CfP: Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (Event, 05/2023, Milton Keynes); by: 30.11.2022

Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH) – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University (Web)

Time: 18.-20.05.2023
Venue: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Proposals by: 30.11.2022

The Annual GOTH Symposium Program’s Committee invites proposals for 20-minute papers focusing on the following aspects of gender and otherness in drama, literature and visual culture:

1. Gender and/or otherness in pre-1800 images of drama and literature, e.g.:

  • images by or relating to William Hogarth, and especially to his early career and book illustrations
  • the anti-hero: Don Quixote and Hudibras illustrations at Littlecote House and elsewhere
  • any aspect of the Littlecote House murals (On the Littlecote House murals, see Web).

2. Gender and/or otherness in modern performance receptions of ancient Greek drama, e.g.:

  • new versions of rarely staged or fragmentary texts
  • innovative or non-traditional modes of performance
  • productions engaging with intersecting identities

3. Race, disability and/or otherness in early modern theatre, e.g.:

  • depictions of otherness in dramatic writing and staging practices
  • historical receptions of race and disability
  • the significance of gender in representations of race and disability

4. “Collectible Otherness” 1500-1800, e.g.:

  • Dwarfs; conjoined twins; the abnormally hirsute
  • Genre: visual culture, drama and literature
  • Contextualizing agency and Intersectionality of otherness: court, theatre, fairground, curiosity cabinet (Wunderkammer)

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. Inquiries on any aspect of the symposium can be emailed to FASS-GOTH-Admin@open.ac.uk.

Further information on the event and registration is being posted on the GOTH website as it becomes available (Web):

On behalf of the Symposium organizers:
– GOTH Committee: Dr M A Katritzky – Director, GOTH & Barbara Wilkes Research Fellow in Theatre Studies; Dr Christine Plastow – GOTH Web and Media Manager & Lecturer in Classical Studies;  Dr Molly Ziegler – Lecturer in Drama and Performance Studies, Department of English & Creative Writing.
– & Guest Co-Organizer: Prof. Dr. Birgit Ulrike Münch, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Source: Hsozukult