I'm sorry not to send this along sooner, but between our bouncing error messages and another disk failure on the EPAS system, I have been somewhat delayed! A. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 01:21:06 -0400 From:[log in to unmask] To: Multiple recipients of list PERFORM <[log in to unmask]> Subject: call for papers: Performance Studies Conference (The following call has been posted to a variety of lists; please forgive cross-postings.) p l e a s e p o s t The Performance Studies Departments of New York University and Northwestern University are pleased to announce the -------------------------------------------- FIRST ANNUAL PERFORMANCE STUDIES CONFERENCE T H E F U T U R E O F T H E F I E L D -------------------------------------------- 24-26 March 1995 New York University Submissions must be postmarked: 1 November 1994 We invite participants to question Performance Studies as an interdisciplinary and intercultural project, to expand or complicate existing critical paradigms, and to target areas for future work. We welcome contributions which address a wide range of issues, methodologies and approaches. The committee will review abstracts or, preferably, full papers (c. 10 pages, 20 minutes); proposals for panels; seminars; workshops; "breakout" sessions; and performances. Presentations which engage or critique the performance conventions of the scholarly conference are encouraged. NYU journals TDR and Women & Performance will also consider papers for publication. Registration and housing information will be mailed in January, 1995. Send proposals and inquiries to: Amanda Barrett and Jill Lane, Directors Performance Studies Conference Department of Performance Studies Tisch School of the Arts, NYU 721 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. phone: (212) 998-1624 e-mail:[log in to unmask]