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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 18pt;" lang="EN-CA">Call for Papers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 24pt;" lang="EN-CA">Futurist Dramaturgy and
Performance</span><span style="font-size: 22pt;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><big><span
lang="EN-CA">Sponsored
by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>’s
Graduate
Centre for Study of Drama</span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><big><span
lang="EN-CA">In
collaboration with the Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies, </span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><big><span
lang="EN-CA">Centro
di Studi «Aldo Palazzeschi» dell'Università di <st1:place w:st="on">Firenze</st1:place>,
and</span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><big><span
lang="EN-CA">Instituto
Italiano di Cultura - <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:City>;
</span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><big><span
lang="EN-CA">And
with the support of </span><span style="color: black;" lang="EN-CA">Centre
for
Comparative Literature and </span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="color: black;" lang="EN-CA"><big>Department of Language
Studies, <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName> <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mississauga</st1:place></st1:City></big><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="color: black;" lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA">Anticipating the centenary
of Filippo
Tommaso Marinetti’s seminal <i style="">cri du théâtre</i>
“The Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism,” papers examining theatrical
aspects
of Futurist performance and its associated dramaturgy are invited for a
two-day
conference at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
November 7 -
8, 2008.<span style=""> </span>Revivals of staging and reception
history of the movement will be of special interest.</span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><big><span lang="EN-CA">Topics for
consideration may include but are not limited to
investigations of:</span></big></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><big><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></big></p>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><big><span
style="font-family: Wingdings;" lang="EN-CA"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA">Italian Futurism and
symbolism</span></big></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><big><span
style="font-family: Wingdings;" lang="EN-CA"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA">Futurist dramaturgy of
sound</span></big></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><big><span
style="font-family: Wingdings;" lang="EN-CA"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA">Futurism and traditional
dramatic forms</span></big></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><big><span
style="font-family: Wingdings;" lang="EN-CA"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA">Influence and legacy of
Futurism on European theatre</span></big></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><big><span
style="font-family: Wingdings;" lang="EN-CA"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA">Futurist revivals</span></big></li>
<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><big><span
style="font-family: Wingdings;" lang="EN-CA"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA">Futurist production
techniques and conventions</span></big></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></big></p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA">Due: June 30, 2008</span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA">Papers are expected to be
thirty minutes in
length.<span style=""> </span></span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA">Please submit proposals
(250 words) to Paul
Stoesser <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:stoesser@chass.utoronto.ca">stoesser@chass.utoronto.ca</a></span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA">(Copy in the body of the
email, please)</span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA">All proposals should
include the author's
affiliation and full contact information. </span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA">Alternatively, submissions
may be sent to
the attention of </span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><big><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><big><span lang="EN-CA">Dr.
Paul J. Stoesser,
</span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><big><span lang="EN-CA">Conference
Convenor, </span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><big><span lang="EN-CA">Graduate
Centre
for Study of Drama, </span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><big><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span lang="EN-CA">University</span></st1:PlaceType><span
lang="EN-CA"> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Toronto</st1:PlaceName></span></st1:place><span
lang="EN-CA">, </span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><big><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><span lang="EN-CA">214 College Street</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span
lang="EN-CA">, </span></big></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><big><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span lang="EN-CA">Toronto</span></st1:City><span
lang="EN-CA"> <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State> <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">M5T
2Z9</st1:PostalCode></span></st1:place><span lang="EN-CA">.<span
style=""> </span></span></big></p>
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