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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Posted on behalf of Prof Louis Patrick Leroux. Please circulate widely.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear colleagues, friends, students, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I will have the opportunity to teach a (very intensive) seminar, from July 7th to 17th, that will focus on Québec performing arts on the World Stage. The seminar will be held during Montreal's 375th anniversary
celebrations in balmy July and will run concurrently to Montréal Complètement Cirque festival and its international contemporary circus marketplace featuring industry events, talks, and showcases. In addition to daily lectures, talks and attending every show
in the festival, including 7 doigts de la main's <i>Vice & Vertu…</i>, as well as having a peek at some works in progress and engaging with artists, we will attend large-scale multimedia performances of Daniele Finzi Pasca's <i>Avudo</i> and Lemieux-Pilon's <i>Cité
mémoire</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">While the theme of the seminar is Québec performing arts and its international impact, because of the timing of the seminar during the circus festival, our focus will be on Québec`s vibrant contemporary circus
scene, with a strong historical and theoretical base in theatre, circus, and performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This seminar is ideal for any student interested in Canadian Studies, Québec studies, Québec performing arts, contemporary circus, theatre, performance and large-scale video installation, and in cultural discourse
and history. (However, another, more theory-based, graduate seminar in "Performative Dramaturgies" will be offered this upcoming fall in the English Department at Concordia on Wednesday afternoons.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What will a typical day be like? Every weekday, we will have two-hour morning lectures at Concordia, after lunch, we will have afternoon talks, conferences, and showcases at Tohu, in Old Montréal and other
sites, and, finally, evening performances and discussions. Expect an immersive 10 am to 10 pm day. Weekends will be mostly free (to work on assignments and to visit Montréal). The last concluding class, on Monday 17th, will be devoted to in-class presentations
by students and concluding remarks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Expected coursework will include regular contributions to the seminar blog, an in-class presentation and a final scholarly essay to submit one week after the last class. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A readings list will be sent one month prior to the first day of classes to ensure students are ready as there will be little time to read during seminar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">While this is a graduate seminar (MA and PhD), we might allow a few select spaces for motivated senior undergrads and independent students. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To apply, please send letter of motivation directly to me</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">. Current Concordia students, this will appear as ENGL 639, but you cannot register directly online, you
must go through me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are happy to announce that there will be <u>three bursaries </u>offered to cover the cost of tuition: one for international students, one for out-of-province students, and one for Québec students. A request
and demonstration of financial need and pertinence of the seminar for the students' course of study are necessary to apply for funding. I will need to receive these requests by May 1st at the latest if you want to be considered for funding. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Places are limited (15 students) and students should write to me and complete registration by May 15th. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For more details: <a href="https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/academics/summer.html">https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/academics/summer.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Patrick Leroux<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Louis Patrick Leroux<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Associate Professor in playwriting and drama, Department of English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">&<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Professeur agrégé en théâtre et littérature québécoise, Département d'études françaises<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Concordia University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1455 boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1M8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Office LB 644-7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(514) 848-2424, ext. 5617<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/english/faculty.html?fpid=louis-patrick-leroux">http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/english/faculty.html?fpid=louis-patrick-leroux</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Intensive Summer Seminar: 7-17 July, Québec Performing Arts on the World Stage: <a href="https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/academics/summer.html">https://www.concordia.ca/artsci/academics/summer.html</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Montreal Working Group on Circus Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Groupe de recherche sur les arts du cirque<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://resonance.hexagram.ca/circus">resonance.hexagram.ca/circus</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Erin Hurley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">McGill University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">www.mcgill.ca/english/staff/erin-hurley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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