Brussels drama conference

[Marc Maufort]

CRUCIBLE OF CULTURES :
ANGLOPHONE DRAMA AT THE DAWN
OF A NEW MILLENNIUM

International Conference organized by the Department of Germanic and Modern
Languages of the University of Brussels
University of Brussels, May 16-19, 2001

SECOND CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS


This three-day conference will seek to explore the new developments that
characterize Anglophone drama at the dawn of the 21st century, at a time
when the label "English" is no longer perceived only as British and American
but also comprises the former colonies of the British Empire. Theatre will
be analyzed in its capacity to translate the many-faceted societal and
aesthetic changes that mark the beginning of the new millennium : how does
Anglophone drama reinscribe the complexities of postmodernism and cultural
pluralism in an age of transition ? A number of scholarly sessions will deal
with British, American and postcolonial theatre and drama. The conference
will have a strong dramaturgical bias and will seek to accommodate papers
crossing the boundaries between text and performance. The conference will
comprise plenary lectures, paper sessions, roundtables and/or
lecture-demonstrations.

Guest speakers will include : Harry J. Elam ( Stanford University ), Judith
E. Barlow ( State University of New York at Albany ), Ric Knowles (
University of Guelph, Canada ), C.W.E. Bigsby ( University of East Anglia ),
Drew Milne ( Cambridge University ), Geoff Davis ( Aachen University of
Technology), Christopher Balme (University of Mainz), Helen Gilbert (
University of Queensland-Brisbane ), Drew Hayden Taylor ( playwright, Canada
) and Timberlake Wertenbaker ( playwright, England ).

Here are some of the topics that might be considered for paper sessions :

--Studies of  individual playwrights
--Drama, performance and the legacy of postmodernism.
--Feminist theatre and drama.
--Political theatre and drama.
--Drama and realism.
--Class, gender, ethnic and cultural diversity in Anglophone drama.
--Drama and Empire.
--Drama and power : new colonialisms.
--Drama and performance studies.
--The role of dramaturgy in articulating new developments.
--Translating/adapting Anglophone drama in francophone countries.
--Producing Anglophone drama in French-speaking countries : the role of
dramaturgy.

Papers proposals should reach the convenor by December 15, 2000 :


Professor Marc Maufort
Conference Convenor
Langues et littératures modernes CP 175
Université Libre de Bruxelles
50, av. F.D. Roosevelt
1050 BRUXELLES/BELGIUM
E-Mail : mmaufort at ulb.ac.be
Http : //www.ulb.ac.be/philo/langlitt/Maufort.html

Registration information :
Ms. E. Scholiers
"Crucible of Cultures" Conference secretariat
Langues et littératures modernes CP 175
Université Libre de Bruxelles
50, av. F.D. Roosevelt
1050 BRUXELLES/BELGIUM
E-Mail : ESCHOLIERS at admin.ulb.ac.be



Marc Maufort
Associate Professor
English Department
CP 175
Université Libre de Bruxelles
50, av. F.D. Roosevelt
1050 BRUXELLES/BELGIUM
Tel: ++32-2-426-04-37
Fax: ++32-2-650-24-50