lives Matter movement was born out of despair after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and murdered Trayvon Martin. Since then, the of murder of black people by police and white vigilantes has continued unabated. FBI data shows that […]

The Eugene O’Neill FoundationTravis Bogard Artist in Residence ProgramApplications for 2021 Residencies are due November 15, 2020Create in the serenity and atmosphere that was so instrumental to the writing of Eugene O’Neill .  Fellows work at Tao House his home in hills above Danville, CaliforniaApplications and guidelines can be seen at this website.

JDTC Special Section for Spring 2021#Performative XIn 2020, the beloved performance studies term “performative” has leaped into action on the global activist stage, but in a costume perhaps unexpected by readers of JL Austin and Judith Butler. The “Performative” that has taken social media and political activism by storm is much more akin to “theatrical” in […]

Language and Performance: Moving across Discourses and Practices in a Globalised WorldGuest Editors: Małgorzata Sugiera, Karel Vanhaesebrouck, and Timmy De LaetWithin a globalised world, language can act both as a barrier and facilitator for the circulation and visibility of peoplehoods, practices, knowledges, or traditions. The twentieth and twenty-first century have witnessed an arguably unprecedented diversification […]

PERFORMING BLACK FUTURESPerformance Studies Focus Group (PSFG) Post-ConferenceAssociation for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)Proposals due: May 1, 2020Detroit, MI & OnlinePost-Conference Dates: Sunday, August 2 – Monday, August 3, 2020Keynote Artists: Taylor Renee Aldridge & Jennifer HargeCurators: Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud & Krista MirandaWebsite: https://sites.google.com/view/performingblackfuturesCALL FOR PAPERS AND PERFORMANCES“In the present project, the imagination […] plays […]

Call for Papers [Edited Volume]Gender, Sexuality, and Performance in Latin America and the CaribbeanEditors:Katherine Zien (McGill University)Brenda Werth (American University) Rationale: As evidenced in the public nature of movements such as #NiUnaMenos, Argentina’s “Green Wave,” and the phenomenon of “Un violador en tu camino,” introduced by the Chilean performance group Lastesis, gender and sexuality are gaining public […]

Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture Call for PapersSpecial Issue on: The Soundwork of Media ActivismThis Special Issue of Resonance calls for papers, commentaries, theories, and archival finding aids that examine the implementation of “soundwork” in historical and contemporary forms of media activism. By soundwork we call upon Michele Hilmes’ definition, as “creative/constructed texts […]

New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies (published by Brill) is currently seeking proposals and/or essays for Volume #5.Volume #5: Edward Albee: AbroadEsther Marinho Santana and Valentine Vasak, co-EditorsWe are seeking essays that explore Albee’s work, influence, and reach abroad (i.e., outside of the American theatre). We encourage submissions from graduate students as well as established […]

A Special Issue of Dance ChronicleCall for Research Articles All manuscripts will receive double-anonymous peer review.  Submissions will be accepted at any time before August 15, 2020.  Please submit manuscripts through the Taylor & Francis Submission Portal.Movement Arts in Dance, Theatre, and Intermedial PerformanceThe physical role of the body on stage holds equal fascination for dance and theatre scholars and practitioners.   On […]

Performance ResearchVol. 26, No. 1: ‘On Perception’ (Jan/Feb 2021)Issue Editors: Pil Hansen (University of Calgary, CA) and Freya Vass (University of Kent, UK)Proposal deadline: Wednesday 29 April 2020Performing arts training and performance methods develop perceptual skills that enable performers to direct their attention in extended ways, enabling them to remain present and aware while simultaneously […]