Call for Papers
Shakespeare in America
July 18-20, 2002
For a conference held in conjunction with the 25th Anniversary Season of the
Illinois Shakespeare Festival, we seek papers on all aspects of Shakespeare'’s
relationship to American history, culture and education. Festival performances
of Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, and Merchant of Venice will be
featured during the evenings of the conference, so papers relating to these
plays are especially welcome.
The Shakespeare in America conference is a joint production of the School of
Theatre and the Department of English at Illinois State University.
The Illinois Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary in the 2002
season. Affiliated with the School of Theatre, the Festival is one of the ten
largest in the United States and operates under professional agreements with
Actor's Equity Association, United Scenic Artists, and Society of Stage
Directors and Choreographers. The season runs from mid-June to mid-August and
features three shows in rotating repertory in the 425-seat, outdoor Theatre at
Ewing Manor, a facility dedicated in 2000 expressly for the use of the
Festival.
Paper topic areas might include but are not limited to the following:
Shakespeare and the Youth-Exploitation Film (10 Things I Hate About You, etc.)
The Shakespeare Industry
Commercial Shakespeare (Appropriations of Shakespeare as Cultural Capital)
The Shakespeare Festival Phenomenon
Disney’s Shakespeare (Shakespeare in Love, Lion King, etc.)
Populist Shakespeare
Shakespeare and American Racial Politics
Shakespeare in Utopian and Dystopian Discourses
Shakespeare and Sexual Politics
Shakespeare and Modernity/Postmodernity
Queer Shakespeare
Shakespeare in the Schools
Shakespeare for Young Children
Papers should be planned for 15-20 minute presentations.
Abstracts (300-500 words) should be emailed to Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix at:
emullen@ilstu.edu
Deadline for Abstracts: March 1, 2002
Deadline for Completed Papers: July 1, 2002
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