ATHE ONLINE: Second Annual Performance Studies Conference (fwd)

[Kathy Chung]

My apologies to those people on both CANDRAMA and the DC list who are
getting double messages!
 
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:55:30 -0500
From: James Thomas <jthomas at CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list ATHENEWS <ATHENEWS at CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU>
Subject: ATHE ONLINE: Second Annual Performance Studies Conference
 
>
>January 15, 1996
>
>We are pleased to announce the Second Annual Performance Studies Conference
>PERFORMANCE STUDIES FORMATIONS:
>CONNECTIONS / CONTESTATIONS / COALITIONS
>March 21-24, 1996, hosted by Department of Performance Studies,
>Northwestern University.
>Featuring a combination of plenary and breakout sessions with panels,
>roundtables, performances, workshops, and installations by an
>interdisciplinary group of scholars, artists, and educators.
>
>REGISTRATION and FEES:  We are happy to announce that graduate students who
>register in advance may attend the conference free of charge.  Others
>registering in advance pay $35.  The deadline for advance registration is
>February 16, 1996.  After February 16 the registration is $50 ($25 for
>graduate students).
>
>Conference flyers and registration forms are being mailed to all members of
>the Performance Studies Focus Group of ATHE.  If you would like to
>add your name to the mailing list, please contact Mr. Alan Shefsky,
>Conference Associate Director, email:  ashef at nwu.edu; telephone:
>708-491-3171; fax:  708-467-2019.
>
>LODGING:  We have made arrangements with three hotels in and near Evanston:
>the Omni Orrington Hotel (708)-866-8700 or 1-800-THE-OMNI; the Holiday Inn
>of Evanston (708)-491-6400 or 1-800-382-6786; and the North Shore Hilton
>(708)-679-7000 or 1-800-TRY-HILT.  The Omni and the Holiday Inn are in
>walking distance to campus, the Hilton requires the use of a shuttle
>service.  Space is limited, so please make your reservation early, and
>before February 14.  When placing reservations, please be sure to indicate
>that you will be attending the PERFORMANCE STUDIES CONFERENCE.
>
>We received more than 300 submissions in response to our open call for
>proposals/papers.  The large number of strong proposals attests to the
>robust health of the field.  We are excited about the quality and
>interdisciplinary range of presentations. In addition to performance
>studies programs, disciplinary affiliations of presenters include African
>and  African-American Studies, American Culture, Anthropology, Art, Art
>History, Communication, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Dance,
>English, Folklore, History, Humanities, Law, Philosophy, Speech, Theatre,
>and others.
>
>We are particularly pleased that several of the scholarly panels integrate
>performative modes of presentation, and we  encourage all presenters of
>papers to give attention to delivery.  We promise you a  lively conference
>that displays the challenging, innovative, and rigorous work that is
>currently mobilized under the banner of performance studies.  Our vision is
>that the PERFORMANCE STUDIES FORMATIONS conference will be a generative
>site where diverse, emergent, and overlapping constituencies can come
>together to forge coalitions and respect difference.
>
>Conference registration and check-in will take place Thursday afternoon,
>March 21, with opening performances and a reception Thursday evening.
>Events on Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23, will begin at 9:00 a.m. and
>continue into the evening.  Events on Sunday, March 24, will begin at 9:00
>a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m.   A detailed conference schedule will be sent to
>all registrants in late February.  All conference events are wheel-chair
>accessible.
>
>For international colleagues, Northwestern University is in the city of
>Evanston, which is immediately north of and directly connected to Chicago
>by speedy and inexpensive public transportation with 24-hour service.
>There are two major airports that serve Chicagoland:  O'Hare International
>(the big one), and Midway.  Both airports are linked to Chicago's efficient
>public transportation system (in Chicagoland it's called the "el"--short
>for "elevated" [trains]).  A $1.50 "el" token will get you from either
>airport to Northwestern's campus.  We will enclose information in
>conference packets about Chicago's incredible cultural resources:  museums,
>theatres, as well as its diverse urban neighborhoods and ethnic commercial
>centers.  Still a port-of-entry for refugees and new immigrants, Chicago is
>one of the most dynamic and culturally diverse cities of the world.
>
>I want to acknowledge with gratitude the following institutions that have
>co-sponsored the conference (it is because of the generous response to our
>open call for co-sponsorships that we are able to waive registration fees
>for graduate students who register in advance):
>NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (Dept. of Performance Studies), ARIZONA STATE
>UNIVERSITY (Dept. of Communication), BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY (Dept.
>of Theatre), BROWN UNIVERSITY (Dept. of Theatre, Speech, & Dance),
>CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS (School of Critical Studies), CITY
>UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (Ph.D. Program in Theatre), LOUISIANA STATE
>UNIVERSITY (Dept. of Communication), TULANE UNIVERSITY (Dept. of English),
>UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK (Depts. of English, Theatre &
>Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Humanities, Graduate School),
>UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Dept. of Communication), UNIVERSITY OF
>TEXAS-AUSTIN (Dept. of Speech Communication), TRIQUARTERLY, UNIVERSITY OF
>MICHIGAN PRESS, SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION FOR THEATRE
>IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
>
>Finally, I want to thank the many people who sent excellent papers and
>proposals.  It is great for the field--(but agonizing for selection
>committee!)--that we had many more proposals than could be accommodated at
>one conference.  The notification letters are being mailed this week.  If
>you do not receive a letter by January 25, then contact me.  All other
>inquiries about conference registration and logistics should go to Alan
>Shefsky, ashef at nwu.edu.
>
>We look forward to welcoming you to Northwestern in March!
>
>Alan Shefsky
>Department of Performance Studies
>Northwestern University
>1979 South Campus Drive
>Evanston, IL  60208-2430
>(708) 491-3171
>(708) 467-2019 fax
>ashef at nwu.edu
>
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