Irish Theatre History Conference

[Michael McKinnie]

Colleagues, 

Apologies for cross-posting this call for papers.  For those of you who also have an interest in Irish or interdisciplinary studies, please find a final reminder below for the Irish Theatre History Conference at the National University of Ireland, Galway.  

Best,

Michael



  
Irish Theatre History Conference
23-25 November 2001

at

National University of Ireland, Galway

Ireland

 

'Archives, Historiography, Politics'
 

 

Special Guest Speaker: Professor Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University, Illinois

 

 

A conference to explore the impact of critical theory and of politics on the writing of Irish theatre history, to offer a forum for new critical approaches to the topic, and to reflect on the growing scholarly importance of archive holdings and of library theatre collections. 

 

Proposals for 20-minute papers are invited on any of the following general areas:

 

·        Historiography and the politics of Irish theatre history

·        The social and political implications of Ireland's theatre institutions

·        Theatre archives and special collections: resources, exclusions and needs

·        Documenting alternative theatre practices

·        Theatre and political exclusion: the role of minorities 

·        Theatre protests, riots and disruptions

·        Women in Irish theatre

·        Theatre and political history

·        New research and neglected topics

 

Please send a short summary on or before Friday, 28th September 2001 to:
 
Dr Lionel Pilkington
Department of English
NUI, Galway
Ireland
Telephone: 353-91-512124 / Fax: 353-91-524102
e-mail: lionel.pilkington at nuigalway.ie



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Dr. Michael McKinnie
Lecturer in Drama
Dept. of Drama and Theatre Arts
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT

m.r.mckinnie at bham.ac.uk

0121 415 8036 (Direct)
0121 414 5998 (Drama Office)
0121 414 2244 (Fax)
When dialling from outside the U.K., the country code is 44 and omit the first 0
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