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6th International Conference on American Drama and Theater – “‘Game Over!’: U.S. Drama and Theater and the End(s) of an American Idea(l)”

The Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, co-sponsored by the Spanish universities of Cádiz and Sevilla and the University of Lorraine in France, and working in partnership with the American Theater and Drama Society (ATDS), the International Susan Glaspell Society, the Arthur Miller Society, the Eugene O’Neill Society, and RADAC (Recherches sur les arts dramatiques anglophones contemporains), is announcing a call for papers for the conference “‘Game Over!’: U.S. Drama and Theater and the End(s) of an American Idea(l)” to be held from 1 to 3 June 2022 at La Cristalera, located in the accessible northern mountains of Madrid. This 6th International Conference on American Drama and Theater will be dedicated to the study of ends and new beginnings, games and gaming, players and playing, especially during, but not limited to, the current coronavirus pandemic. The five previous conferences were held in Málaga, 2000; Málaga, 2004; Cádiz, 2009; Sevilla, 2012; and Nancy (France), 2018; topics included […]

27th Annual BrANCH Conference (October 2021)

The University of Warwick Coventry

27th Annual BrANCH Conference University of Warwick, 8-10 October 2021   Peter Parish Memorial Lecture: Professor Vivien Miller (Nottingham) Vitriol Throwing in Victorian America. BrANCH Keynote: Elaine Frantz (Kent State University): Title: The Nineteenth-Century Arrest as Trauma and Performance. Saturday New Directions in History Roundtable : History of Emotions Jo Cohen (QMUL): A Feeling for Property: Writing Histories of Emotions and Capitalism Tom Wright (Sussex): Charisma and the Problem of Crowd Emotions Iain Flood (Newcastle University): Postbellum Missouri: Individual Emotions and Political Change   This has been an unusual year (or has it been two?), and we are so excited at the prospect of holding BrANCH2021 at Warwick, and in person. The Covid situation remains ongoing and subject to change, so please be aware that it may not be possible to refund the full cost of the conference if travel restrictions are put in place from outside the UK. For […]

Change in the Postwar World

Registration is now open for 'Change in the Postwar World', an online PGR and Early Career conference to take place on Friday October 1st, exploring a variety of topics in political, intellectual and cultural history since 1945. In particular, papers covering American intervention in El Salvador, the impact of the 1970s and 1980s on New York City literature, and McCarthyism in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, will be of interest to HOTCUS members. To register to attend the conference for free, sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../change-in-the-postwar.... The full schedule can be viewed here (https://docs.google.com/.../1lUtrYV2QsMr0M5mWkzCi8NE.../edit), or via our Twitter @postwarchange, where you can also keep up to date with the latest from the conference. We look forward to seeing you on October 1st! An interdisciplinary research conference for PG and early-career researchers on significant cultural, political and social change after WWII About this event As the world slowly emerges from the COVID-19 […]