CALL for PAPERS
From Rachel Shapiro and Anna Porubcansky (see below)

Appropriating Space
An Interdisciplinary Colloquium for Postgraduate Students
22-23 February 2008
Goldsmiths, University of London 

From gaming halls to ghost towns, wailing walls to waterholes, social 
spaces are shaped by the people who inhabit them.  Appropriating Space is a 
student-led colloquium for postgraduates that will explore the many ways in 
which social and spatial identity are intertwined. 

This call for papers invites students to examine the construction of space 
from many perspectives, identifying the various ways in which diverse 
groups shape and inscribe social space. The idea of social space can 
include (but is not limited to): professional environments, collectivities 
and communes, national and local territories, political imperatives, 
alternative spaces, performance spaces and theatres, marketplaces, pubs, 
art galleries and museums, annexed spaces, sacred or spiritual spaces or 
domestic contexts; the problematics of space and the mechanisms of 
globalisation.

Organised by the Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group at 
Goldsmiths (led by Professor Maria Shevtsova), this event will provide an 
opportunity for postgraduates in all fields across the UK to engage with 
their peers across disciplines in a challenging and convivial environment. 
In addition to showcasing their own research through the presentation of 
conference papers, students will be able to participate in several 
roundtable discussions and panel sessions over the course of the 
colloquium. This is a unique opportunity for postgraduates across the 
country to meet, network and exchange ideas in a truly interdisciplinary 
context.

We welcome submissions from postgraduate research students. If you would 
like to participate, please submit your name, university, conference paper 
title or title of practical workshop and 250-word abstract to 
[log in to unmask] Deadline for applications is 31 December 
2007.

Please don't hesitate to contact us with any queries you may have regarding 
the colloquium.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Rachel Shapiro
Anna Porubcansky
PhD Students in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts
Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group
Goldsmiths University of London