CDE Call for Papers
CDE Conference 2004, Bamberg, Germany, 3-6 June 2004
"STAGING DISPLACEMENT, EXILE; AND DIASPORA"
The German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English =
<www.ContemporaryDrama.de> announces its 13th Annual Conference (3-6 =
June 2004). It will be organized by the Chair of English Literature at =
the University of Bamberg and held as a residential seminar at =
Vierzehnheiligen, the famous baroque monastery near Bamberg.
Call for Papers:
Drama and theatre are complex forms of shaping the practices and =
languages of collective memory and identity. In this way, they are =
interventionist and counter-hegemonic, making visible ideologies of =
nationalism, racism, and colonialism. The conference wants to ask when =
and where the staging of displacement, exile and diaspora has helped to =
produce new identities and where it can (at best) be part of a =
post-traumatic process of healing. This makes it necessary to look at =
displacement from both a historical and a contemporary perspective.=20
We invite papers which address forms, issues and the social and =
political context in which drama and theatre of displacement, exile and =
diaspora is written and performed. Topics may include:
- collective cultural identities and/or isolation and marginalization
- the cultural memory of displacement, exile, and diaspora
- traumas and dramas: violence and power in plays of displacement, =
exile, and diaspora=20
(e.g. staging displacement and exile caused by the Nazi Dictatorship)
- history plays of displacement, exile, and diaspora
- negotiating cultural difference in dramatic representations of =
displacement, exile and diaspora in contemporary African, American, and =
Caribbean theatre and drama
- the Black and Asian experience in contemporary British or American =
theatre and drama
- staging migration in contemporary Europe (e.g. the Irish diaspora on =
the Continent)
Abstracts:=20
If you propose to give a talk (in English, not exceeding 20 minutes), =
please submit your title and an abstract of 200 words accompanied by a =
short biographical sketch. In addition to the presentation of papers we =
particularly invite contributions to alternative forms of discussion: =
e.g. proposals for workshops on Teaching Contemporary Drama in English =
and on Theatre Practice/Working with English Drama Groups. Deadline for =
submission of abstracts: 31 December 2003.
Please send your proposals to:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Houswitschka
Dr. Anja M=FCller-Muth
University of Bamberg
English Literature
An der Universit=E4t 9
D - 96045 Bamberg, Germany
Tel.: ++49 (0)951 863 2175
Fax: ++49 (0)951 4077857
christoph.houswitschka@split.uni-bamberg.de
anja.mueller-muth@split.uni-bamberg.de
conference website: http://www.ContemporaryDrama.de
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