The deadline for submissions (9/15) is nine days away, so I'm sending
out this reminder and encouraging those of you who have been planning
on submitting an abstract to do so soon . . .
Rob
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CALL FOR PAPERS
40th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan
University (5/5/05 to 5/8/05)
PUTTING PERFORMANCE IN ITS PLACE: TOPOGRAPHY AND MEANING IN EARLY DRAMA
A Session Sponsored by the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society
As organizer for this session, I'm looking for papers that explore the
ways in which performance sites inform the meanings of medieval and
early modern dramatic productions. I.e., what does a given site
signify in socio-cultural terms, and how does that site-specific
meaning influence performance practice and reception? Alternately,
how does a given performance alter a spectator's quotidian experience
of the performance site? I'm open to papers on sites and shows from
all over medieval and early modern Europe—sites can be natural or
built environments; shows can include plays, but are not limited to
that mode of performance.
If you have a 20-minute paper you'd like to present at this session
(or an idea for such a paper), please send me a 250-500 word abstract
no later than 9/15/04. You can reach me via e-mail ([log in to unmask];
RTF-format attachments encouraged) or snail mail:
Rob Barrett
Dept. of English
University of Illinois
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
You can also fax abstracts to me at (217) 333-4321. Be sure to send a
filled-out Abstract Cover Sheet as well: you can find a blank one at
the Congress's web site
(http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/40cfp/forms.html).
Thanks—I'm looking forward to seeing what people have to say about the
intersection of local topography and performance!
Best,
Rob Barrett
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Robert W. Barrett, Jr.
Assistant Professor of English
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Office Phone: (217) 333-1715
