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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 Call for PapersDavid Ian Rabey and Karoline Gritzner of Aberystwyth University in Wales have asked me to pass along the following call for papers: HOWARD BARKER'S ART OF THEATRE An international conference, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK, 10-12 July 2009 Deadline for Proposals: 5 January 2009 Howard
Barker is widely acknowledged as a major British dramatist (who has
now had staged, broadcast or published over a hundred plays), director,
theorist, scenographer and visual artist. In recent years, his reputation
has extended to a position of international eminence. Our principal
objective is to bring together as many Barker scholars and practitioners
as possible from their different countries, to explore and analyse the
full range of his remarkable body of work. It has become apparent that
there is a wide interest in Barker's work, principally in France and
America where his productions of his work are burgeoning (a four- Topics to be discussed in relation to Barker's work might include: Philosophy and ethical re- Confirmed keynote speakers: Howard Barker Prof. Elisabeth Angel-Perez (University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, editor of Howard Barker et le theatre de la Catastrophe and translator of Barker's essays): "Reinventing Grand Narratives: Barker’s Challenge to Postmodernism" Dr. Charles Lamb (University of Winchester, author of The Theatre of Howard Barker): Barker's pictorial landscapes Further contributions proposed by: Prof. Heiner Zimmermann (University of Heidelberg): Visual memory in Barker's drama Ms. Melanie Jessop (Actress and Outreach Officer, The Wrestling School Theatre Company): Anxiety in acting Barker Mr. Gerrard McArthur (Actor and Director, The Wrestling School Theatre Company): "Overcoming the Paralysis of Naturalism: Barker's Bodies Making Brains" Prof. Michael Mangan (Exeter University): Prisons in Barker's drama and theatre Prof. Dan Rebellato (Royal Holloway, London): Barker's Genealogy of Morals Dr. Graham Saunders (Reading): The Wrestling School theatre company and The Arts Council archive Dr. Christine Kiehl (University of Lyon 2): The Paris Odéon 2009 Barker Season: analysis, with interviews with directors Mr. Jay King (Florida State University): Time in Barker's drama Mr. George Hunka (Superfluities Redux website, New York): Beckett, Foreman and Barker Dr. Clare Finburgh (Essex University): Barker's women characters Dr. Chris Megson (Royal Holloway, London): "'Evidence in contempt': Evocations of Anti-History in Barker's Theatre" Mr. Daniel Sack (Stanford): "A Landscape Without Maps: Scenography as Character in Howard Barker's The Castle" Prof. David Ian Rabey (Aberystwyth): Barker's poetry in the 1990s and 2000s Dr. Carl Lavery (Aberystwyth): Barker, Genet, Kantor and the politics of death Dr. Roger Owen (Aberystwyth): Barker's address to Dionysus Please note all speakers and topics may be subject to change. 250 word proposals for presentations (which should not exceed 20 minutes delivery time), with any relevant technical requirements, and any further enquiries, should be submitted to Dr. Karoline Gritzner (kgg@aber.ac.uk) no later than 5 January 2009. Conference fee and registration details will be confirmed in early 2009. Posted in /Dramatists/Howard_Barker |