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Dear Colleagues,
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<p>Some of you maybe interested in this CFP for ASTR's Virtual
Publication Development Forums for early-career scholars,
including one for the Pacific NW region that I and some of my
UBC colleagues will serve as mentors. Note that the application
deadline for August workshops is July 6. <br>
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<p>All best,</p>
<p>Siyuan<br>
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<div>--<br>
Siyuan Liu, PhD<br>
Editor, <i>Asian Theatre Journal</i><br>
Associate Professor of Theatre<br>
Graduate Advisor<br>
Department of Theatre and Film<br>
University of British Columbia<br>
6354 Crescent Road, Vancouver BC<br>
Canada V6T 1Z2<br>
604-822-0944</div>
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roman, serif" color="#990000"><b>CFP: VIRTUAL
Publication Development Forums (PDF)</b></font></p>
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color="#000000">View the <a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">website</a> for
more information</font></b></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><font
face="times new roman, serif">Early-career scholars
(PhD/DFA/DPhil) in Theatre, Dance, & Performance
Studies or any related field who are in contingent
positions and/or seeking more secure academic
employment are <b>invited to participate in a series
of no-cost, virtual meetings to develop a
work-in-progress for publication</b>. These virtual
Publication Development Forums are an attempt to
respond to the myriad challenges that exist post-PhD,
especially for contingent faculty, to develop
scholarship toward publication. Participants are only
eligible to take part in one Forum but may choose
which one is best suited to their schedule.</font></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.5pt"><font face="times new roman,
serif"><b>APPLICATION DEADLINES</b>: <b><font
color="#990000">July 6</font></b> (Midwest, New
England, The South, & Pacific NW) & <font
color="#990000"><b>August 28</b></font> (CA/Southwest)</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in
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face="times new roman, serif"><b>OVERVIEW</b></font></span></p>
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0.0001pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><font
face="times new roman, serif">These virtual PDFs are
an expansion of the inaugural PDF that took place on
February 7, 2020, at Tufts University. Forums will be
hosted by scholars across the US during the summer of
2020. Participants will be paired with a writing
mentor and take part in nine hours of scheduled time
over a five-day period. Programs are spread over
multiple days with flexible times to better
accommodate those who have responsibilities to
families, summer teaching, etc. The objective is to
support participants as they meet a major research
goal.</font></span></p>
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face="times new roman, serif"><b>HOW TO APPLY</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman,
serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Please complete
this <a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeg1SGk72xcLvSiNijnCikNFnf5UAInBsOTzSqBRTAL7hwe7Q/viewform?usp=sf_link"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Google Form</a></span><span
style="font-size:11.5pt"> if you have a draft article,
essay for a collection, or book proposal and are
seeking more secure, permanent academic employment.
You must already hold a PhD, DPhil, or DFA in the
fields of theatre, performance studies, dance, or a
related specialty. The application asks you to
identify what kind of writing you will be submitting
to assist in pairing participants with mentors, as
well as a 200-word description of the
work-in-progress. Participants must submit drafts (50
pp. or 15k words max.) of their materials no later
than two weeks prior to their Forum to allow mentors
time to review their work-in-progress.</span></font></p>
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face="times new roman, serif"><b>SUPPORT</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><font
face="times new roman, serif">This event owes much to
the generous seed support of the American Theatre and
Drama Society and Association for Theatre in Higher
Education, which recognize the challenges that
non-tenure stream and contingent faculty face, and to
ongoing organizational support from Northwestern
University and Tufts University. Volunteer hosts and
mentors are gratefully acknowledged.</font></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.5pt"><font face="times new roman,
serif"><b>Questions? Contact Keary Watts at</b><b> <a
href="mailto:tdps.pdf@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">tdps.pdf@gmail.com</a></b></font></span></p>
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