Submission Deadline: October 24, 2014
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Annual Conference
July 30 – August 2, 2015
Montréal, Québec
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel
We invite papers that broadly address the conference theme of “Je me souviens” as relates to Middle Eastern, Middle-Eastern-American, Middle-Eastern-Canadian, or other Middle Eastern hyphenate, theatre and performance.
In what ways does Middle Eastern theatre and performance, and its hyphenates, invoke remembering, link past to future, or recall the past in order to lament the present or imagine the future? In what ways does it associate remembrance with place? To quote the conference website, “Issues of country/isolation/assimilation,… as well as acts of revolt/revolution, quiet and otherwise, give rise to consideration of the silences, the unsaid, the gestures, the sub-text, the dangers, the misunderstandings, the non-discursive in the ‘in-between’ terrain between cultures, countries, and constituencies…. Building on this, we can also embrace inter/trans-national and inter/trans-cultural exchanges and performance texts, process, or production.” The rich, complex history of the Middle East and Middle Eastern diaspora provides fertile ground for exploring these issues, as expressed through the theatre of the region and beyond.
To submit a paper for consideration, please submit a document containing: the title of your proposed paper, a 150-200 word abstract, your contact information (including phone and email), your institutional or professional affiliation, and your request for AV needs (if applicable).
Send your proposal to both of the following:
Jim Al-Shamma at james.alshamma@belmont.edumailto:james.alshamma@belmont.edu
Fatima Madani Sarbarani at fmadanis@asu.edumailto:fmadanis@asu.edu
Jim Al-Shamma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Belmont University
