CFP: THEATRE OF WORLD – THE WORLD OF THEATRE Drama and theatre in Europe until the 19th century 5th international conference on European drama- and theatre history in Eger (Hungary) The Research Group for the Old Hungarian Drama (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) will organise the 5th meeting of scholars of European drama- and theatre history in Eger between 25-27th August, 2003. The main aim of the conference is to examine the relations between the European and Hungarian drama history, how were Hungarian dramas, theatre occasions segments of the European tradition. On the other hand, we would like to find the links between the Hungarian and other Central- European (e.g. German, Austrian, Slavonic, Czech, Romanian, etc.) theatre- and drama-tradition, finally we would like to show the dramas and theatre occasions from the Middle Ages to the 19th century in Hungary. Topics explored may include: 1.Drama-theme catalogue a.methods of making this catalogue b.Drama themes in the Catholic tradition (e.g. Jesuit, Franciscan, Piarist, etc. dramas) c.Drama themes in the Protestant schools 2.Sources, social background a.(text)books and school dramas b.theological background of the dramas c.literature sociological questions in drama research d.cultural anthropological questions in the research of European drama tradition e.Theatre in the iconology – pictures of theatre in the contemporary editions, iconological influences to dramatic scenes f.Drama theory – drama practice g.Folklore, history of music, school drama 3.Documents of dramas a.Secrets of drama-manuscripts, Historiae Domus – what we can know only by philological work b.Printed documents c.Modern philological researches in Hungary and abroad – (critical) text editions, data bases, uses of sources d.Scenic, dramaturgy Conference website: http://members.chello.hu/kcsp/sat/konfang/ You can find more useful information about our research group, conferences, programs at www.gradatio.hu/schooltheatre If you have any questions, I wait for your e-mails, Regards, Júlia Nagy Miskolc University, Hungary Dep. of Enlightenment and 19th Century Literature in Hungary e-mail: [log in to unmask]