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>>>>>>> A FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be sending an email to over 1400 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to respond to everyone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apologies for cross-listings Irish Society for Theatre Research Annual Conference Trinity College, Dublin 23-24 April 2010 Performance Studies Working Group: 2010 Call for Papers: Performance Studies has established itself internationally as a discipline which embraces the plurality of performance both in everyday living and in the performed text; the presentational nature of our embodied culture and in the theatricality of ballet, opera, theatre and sport. From the X Factor to Usain Bolt; from the performance of St. Patrick's Day to the performance of the Irish Rugby Team, all can be analysed through the prism of Schechner's 'as' performance, or Victor Turner's ritual or Erving Goffman's frames. The proposed topic for this year's meeting of the Performance Studies Working Group (23-24 April 2010) is the Performance of Grief, particularly within an Irish context. This year's meeting aims to both appraise/evaluate current research practices, and to identify/apply new theoretical orientations to the use of Performance Studies as a methodology for the analysis of Irish culture and performance. Papers and performances investigating current research and/or practice in the performance of grief in an Irish or international context are invited. These may be illustrated through examples of individuals, performance events, theatrical contexts, documents, institutions, archives, audiences, social conditions etc. Potential topics and themes include, but are not limited to: * Traditional aspects of the performance of rituals around grief in Ireland * Ritual aspects of funerals in Ireland * Funeral orations * The performativity of the grieving process * Wakes in Ireland * Public grief in contemporary mediatised Ireland * On-line grieving * Grieving and funerals in performance texts * The performance of grief in a political context * Sites of performing grief * Memorials as performance or re-enactment of grief Proposal Submissions: Proposals should outline the theoretical framework as well as a description of how that approach is employed to investigate a particular case study, trend or topic. Abstracts (no more than 500 words or 5 minutes of film on CDROM) and a brief (150 words) biography including name, affiliation if applicable, and email address should be directed to working group conveners Lisa Fitzpatrick ([log in to unmask]) and Fiona Fearon ([log in to unmask]) by Friday 5 February 2010. All selected participants presenting papers must commit to submitting final conference drafts of their papers by Monday 12 April 2010. Articles longer than conventional conference papers are welcome (up to a maximum of 7000 words). Those submitting practice should submit a document of their choice (text, CDROM, etc), which outlines the parameters of the project and of the research under discussion. Participants will be expected to read /watch all colleagues' drafts before the working group session meets and all participants must become members of ISTR. ISTR Performance Studies Working Group The Performance Studies Working Group aims to explore ways to analyse performance in its multiplicity of elements and meanings, taking into account the process of our own spectatorship as it is informed by the theory and history of theatre, dance, music, and performance studies. Participation is encouraged from practitioners, critics and academics in the disciplines of theatre and drama, digital technology, and performance art. All material is circulated among participants in advance of the annual ISTR conference. Each paper or performance is briefly summarized rather than presented by their author, before being discussed in detail by the rest of the working group. Any ISTR member can submit a proposal or participate in our panel discussions. It must be emphasised that we will welcome papers in all stages of development including early drafts and works-in-progress as the provision of feedback is a crucial dynamic to the working group. Indeed, it is our hope and expectation that participants will continue to engage with one another and to exchange material for future development long after our session draws to a close. Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick Lecturer in Drama School of Creative Arts University of Ulster at Magee Derry / L'Derry BT28 7JL Tel. 028 713 75105 http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/hri/staff/sub/webpages/fitzpatrick.html ______________ To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit www.scudd.org.uk/list ______________