{"id":131,"date":"2022-06-09T15:43:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T14:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/goth\/?p=131"},"modified":"2022-08-30T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:59:17","slug":"goth-symposium-2023-gender-and-otherness-in-drama-and-literature-call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/goth\/index.php\/2022\/06\/09\/goth-symposium-2023-gender-and-otherness-in-drama-and-literature-call-for-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"GOTH Symposium 2023: Gender and otherness in drama, literature and visual culture – Call for Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"

CFP DEADLINE<\/strong>: 30 November 2022
\nEVENT<\/strong>: 3rd Annual GOTH Symposium
\nDATE<\/strong>: Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 May 2023
\nORGANIZERS<\/strong>: The GOTH Committee
\nHOST<\/strong>: The GOTH Research Centre, OU
\nLOCATION<\/strong>: The Open University, Milton Keynes (live, on campus event)
\nTHEME<\/strong>: Gender and otherness in drama, literature and visual culture.<\/p>\n

The Annual GOTH Symposium welcomes scholars from within and outside The Open University for three days of productive interdisciplinary discussion and debate. The Program Committee invites proposals for 20-minute papers focusing on the following aspects of gender and otherness in drama, literature and visual culture:<\/p>\n

1. Gender and\/or otherness in pre-1800 images of drama and literature, with topics including but not limited to:
\n\u2022 images by or relating to William Hogarth, and especially to his early career and book illustrations
\n\u2022 the anti-hero: Don Quixote and Hudibras illustrations at Littlecote House and elsewhere
\n\u2022 any aspect of the Littlecote House murals
\n(On the Littlecote House murals, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

2. Gender and\/or otherness in modern performance receptions of ancient Greek drama, possibly addressing topics including (but not limited to):
\n\u2022 new versions of rarely staged or fragmentary texts
\n\u2022 innovative or non-traditional modes of performance
\n\u2022 productions engaging with intersecting identities<\/p>\n

3. Race, disability and\/or otherness in early modern theatre, with topics including but not limited to:
\n\u2022 depictions of otherness in dramatic writing and staging practices
\n\u2022 historical receptions of race and disability
\n\u2022 the significance of gender in representations of race and disability<\/p>\n

4. \u201cCollectible Otherness\u201d 1500-1800, with topics including but not limited to:
\n\u2022 Dwarfs; conjoined twins; the abnormally hirsute
\n\u2022 Genre: visual culture, drama and literature
\n\u2022 Contextualizing agency and Intersectionality of otherness: court, theatre, fairground, curiosity cabinet (Wunderkammer)<\/p>\n

Please submit your proposal (300 words max) and academic bio (150 words max) on or before 30 November 2022, to m.a.katritzky@open.ac.uk & FASS-GOTH-Admin@open.ac.uk. All presenters will be provided with accommodation (1 night). A limited number of travel bursaries will be awarded; if you wish to be considered please include a brief statement explaining what sum is required and why.
\nInquiries on any aspect of the symposium can be emailed to FASS-GOTH-Admin@open.ac.uk.<\/p>\n

Further information on the event and registration is being posted on the GOTH website as it becomes available: http:\/\/fass.open.ac.uk\/research\/centres\/goth<\/p>\n

On behalf of the Symposium organizers:<\/strong><\/span>
\nGOTH Committee<\/strong>:
\n\u2022 Dr M A Katritzky \u2013 Director, GOTH & Barbara Wilkes Research Fellow in Theatre Studies
\n\u2022 Dr Christine Plastow \u2013 GOTH Web and Media Manager & Lecturer in Classical Studies
\n\u2022 Dr Molly Ziegler \u2013 Lecturer in Drama and Performance Studies, Department of English & Creative Writing.
\nAnd Guest Co-Organizer<\/strong>:
\n\u2022 Prof. Dr. Birgit Ulrike M\u00fcnch, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t Bonn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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