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<SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B><U>CALL FOR PAPERS:<BR>
</U></B>American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS)<BR>
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference<BR>
August 11–14, 2011, Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
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<B><I>Submissions Deadlines:</I></B><I> October 15th (<B>individual papers only</B>; send to Susan Kattwinkel at </I><U>kattwinkels@cofc.edu</U></FONT><U><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <a href="mailto:kattwinkels@cofc.edu"><mailto:kattwinkels@cofc.edu></a> </FONT></U><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">);<I> November 1st (<B>complete panels</B>; go to ATHE at www.athe.org <a href="http://www.athe.org"><http://www.athe.org></a> )<BR>
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</I>"Performance Remains, Global Presence: Memory, Legacy, and Imagined Futures"<BR>
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During its first 25 years, ATHE has played a crucial role in advancing theatre and performance in higher education in North America. This year's conference pauses to celebrate ATHE's unique impact and to advance these conversations in ways that transcend national borders and disciplinary lines. As we move forward, how can we build on ATHE's strength for bringing together artists and scholars to better respond to and shape the discipline of theatre and performance?<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">·</FONT> Returning to Chicago, the site of ATHE’s founding, challenges us to think about theatre’s insistence on repetition and presence. Theatre necessarily exists in the present, but how does this live moment remember the past and imagine the future? How might we re-imagine the place of performance beyond boundaries of time and space, nation and discipline, practitioner and scholar? The 2011 Conference Committee invites proposals that rethink those boundaries to engage provocatively with questions of memory, legacy and possibility.<BR>
The American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) invites papers/panels that explore concepts of time and presence in American Theatre. Possible questions of investigation include:<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">How has the conceptualization of the "American" in American theatre changed over time historiographically?<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">How have constructed narratives of American theatre by historians and critics influenced the practice of theatre?<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">What are the possibilities for organizations such as ATHE and ATDS for advancing the conversations about and creation of theatrical practice?<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">How do we, as educators, negotiate the spaces between memory, legacy, and history in American theatre for our students?<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">What disciplinary boundaries do scholars of American theatre now routinely cross and where do obstacles remain? How might we envision new practices or research methodologies to transcend any lingering barriers?<BR>
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While the American Theatre and Drama Society encourages the submission of papers and panels addressing any of these issues, colleagues are welcome to submit proposals that deal with other engaging topics in American Theatre (preference will be given to sessions that explore the ATHE 2011 themes). In addition to the traditional format of papers and panels, ATDS also welcomes proposals in the form of roundtables, talkbacks, staged readings, virtual events, etc.<BR>
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<B>This year’s conference will feature more multidisciplinary panels than in past years. </B>Multidisciplinary submissions must be sponsored by a combination of 2 Focus Groups and 1 Committee or 2 Committees and 1 Focus Group, or 3 Focus Groups. It is your responsibility to contact each Focus Group Conference Planner or Committee Chair to be sure that the Focus Groups and/or Committees are willing to be included.<BR>
The goal of these panels is to encourage more varied multidisciplinary exchanges (as opposed to familiar or recurrent collaborations) in both content and session format. Creative approaches include presenting collaborative papers, situating the panel in a site-specific venue to which participants are asked to respond, or developing a more interactive session model. For detailed instructions on multidisciplinary panels, see the ATHE conference site - </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><a href="http://www.athe.org/conference/sessions">http://www.athe.org/conference/sessions</a><BR>
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Preference will be given to ATDS members. If you are interested in enjoying all of the membership benefits of ATDS – including your own subscription to the <I>Journal of American Drama and Theatre</I> – please visit the website (www.atds.org</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <a href="http://www.atds.org"><http://www.atds.org></a> )</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> for an application or contact ATDS Membership Secretary Stuart Hecht (hecht@bc.edu</FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <a href="mailto:hecht@bc.edu"><mailto:hecht@bc.edu></a> </FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">).<BR>
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About the American Theatre and Drama Society: The American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) is an incorporated organization dedicated to the study of United States theatre and drama, its varied histories, traditions, literatures, and performances within its cultural contexts. ATDS also encourages the evolving debate exploring national identities and experiences through research, pedagogy, and practice. ATDS recognizes that notions of America and the US encompass migrations of peoples and cultures that overlap and influence one another. To this end, ATDS welcomes scholars, teachers, and practitioners world-wide. </FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><BR>
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