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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"><b>The International Symposium of Theatre Critics and Theatre Scholars</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"><b><u>Theatre and political correctness</u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Organisers: Sterijino Pozorje, Novi Sad</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Novi Sad and Belgrade, Serbia, May 26</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> -
29</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">, 2024 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">The traditional International Symposium of Theatre Critics and Theatre Scholars will be held from May 27</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> to
28</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> 2024 in Novi Sad (Serbia), organized by Sterijino Pozorje, the Festival of National
Drama and Theatre, in collaboration with the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC/AICT) </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"><u>Chairperson: </u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Ass. Prof. PhD Marina Milivojević Mađarev, Academy of Arts, Novi Sad (Serbia), president of the board of directors of the Association of critics and theatre experts of Serbia</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">and</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Prof. PhD Darko Lukić independent researcher, Germany</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> Political correctness is the demand of our days. It has brought many improvements to social life that could be defined in the broadest sense as greater rights and visibility of the Other:
women, children, the LGBTIQA+ community, various minority communities, persons with disabilities, racial, ethnic and religious minorities etc.… On the other hand, the one who was (and still is) privileged gets the impression that flourishing of the underrepresented
or oppressed communities supported by political correctness provokes his losing ground under the feet. The situation in the world is far from simple. In the countries where the rights of Others are threatened, standing up for political correctness is a means
of struggle. At the same time, as the concept of political correctness spreads around the world, inflation of the term also occurs. This leads to an empty form and empty words that become just another screen behind which essential injustices are hidden again.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">The influence of political correctness on the theatre brings a serial of questions:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Does it bring more freedom to theatre art or restrictions? How the definition and understanding of political correctness depend on different cultural contexts? </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">When foundations and governments make project requests to artists to create performances based on any kind of politically defined themes, are they supporting the art or making the limitations? </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">What are politically incorrect themes and artistic actions and what are their values if at all? </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">How did political correctness influence a theatre investigation of crucial social problems of our times: ecological and migrant crises, intolerance towards minorities, populism, etc? </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Does political correctness limit comedy and especially satire? </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">How does political correctness influence new stage interpretations of classical plays, those written in a completely different cultural, social and political context? </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">We hope that the Symposium will provide answers to some of these questions. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Those interested, please send an abstract of 200 words (max), and your short bio (of no more than 80 words) to:
</span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(233, 238, 246); line-height: 24px;"><u><a href="mailto:theatrecriticssymposium@gmail.com" id="OWA73e073b3-009b-6369-0860-c21dea3a3cf6" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">theatrecriticssymposium@gmail.com</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Length of articles: Reading time 15 minutes (maximum)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Submission deadline for abstracts: 20</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> February
2024 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Notification (of acceptance or rejection): 30</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> March
2024 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Final date for article submission: 21</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">May 2024</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Conference language is English</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">We are kindly inviting interested colleagues to send a resume of their work (up to 500 words) in English to the following addresses: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); line-height: 21.6px;"><u><a href="mailto:theatrecriticssymposium@gmail.com" id="OWA9aa2c4c8-959a-a37a-01bd-a5c1992f2cbe" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">theatrecriticssymposium@gmail.com</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;"> until
the 20</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">February 2024. Once your proposals are accepted, we would appreciate if the complete
texts (up to 5000 words) in English were sent until the 21</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">May 2024. The papers will not be read during the Symposium, they will be available to the participants in advance on the website of Sterijino Pozorje (</span>[http://www.pozorje,org.rs/]<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); line-height: 21.6px;"><u>www.pozorje.org.rs</u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">)
instead, as well in the Symposium material. Authors are expected only to present the main theses and conclusions of their papers in 15 minutes, so there is enough time left for a discussion. Participants will have at their disposal technical equipment and
support of Power Point and DVD presentations.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(153, 51, 102); line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">The Symposium will be held in English.</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Sterijino pozorje will take care of the expenses for food and accommodation in Novi Sad and theatre tickets, as well as the transportation between
airport Belgrade and Novi Sad and vice versa. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 19.8px;">Participants coming from Europe will be provided with accommodation for three nights (arrival in Novi Sad on 26</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 19.8px;"> May,
departure on the 29th May) and participants coming from outside of Europe directly to Serbia for up to four nights (arrival in Novi Sad</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.5px; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 19.8px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 19.8px;">on
the 25</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 10.5px; line-height: 12.6px;">th</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 19.8px;"> May).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">Symposium Chairpersons </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">PhD Marina Milivojević Mađarev </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 21.6px;">PhD Darko Lukić</span></p>
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