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face="Times New Roman">“Signatures of the Past: Cultural memory in Contemporary
North American Drama”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">An international conference hosted by the Department of
Languages & Literatures and the Center for Canadian Studies of the
University of Brussels<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Brussels, Belgium, April 25-28,
2007<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">In the last two
decades or so, the Anglophone North-American stage has witnessed the emergence
of significant dramatic works interrogating the preservation of cultural memory.
In their provocative and innovative theatrical works, a sizeable number of
English Canadian and American playwrights contest standardizing and globalizing
patterns of thoughts. These authors not only challenge the classic European
theatrical aesthetic, but they also criticize the Canadian and American
multicultural dream. Recurring themes such as exile, fragmentation of the self,
stereotyped notions of authenticity, attest to a willingness to reject the
simplistic binarism of Western hegemony while celebrating cultural and aesthetic
heterogeneity. Through theatre, these writers invite us to re-think the issue of
cultural memory in order to conceive new identities shaped according to shared
values respecting local identities and traditions. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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Anglophone North-American focus of this conference will seek to offer a
comparative cross-cultural approach of contemporary Canadian and American
theatrical production at the turn of the 21st century. Moreover, as theatre
often mirrors social and cultural conflicts, this contrastive approach will
hopefully illuminate differences and/or similarities between the two countries
as far as identity building, issues of nation and conception of multicultural
models are concerned. Ultimately, this particular vantage point will enable
participants to determine more accurately the special positioning of
contemporary North-American theatre in the wider context of modern Anglohone
drama. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Keynote
lecturers will include Professor Harry Elam (Stanford University), Professor
Karen Shimakawa (Tisch School of the Arts), Professor Ric Knowles (University of
Guelph), Professor Craig Walker (Queen’s University), Ms Cherrie Moraga (Chicana
playwright), Mr Guillermo Verdecchia (Latino-Canadian
playwright).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The conference
will consist of a series of plenary lectures by noted scholars and playwrights
as well as a number of parallel paper sessions. 20-minute paper proposals are
therefore welcome on a variety of topics related to the general theme.
Presentations dealing with individual dramatists, theory or production aspects
in contemporary North America (U.S. and/or English Canada) will be most welcome,
particularly as they relate to cultural memory issues. Papers need not provide
systematic comparisons between U.S. and Canadian drama, although contrastive
considerations are encouraged, whenever possible. Conference participants are
therefore invited to consider the following suggestions for paper proposals,
either in a U.S. and/or English Canadian context (this list is by no means
exhaustive):<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">--How does North-American
theater redefine cultural memory at the turn of the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century?
Where is it located? How can we define cultural memory within multi-ethnic North
American societies?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How can local
and national identities be preserved in the dramatic text?</SPAN><SPAN
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does North-American drama interpret the link between cultural and collective
memory? How does a so-called collective memory interact with individual
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In what sense do contemporary North-American theatrical productions have an
impact on the building and preservation of cultural
memory?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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How do contemporary theatrical productions in North America illuminate the
increasing interdisciplinarity between fields such as history, memory and
theatre?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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In what way(s) does North American theatre highlight the historical construction
of particular identities?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Is cultural memory built, imagined, or perpetuated in different ways in Canadian
and American dramatic texts?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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As “a mirror to society,” how does theatre participate in the shaping of the
concepts of identity and nation, both in Canada and the U.S.?
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lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">250-word
abstracts should be submitted to the <B>conference convenors, Prof. Marc Maufort
and Ms. Caroline De Wagter</B>, before <B>November 1, 2006</B> (</FONT><A
href="mailto:mmaufort@ulb.ac.be"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">mmaufort@ulb.ac.be</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> and </FONT><A
href="mailto:caroline.dewagter@gmail.com"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">caroline.dewagter@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">). Acceptance of proposals will be notified by December
1, 2006, so as to allow the authors of selected submissions to apply for travel
funding from their universities in due course. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Bodyoftext style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">A selection of
papers presented at the conference will be published in the “Dramaturgies” book
series edited by Professor Marc Maufort (published by P.I.E.-Peter
Lang).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Bodyoftext style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 3pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For additional
information, please contact Professor Maufort on e-mail (</FONT><A
href="mailto:mmaufort@ulb.ac.be"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">mmaufort@ulb.ac.be</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">) or by snail mail at the following
address:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>Professor Marc Maufort<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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face="Times New Roman">English Department CP 175<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Université Libre de
Bruxelles<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-BE">50, av. </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">F.D.
Roosevelt<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">1050 Bruxelles<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Belgium/ Europe<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Professor Marc Maufort<BR>Chair, Department of
Languages and Literatures CP 175<BR>Université Libre de Bruxelles<BR>50,
av. F.D. Roosevelt<BR>1050 Bruxelles<BR>Belgium<BR>Tel.: ++
32-2-426-04-37<BR>Fax: ++ 32-2-650-24-50<BR>E-Mail: <A
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