2011 Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies Conference

28th June-1st July 2011, Monash University

Convenors: Maryrose Casey and Will Peterson

The 2011 ADSA conference seeks to act as a forum to explore, bring together and/or set in opposition intercultural and cross-cultural performances, receptions of performance, visions, borrowings, understandings, practices, theories and ethical ponderings about performance.

Conference Website

For more information about the 2011 ADSA Conference including a draft schedule, details about registration and the early bird offer, information about workshops, seminars and special events, as well as travel and accommodation options, please visit the conference website: http://arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/conferences/transcultural-transnational-transformation/

Venue

Centre for Theatre and Performance Studies, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Australia

Keynotes

Keynote speakers attending the conference include Professor Helen Gilbert (Royal Holloway, University of London), Professor Rachel Fensham (University of Surrey), and Director Ong Keng Sen (Artistic Director TheatreWorks, Singapore).

Call for Submissions

Final Deadline for Submissions is March 31

We welcome papers on any of the following topics: 

• transcultural flows
• transnational performances and theatre
• cultural translations
• inter-, intra- and cross-cultural performance practices and reception
• discussions, critiques or defences of ways of seeing, documenting or analysing performance across cultures.
• translation

Please respond to the conference theme by March 31st 2010 in ANY of the following ways:

1. submit an abstract of between 200-300 words for an individual paper

2. submit a 300-500 word proposal for a themed panel with names of participants and their institutional affiliation

3. submit a 300-500 word proposal for a performance or workshop

Submissions should be send via email to the conference convenors:

• Dr Maryrose Casey Maryrose.Casey@monash.edu
• Dr Will Peterson Will.Peterson@monash.edu