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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Colleagues, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael</FONT></DIV>
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<H1 align=center style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Andy; FONT-SIZE: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Irish
Theatre History Conference<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></H1>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Andy; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">23-25
November 2001<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">at<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">National University of
Ireland, Galway<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ireland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<H4 align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
lang=EN-US>‘Archives, Historiography, Politics’<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></H4>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Andy; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Special
Guest Speaker: <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Professor Tracy C.
Davis</B>, Northwestern University, Illinois<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Proposals for 20-minute
papers are invited on any of the following general areas:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Historiography and the
politics of Irish theatre history<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The social and political
implications of Ireland’s theatre institutions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Theatre archives and special
collections: resources, exclusions and needs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Documenting alternative
theatre practices<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Theatre and political
exclusion: the role of minorities <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Theatre protests, riots and
disruptions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Women in Irish
theatre<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Theatre and political
history<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">New research and neglected
topics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Please send a short summary
on or before <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Friday, 28<SUP>th</SUP>
September 2001</B> to:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H2 align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></H2>
<H2 align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Dr Lionel
Pilkington<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H5 align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Department
of English<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H5>
<H2 align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">NUI,
Galway<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Ireland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H6 align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Telephone:
353-91-512124 / Fax: 353-91-524102<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H6>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">e-mail: <A
href="mailto:lionel.pilkington@nuigalway.ie">lionel.pilkington@nuigalway.ie</A></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><BR>________________________________</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr. Michael McKinnie<BR>Lecturer in Drama<BR>Dept.
of Drama and Theatre Arts<BR>University of Birmingham<BR>Edgbaston,
Birmingham<BR>B15 2TT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:m.r.mckinnie@bham.ac.uk">m.r.mckinnie@bham.ac.uk</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0121 415 8036 (Direct)<BR>0121 414 5998 (Drama
Office)<BR>0121 414 2244 (Fax)<BR>When dialling from outside the U.K., the
country code is 44 and omit the first 0</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>