PAJ Call for ContributorsPAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art entered its 44th year of publication in 2020. In pursuing our long-standing goal to include new voices and new forms of arts writing in the journal, we invite contributions from around the world on a range of topics and subject areas. Looking forward to future […]
Theatre History StudiesCFP General SectionCFP Special Section: “Commingled Histories: Theatre & Dance”Volume 41, 2022Theatre History Studies accepts submissions on the full range of topics in theatre history on a rolling deadline. Please submit articles for consideration as soon as they are ready for review.Please send manuscripts for the general section to:Lisa Jackson-Schebettaths.editor@matc.usEditor, Theatre History StudiesSkidmore CollegeTheatre Department815 […]
Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada 42.1 (May 2021)General IssueTheatre Research in Canada is seeking submissions for our next general issue on topics related to Canadian theatre and performance, both historical and contemporary, in national, international, and transnational contexts. Papers with a focus on Indigeneity and decolonization, on migration, and on trans- or non-binary […]
Gender, Sexuality, and Performance in Latin America and the Caribbean: Edited VolumeEditors: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 attention in […]
Modern Language Association Convention Toronto: January 7-10, 2021 The Eugene O’Neill Society Call for Papers Philosophy and Modern American Drama As an allied organization with the MLA, the Eugene O’Neill Society has a guaranteed session at each annual convention. For 2021, the Society is broadening its scope beyond O’Neill to include all of modern American […]
Collaborative Research in Theatre and Performance Studies Joint Issue of Global Performance Studies and the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism To be published Fall 2021 (GPS issue 4.2 & JDTC issue 36.1) Issue EditorsKevin Brown, University of MissouriFelipe Cervera, LASALLE College of the ArtsKyoko Iwaki, Waseda University and University of AntwerpEero Laine, University of Buffalo, State […]
MLA 2021 Toronto, Jan 7 – 10 Special Session on “Putting Writing and Performance in Conversation”, Abstracts due by March 11 2020 to kel.irene.aliano@gmail.com Kelly I. Aliano, PhDDept. of Theatre, Dance, and Arts ManagementLong Island University–Post Campus This panel welcomes abstracts (max. 300 words) that explore the intersection between writing instruction and […]
Theatre Survey Special Issue: Performance and the Public Good The words “performance,” “public,” and “good” combine to produce an analytic with the potential to illuminate a wide array of cultural practices. The concept of “public goods” receives its most fulsome treatment in the realm of economic theory, where its defining characteristics are nonexcludability and nonrivalrous […]
ATHE’s Music Theatre/Dance Focus Group:The Bruce Kirle Memorial Debut Panel in Music Theatre/DanceDeadline: February 15, 2020The Music Theatre/Dance (MT/D) Focus Group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) announces its call for papers for the Bruce Kirle Memorial Debut Panel in Music Theatre/Dance at the 2020 ATHE conference in Detroit, Michigan from July 29-August […]
ATDS at MLAToronto 7-10 January 2021 Title: “Persistence in American Drama” This panel will consider how twentieth century American plays, live performances, masters, or movements in American drama and theatre from any period offer strategies for persistence in an age of mechanical reproduction. How do American plays model, operationalize, and/or resist persistence? Why and how […]
PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research, volume 3, issue 2.Pedagogies of/and Performance-as-Research Special themed issue with guest editor Emily Rollie In its initial issues, PARtake has explored key topics related to the dynamic field of Performance-as-Research, including the modes of performing research, the ethics of participating in research, activism in PAR, and the rich intersections of […]
The 39th Annual William Inge Theatre Festival and ConferenceMay 13-16, 2020Independence, Kansas CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited on the films and plays of William Inge, and/or the works of our 2020 honoree Lynn Nottage, designed for a 20-minute oral presentation at the conference. A wide variety of perspectives and themes are encouraged. Papers selected for presentation […]
Circus and its Others2020 November 12-15University of California, Davis Revised Deadline – April 15, 2020 The Circus and its Others research project was launched in 2014 under the aegis of the Montréal Working Group on Circus Research to explore the ways in which contemporary circus artists and companies relate to difference in their practice. What has resulted […]
CFP for Proposed Volume on Science and Performance From the Curious to the Quantum: Identity, Culture, and the Science Performance Editors: Vivian Appler, College of CharlestonMeredith Conti, University at Buffalo, SUNYDeadline for Abstracts: January 31, 2020Deadline for Chapters: December 1, 2020 The sciences (natural, social, formal, technological, medical) have never operated independently of the cultures in which they are practiced. Performance is […]
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FIRST BOOK BOOTCAMPHosted by the American Theatre & Drama Societyto be held at theASSOCIATION FOR THEATRE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (ATHE) CONFERENCEDETROIT MARRIOTT AT THE RENAISSANCE CENTER, DETROIT, MIJULY 29-30, 2020 Submission Deadline:February 15, 2020This intensive two-day First Book Bootcamp offers contingent and tenure-stream faculty the opportunity to develop their book proposals and manuscripts alongside […]
Call for Papers : SETC Theatre Symposium Volume 29 “Theatre and Race”DEADLINE: Monday 20 January 2020DATES: April 3-5, 2020 LOCATION: Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GAThe performative nature of political and cultural discourse about race has recently been highlighted, both in the U.S. and around the world, by tweets and talk shows, parades and protests, movements and mass shootings, […]