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Call for Papers : representing gender in the performative arts
REPRESENTING GENDER IN
THE PERFORMATIVE ARTS
International conference
12-13 November 2009
(University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)
photo: Harvey
Edwards, ‘Caught in Flight’
This conference is designed to bring together two main strands of current research in
cultural studies: Gender Studies and Word & Image Studies. The purpose of the
conference is to investigate the representation of gender through the interaction between
words and images in West-European drama, dance and other performative arts from the
Middle Ages to the 21st Century. With this approach, we expect to reach a fuller
understanding of the dynamics behind cultural change that we witness through the act of
representation itself.
In Gender Studies, the (social/cultural) history of women has been written within
the last two or three decades; the knowledge gained from these investigations forms the
starting point for the present conference that will explore the continuous presence of
conflictive relationships, divergences, ambiguities, (self-)parody, and so on, which signal
departures from conventions and stereotypes. In Word and Image Studies the focus has
traditionally been on textual/visual interaction and intermediality; however, this project
will expand the field by investigating the elements of dissimilarities, divergences or the
conflictive dialogue between the media which will constitute an important new
contribution to the Word/Image paradigm.
Therefore, the focus of the conference will be: exploring gender identity expressed
by the interaction between words and images in drama, dance, and other performative
arts. These can take the form of parallel responses to representational conventions of a
particular period and place or function as a counter-reaction to conventions such as, for
example, parody or self-parody.
We welcome proposals addressing any of these issues. Please send proposal and a brief
curriculum vitae
to the organisers:
Valerie Robillard, e-mail: v.k.robillard [at] rug.nl
Rina Walthaus, e-mail: c.walthaus [at] rug.nl
Conference fee: € 50 (includes conference material, lunches, coffee and tea)
PhD students: € 20
Organised by the University of Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands):
ICOG
Dept. of English Language and Culture (Dr. Valerie Robillard)
Dept. of Romance Languages and Cultures (Dr. Rina Walthaus)
Plenary speaker: Professor Helen Wilcox, University of Wales, Bangor
THE PERFORMATIVE ARTS
International conference
12-13 November 2009
(University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands)
photo: Harvey
Edwards, ‘Caught in Flight’This conference is designed to bring together two main strands of current research in
cultural studies: Gender Studies and Word & Image Studies. The purpose of the
conference is to investigate the representation of gender through the interaction between
words and images in West-European drama, dance and other performative arts from the
Middle Ages to the 21st Century. With this approach, we expect to reach a fuller
understanding of the dynamics behind cultural change that we witness through the act of
representation itself.
In Gender Studies, the (social/cultural) history of women has been written within
the last two or three decades; the knowledge gained from these investigations forms the
starting point for the present conference that will explore the continuous presence of
conflictive relationships, divergences, ambiguities, (self-)parody, and so on, which signal
departures from conventions and stereotypes. In Word and Image Studies the focus has
traditionally been on textual/visual interaction and intermediality; however, this project
will expand the field by investigating the elements of dissimilarities, divergences or the
conflictive dialogue between the media which will constitute an important new
contribution to the Word/Image paradigm.
Therefore, the focus of the conference will be: exploring gender identity expressed
by the interaction between words and images in drama, dance, and other performative
arts. These can take the form of parallel responses to representational conventions of a
particular period and place or function as a counter-reaction to conventions such as, for
example, parody or self-parody.
We welcome proposals addressing any of these issues. Please send proposal and a brief
curriculum vitae
Before June 30, 2009
to the organisers:
Valerie Robillard, e-mail: v.k.robillard [at] rug.nl
Rina Walthaus, e-mail: c.walthaus [at] rug.nl
Conference fee: € 50 (includes conference material, lunches, coffee and tea)
PhD students: € 20
Organised by the University of Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands):
ICOG
Dept. of English Language and Culture (Dr. Valerie Robillard)
Dept. of Romance Languages and Cultures (Dr. Rina Walthaus)
Plenary speaker: Professor Helen Wilcox, University of Wales, Bangor