[Candrama] Call for Participants: Performance History Working Group, CATR 2018

[Marlis Schweitzer]

*CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS*

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*PERFORMANCE HISTORY WORKING GROUP*

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*Canadian Association for Theatre Research/****Association canadienne de 
la recherche théâtrale (ACRT)*

Tuesday 29 May through Friday 1 June 2018 at the Isabel Bader Centre for 
Performing Arts, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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*Deadline: January 15, 2018*

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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.

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.

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.

If you are not yet a member of the Working Group, and are interested in 
joining, contact *Stephen Johnson (sjohnson.research at gmail.com 
<mailto:sjohnson.research at gmail.com>)* 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.


-- 
Marlis Schweitzer
Associate Professor
Theatre & Performance Studies, York University
President, Canadian Association for Theatre Research
Associate Editor, Theatre Survey

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