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-------- Original Message -------- * * * * * * * * * * Performance and Spirituality The Journal of the Institute for the Study of Performance and Spirituality CFP: "Delineating the Field": Submission Deadline, May 15, 2007. (The Institute for the Study of Performance and Spirituality is an emerging research center that operates in association with the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center of The Graduate Center, of the City University of New York.) Performance and Spirituality—a new peer-reviewed, annually-published online journal dedicated to examining intersections of new and alternative forms of spirituality/religion and theatre/performance—is seeking articles for the first issue, entitled "Delineating the Field." A "new" and/or "alternative" spirituality/religion refers to any such movement, current, or worldview that is perceived as somehow outside of the "traditional," "dominant," or "mainstream" conventions of the society/societies in which it appears. Examples might include alchemy, Falun Gong, freemasonry, Santeria, neo-paganism, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, spiritualism, the contemporary Christian rapture culture—and many others. The purpose of this issue is to reveal the richness, breadth, and diversity of this field of study, and to show the continuous adaptation and transformation of the relationship between religion/spirituality and performance/theatre. A non-exhaustive list of possible subjects include: historical, cultural, and theoretical analyses of performance traditions that are associated with new and alternative spiritual/religious movements of any time period; examinations of "secular" performances that deal with concepts from new and alternative spirituality and religion; articles that employ methods from theatre studies, performance studies, and other disciplines (i.e. sociology of religion, urban anthropology, etc.) to examine relevant performance and theatre. Illustrations and video clips—even raw quality—are encouraged. (Submit video clips, photographs, or images in downloadable form via email.) Please submit articles of 20 to 30 pages in length, accompanied by a 200-word abstract to Dr. Edmund Lingan at [log in to unmask] by May 15, 2007, with “Performance and Spirituality Article" in the subject header. Manuscripts should be in Times New Roman (12 point) font, and double-spaced throughout (including endnotes). All submissions should be prepared according to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Submissions must be in PC compatible Microsoft Word. Contributors are responsible for obtaining permission and paying costs to reproduce any materials, including illustrations and video clips for which they do not hold the copyright. To secure a blind reading, the title of the essay, author’s name, mailing address, phone and fax numbers, and email address should appear on a separate cover sheet (with the title repeated on the first page of the article). -- Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask] List-owner of REED-L <http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/reed-l.html> http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/ => REED's home page http://www.reed.utoronto.ca/stage.html => our Web guide http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page