[Bilimsel Haber] UPDATE: Close Relations: the Spaces of Greek and Roman Theatre (Australia) (4/10/06; 9/20/06-9/23/06)

[Nazan Haydari]

UPDATE - CALL FOR PAPERS - deadline extended to April
10, 2006

CLOSE RELATIONS: THE =91SPACES=92 OF GREEK AND ROMAN
THEATRE

An international, multi-disciplinary conference
linking theatre and=20
performance studies, archaeology, classical studies
and reception=20
studies

www.sca.unimelb.edu.au/close


September 20-23, 2006 at the University of Melbourne,
Australia
Convenors: Prof. Frank Sear, Paul Monaghan, Jane
Montgomery Griffiths

Proposals for presentations of 20 or 40 minutes
duration, including=20
title and abstract of up to 200 words must be received
by April 10,=20
2006

Please send proposals to pmonag at unimelb.edu.au

The Conference Focus
This conference examines the =91spaces=92 of Greek and
Roman theatre 
and=20=

the relationships between them.

=91Theatre=92 refers to something that is both a
material entity 
(the=20
performance space or theatre building) and the more
fluid activity 
that=20=

takes place in it, and we are particularly interested
in exploring 
the=20=

relationship between these two aspects in antiquity,
over time, and 
in=20=

the contemporary world.


Confirmed International Guest Speakers

Professor Richard Beacham, King's Visualisation Lab,
Kings College,=20
London


Dr. Dmitry Trubotchkin, State Institute for Arts
Studies; Russian=20
Academy for Theatre Arts, Moscow

Prof. Lorna Hardwick, Classical Studies & Reception of
Classical Texts
Research Project, Open University, U.K.


Papers of 20 or 40 minutes duration are sought on the
following topics:


The physical spaces of Greek and Roman theatre
Current reconstruction work, both physical and
virtual, of important=20
sites and the use of such sites in conjunction with
live performance=20
for research and teaching purposes.

Ancient performance practice
The relationship between physical and virtual (in the
sense of 
mental)=20=

space in ancient performance, and the way that the
physical spaces 
of=20
Greek and Roman theatre influenced or defined actual
performance=20
practice in Athens, Rome and other locations?

Reception Studies
What have later cultures (particularly since the
Renaissance) done 
with=20=

these ancient spaces, and what other spaces have they
chosen instead 
to=20=

use for Greek and Roman theatre performances?

Reception in Australia and New Zealand
What are the trends and what is distinctive about the
reception of=20
Greek and Roman theatre in Australia and New Zealand?
We are looking 
to=20=

establish an informal network of researchers in this
field, and hope=20
that the conference will provide a starting point for
this endeavour.

Presentation Formats
You may choose to present conventional academic
papers, performed=20
papers, or performances.
Time for meaningful debate will be structured into the
proceedings 
(we=20=

welcome your suggestions).

Publication
A selection of papers will be published in a refereed
academic 
journal=20=

or book after the conference.

Our website : http://www.sca.unimelb.edu.au/close/

Enquiries: Paul Monaghan: pmonag at unimelb.edu.au or
Frank Sear:=20
fsear at unimelb.edu.au





Paul Monaghan
Lecturer
Theatre Studies, School of Creative Arts
University of Melbourne

pmonag at unimelb.edu.au
+ 613 / 8344 8289

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Co-convenor, Close Relations-The Spaces of Greek and
Roman Theatre
September 19-23, 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW ACTIVE
http://www.sca.unimelb.edu.au/close/

Co-editor, Double Dialogues Conference & Journal [ISSN
1447-9591]
http://www.doubledialogues.com
NEW ISSUES NOW ONLINE: Anatomy and Poetics, InStead

Co-convenor, Dramaturgies project
http://www.realtimearts.net  and go to  'Dramaturgy
Now'
CHECK THE DEC-JAN 2005-06 ISSUE  OF REALTIME MAGAZINE
FOR HUGE 
FEATURE=20=

ARTICLE

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