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Call for Papers An International Graduate Student Conference 9-10 November 2001 The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto ?Performative Resurrections: Death, Rebirth, and the Trope of the Risen? Plenary Speakers: Drs. Linda and Michael Hutcheon We invite papers which investigate themes of death and rebirth in drama and performance from scholars in a wide range of disciplines. Presentations might address this topic through the lens of contemporary critical theory, staging practice, dramaturgical approaches, theatre histor(ies), genre, or various performance traditions (ritual and religious drama, folklore, opera, dance, etc.). Topics might include, but are not restricted to, the tragic ghost tradition, ?faking? death on stage, specters of disease, holocaust narratives, apocalypse narratives and representations of the afterlife. One-page abstracts (approximately 500 words) are due by 30 April 2001. Abstracts must include the applicant?s name, address, telephone number and email address as well as academic affiliation. Papers will be limited to presentations of twenty minutes maximum. Please include a request for any required audio-visual equipment with your submission. Send abstracts to: Kim Solga and Jenn Stephenson Graduate Centre for Study of Drama University of Toronto 214 College Avenue, 3rd floor Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 2Z9. [log in to unmask] Purposefully designed to be interdisciplinary, this conference will also be interactive, incorporating scene presentations of conference-paper length side-by-side with more conventionally academic work. A separate call for performance presentations will be issued once the paper call has closed.