The Theatre History and Historiography group is dedicated to the exploration and investigation of theatre history using the methodologies and approaches developed in recent years by the New Theatre Historiography movement. The purpose of this group is to discuss work in progress, closely analysing the ways in which evidence, documentation, interpretation, theory and speculation contribute to Theatre History today and open up new and provocative questions about the way we explore the theatrical past on both macro- and micro-levels. The group welcomes new and experienced scholars with an interest in these concerns and follows a procedure in which papers are circulated in advance of the TaPRA Conference to group members, are summarised verbally by contributors at panel sessions and are then thrown open for discussion. Our focus is not so much on the presentation of finished work as on the discussion and enablement of work that is still in process.
Call for Papers 2010
Connections and Disconnections
Having focussed chiefly on evidence and archives in our sessions so far,
we hope this year's theme of Connections and Disconnections' will offer
a way in to discuss what we actually make of the materials we gather and
generate.
We hope sessions may cover issues such as (but not confined to):
* Periodicity and its transgression;
* Interdisciplinarity - the construction of theatre histories of place, of race, of gender, of identity, even of class;
* Performance - or drama-oriented questions of historical ownership, ontology and epistemology;
* New ways in which these particular kinds of history can be written; how our stories are told.
Expresssions of interest should be sent to the conveners Gilli
Bush-Bailey and Kate Dorney in the form of abstracts (max 250 words) by 30
April 2010.
Working Group Practice
After feedback from the meeting last year, we have decided to suggest a
variation in our practice for the next meeting.
As usual, papers will be circulated in advance to facilitate discussion, but rather than the writer then re-introducing or summarizing his or her paper in the session itself, we will adopt a different method.
When we have received and selected the papers, we will group them
thematically (or according to some other principle which makes itself
evident as we read) into panels for the workshop sessions. We will
invite a member of the group not offering a paper to review each
collection, to consult with the authors, and then to offer on the day a
brief overview of the common themes and questions from their panel. The
panel chair will offer an appropriate question or provocation to each
writer. This exchange will act as the introduction to each session,
which will then, we hope, develop as an open discussion with all the
group.
In order to facilitate this, we will be setting the deadline for complete papers slightly earlier than usual: 30th July 2010
For any further questions or enquiries about joining the History and
Historiography working group, please contact the co-conveners:
Co-convenors
| Gilli Bush-Bailey |
Kate Dorney |
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