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    Apologies. I left out a critical piece of info re: proposal
    submission. Please see last paragraph..<br>
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          Arial">CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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          Arial">PERFORMANCE HISTORY WORKING GROUP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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          style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p>Canadian
          Association for Theatre Research/</span></b><b><span
          style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:FR-CA" lang="FR-CA">
          Association
          canadienne de la recherche théâtrale (ACRT)</span></b><span
        style="font-family:Arial" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
        New Roman"">Tuesday
        29 May through Friday 1 June 2018 at the Isabel Bader Centre for
        Performing
        Arts, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            Arial">Deadline: January 15, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Proposals
        are invited from members of the Performance History Working
        Group, which will
        consider the challenges of performance history as it relates to
        the ongoing
        research of participants. This inaugural session of the Working
        Group will
        explore the relationship between the historian of performance
        and documentary
        evidence; but because this is an inaugural meeting, we will
        focus on recent
        concerns and significant challenges that participants have
        experienced, as a
        means to establish the larger on-going issues the Working Group
        should explore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">The meeting
        of this Working Group at CATR/ACRT 2018 in Kingston, Ontario is
        part of a
        larger pattern of activity, which includes: the regular
        communication through
        an online blog; the active mentorship of emerging scholars;
        on-line meetings to
        discuss readings and research questions; local and regional
        meetings; and a
        meeting a the annual CATR conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Once
        membership in the group is confirmed, participants will be asked
        to contribute
        a statement of no more than 1,000 words (along with any related
        materials),
        which will be posted to a website in advance of the conference
        for viewing by
        participants and registrants. We will divide participants into
        groups for
        on-line discussion, assign respondents, and organize the
        conference session as
        a series of related research questions for discussion. Material
        will not be
        read during our time at the conference, but will act as pretexts
        for
        conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
    <p
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">If you are
        not yet a member of the Working Group, and are interested in
        joining, contact <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Stephen
          Johnson (</b></span><a
        href="mailto:sjohnson.research@gmail.com"><b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">sjohnson.research@gmail.com</span></b></a><b
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          style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
          Arial">)</span></b><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"> for more
        information. We encourage the participation of graduate
        students, scholars early
        in their careers, and seasoned veterans. The area of research is
        not restricted
        to a particular time or place. We welcome questions in advance
        of submitting a
        proposal.<o:p></o:p></span><span
        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p><br>
        </o:p></span></p>
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        style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span><span
        style="font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Not all
        Working Group Members
        need to participate in the Conference seminar; all are welcome.
        However, those
        who are interested in participating must send a notice of intent
        to Stephen
        Johnson (<a href="mailto:sjohnson.research@gmail.com">sjohnson.research@gmail.com</a>)
        by 15 January 2018, along with a 250-word statement outlining an
        intended
        'challenge' or 'concern' you would like discussed during this
        first meeting.
        This is for planning purposes.</span>
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