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 2011
• Who are we writing for? Who are we writing about? This may include considerations of celebrity culture, canon formation, identity politics, and the influence of other scholars.
• Where? is theatre history still confined to the usual metropolitan centres and suspects? Where is it being practised outside theatre and drama departments and beyond the university (e.g., heritage museums, re-enactment etc)?
• When? When does the contemporary become historical? How do we engage with periodisation?
• How are we practising theatre history? What other disciplines do we look to? How might they enrich or challenge our approaches?
We invite proposals in the following formats:
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• Formal, delivered papers (max 20 minutes)
• Provocations or position statements (max 10 minutes) – these might include updates on previous work discussed in the group.
• pre-circulated papers (max 2000 words)
• instances of practice-as-research or short workshop demonstrations (max 30 mins)
Please send 250 word (max) proposals, stating preferred presentation format, to the two convenors by 3rd May 2011.
Co-convenors
| Gilli Bush-Bailey |
Kate Dorney |
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