| ASTR 2014 Conference Program Chair - Applications or Nominations |
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The letter of application should describe your qualifications (including other conference-planning experience, previous participation in and/or service to ASTR), and include a one-page proposal for a conference theme. The proposal should include an explanation of the proposed theme, a justification for how and why this theme speaks to the state of the field and the focus of ASTR, and a description/explanation of any unique formats beyond the standard plenary and working group structures. As an option, the proposal might address the theme's relevance to the location. The conference theme should take advantage of your scholarly expertise. Pairs of prospective Program Chairs are also welcome to apply.
The 2012 Committee on Conferences will vet the applications and will be guided by these criteria: the quality and consistency of academic engagement in publishing, teaching, and service (as indicated by the c.v.); active citizenship in ASTR; a demonstrated understanding of the mission of ASTR as an organization and of the conference in particular by way of the proposed conference theme; quality of and interest/excitement/challenge generated by the proposed conference theme.
Timetable: In Fall 2013, the 2014 Program Chair finalizes the theme and assembles a Conference Planning Committee, in consultation with the Committee on Conferences. Conference planning takes place during 2014; plenary paper and Working Group proposals are typically due on February 1. The Conference Planner serves on the 2013 Conference Committee ex officio to observe the planning process. Details about the role and responsibilities of conference planner and a timetable can be found in the ASTR Handbook (http://www.astr.org/members/handbook - pp.43-47).
Please submit: 1) letter of application, 2) one-page conference theme proposal, and 3) c.v. by email attachment by December 15, 2012 to Stacy Wolf, ASTR Vice President and Chair of the Committee on Conferences ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and Patrick Anderson, incoming Vice President and Chair of the Committee on Conferences ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
Please feel free to email Stacy Wolf with any questions. |
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| In Memoriam: Brian Johnston (1933-2013) |
Brian Johnston, Professor Emeritus in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama and internationally recognized authority on the plays of Henrik Ibsen, died on March 2 in Pittsburgh. He was eighty. His life’s journey was as interesting as it was improbable. |
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| Andrew Blasenak |
Andrew Blasenak earned his Ph.D. in Theatre History/Literature/Criticism from The Ohio State University in December 2012. His dissertation Six Companies in Search of Shakespeare: Rehearsal, Performance, and Management Practices by The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare’s Globe and The American Shakespeare Center examines how theatre practitioners use a dedication to Shakespeare’s plays and Elizabethan-inspired stages to challenge the artistic and management practices of the commercial theatre. |
| C. David Frankel |
C. David Frankel, assistant director of theatre at the University of South Florida, co-founded The Tampa Repertory Theatre in June 2011 and serves as the company’s artistic director. He recently directed a production of The Glass Menagerie (after staging A Streetcar Named Desire in TampaRep’s first season). His next production, Hamlet, opens on April 25th. |
| Megan Lewis |
Megan Lewis, Assistant Professor at UMass Amherst, is leading a summer study abroad program this summer based at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, the second largest theatre festival in the world (outside Edinburgh in Scotland). Students will complete a 3-week online preparatory course before departing for South Africa. After visits to museums and the famous Market Theatre in Johannesburg, students will head to Grahamstown for "ten days of amazing," including seeing new plays and cutting edge international performances that they would not be able to encounter anywhere else; meeting playwrights, actors, artists and other students interested in performance and theatre; and engaging with, and reflecting upon, the historic, sociopolitical, and creative contexts of the work we see. The performing arts will offer students a lens through which to examine questions of social justice, race, class and gender politics, history, language, and memory. Students from any college or university are welcome to participate. For details, please visit www.theatreinafrica.weebly.com. |