“Then fate o’erruled”: Change in Shakespeare
Plenaries:
Péter Dávidházi (Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest)
Francesca Rayner (Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Erin Sullivan (Reader in Shakespeare at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK)
The main theme of the conference is “change”. Our present and recent past have been characterised by all kinds of unexpected change: from Brexit to the global pandemic that forced theatres and cinemas, even research institutions to close, and education to move online. In this shockingly virtual world, global inequalities have been brought to the surface, our lives as researchers, educators, and Shakespeare scholars have been affected in various and significant ways. At the same time, our forced immobility also allowed us to reflect on what change means to us and how we can make sense of it with the help of Shakespeare.
The Call for Seminar Papers is now open – you can find all seminars descriptions here. Please submit an abstract (200‒300 words) and a brief biography (100‒150 words) by 1 December 2022 to all Conveners of the seminar in which you intend to participate.
Seminar topics:
1. “Now reverse it” – Shakespeare and Dance: Articulating, Promoting, Accommodating change
Conveners: Adeline Chevrier-Bosseau (Sorbonne Université – IUF) achevrier.bosseau[at]gmail.com, Nancy Isenberg (Rome Three University) nancyisenberg[at]gmail.com, Mattia Mantellato (University of Udine) mattia.mantellato[at]uniud.it
2. “Let this same be presently performed”: What Do Performance Editions and Promptbooks Reveal?
Conveners: Fernando Cioni (University of Florence) fernando.cioni[at]unifi.it, Gabriella Reuss (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) reuss.gabriella[at]btk.ppke.hu
3. From Destruction to Reconstruction? When Politics Inspire Changes in Shakespearean Research and Performance
Conveners: Magdalena Cieślak (University of Lodz, Poland) magdalena.cieslak[at]uni.lodz.pl, Nicole Fayard (University of Leicester, UK) nf11[at]le.ac.uk
4. “Knowing I lov’d my books, he furnish’d me from mine own library”: The Resurgence of Shakespeare Fiction in a Post-Pandemic World
Conveners: Koel Chatterjee (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance and Music, UK) koel.chatterjee[at]gmail.com, Timo Uotinen (Tampere University, Finland) timo.uotinen[at]gmail.com
5. Networks of Subversion: East European Shakespeare Appropriations
Conveners: Boika Sokolova (University of Notre Dame, USA, in England) bsokolov[at]nd.edu, Kirilka Stavreva (Cornell College, USA) kstavreva[at]cornellcollege.edu
6. Shakespeare (Re)Translations: A Field of Innovation and Transgression
Conveners: Anna Cetera-Włodarczyk (University of Warsaw, Poland) a.cetera[at]uw.edu.pl, Jesús Tronch (University of Valencia, Spain) Jesus.Tronch[at]uv.es
7. Actresses Playing Shakespearean Male Characters: Exception or Significant Change?
Conveners: Pascale Drouet (University of Poitiers, France) pascale.drouet[at]univ-poitiers.fr , Isabelle Schwartz-Gastine (University of Caen, France) schwartz-gastine.isabelle[at]wanadoo.fr, Imke Lichterfeld (University of Bonn) lichterfeld[at]uni-bonn.de
8. Ethics of Adapting Shakespeare’s Plays in Totalitarian Contexts
Conveners: Shauna O’Brien (University of Łódź) shaunaobrien[at]filologia.uni.lodz.pl, Ema Vyroubalová (Trinity College Dublin) vyroubae[at]tcd.ie
9. The Evolution of Shakespeare’s Names on Screen, Stage, and Page
Conveners: Charlene Cruxent (University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli, France) charlene.cruxent[at]gmail.com, Grant Smith (Eastern Washington University, USA) gsmith[at]ewu.edu
10. Doing Justice to Claudius – Reimagining Gertrude
Conveners: Saffron Vickers Walkling (York St John University, UK) s.vickerswalkling[at]yorksj.ac.uk, Oana-Alis Zaharia (University of Bucharest, Romania) oana-alis.zaharia[at]lls.unibuc.ro
11. Frontline Shakespeare: Crisis, Conflict, Change and Shakespeare Appropriation from 1900 to 2022
Conveners: Natalia Khomenko (York University, Canada) khomenko[at]yorku.ca, Viktoria Marinesko (Classic Private University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine) vmarinesko[at]gmail.com, Ronan Paterson (Teesside University, UK) ronanpaterson[at]googlemail.com
12. Our scene is alter’d: The reception of Shakespeare in post-Communist countries after 1991
Conveners: Daria Moskvitina (Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine) daryamoskvitina[at]gmail.com, Oana-Celia Gheorghiu (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, Romania) oana.gheorghiu[at]ugal.ro, Bohdan Korneliuk (Khortytsia National Academy, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine) korneljukbogdan[at]ukr.net
13. Shakespeare and Music in a Changing World: “The rude sea grew civil at her song”
Conveners: Michelle Assay (University of Toronto, Canada) michelleassay[at]gmail.com, Alina Bottez (University of Bucharest, Romania) alinabottez[at]gmail.com , David Fanning (University of Manchester, UK) david.fanning[at]manchester.ac.uk
14. Iconography Recycled: Shakespeare’s Romances in Modern Visual and Performative Arts
Conveners: Jacek Fabiszak (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland) fabiszak[at]amu.edu.pl, György E. Szőnyi (University of Szeged, Hungary) geszonyi[at]gmail.com, Agnieszka Żukowska (University of Gdansk, Poland) agnieszka.zukowska[at]ug.edu.pl
15. The Ethics of “Racechange” in Performance, Adaptations and Tradaptations of Shakespeare’s plays
Conveners: Nora Galland (University Côte d’Azur, Nice, France) Nora.GALLAND[at]univ-cotedazur.fr, L. Monique Pittman (Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA) pittman[at]andrews.edu, Ambereen Dadabhoy (Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, USA) ambereen_dadabhoy[at]hmc.edu
16. The Tempest in Central and Eastern Europe
Conveners: Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik (University of Lodz) Anna.kowalcze[at]uni.lodz.pl, Márta Minier (University of South Wales) marta.minier[at]southwales.ac.uk
17. “Not of an age”: Collected Shakespeares, 1623-2023
Conveners: András Kiséry (City College of New York, USA) akisery[at]ccny.cuny.edu, Ivan Lupić (University of Rijeka, Croatia) ivan.lupic[at]ffri.uniri.hr
18. “In the tide of times”: continuity and change in screen Shakespeare(s)
Conveners: Victoria Bladen (University of Queensland) victoria.bladen[at]uqconnect.edu.au,
Sylvaine Bataille (Université de Rouen Normandie) sylvaine.brennetot[at]univ-rouen.fr