The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.1684  Monday, 4 September 2000.

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Date:           Friday, 1 Sep 2000 17:38:11 -0400
Subject:        Call for Papers: Cultural Performances

Call for Papers
Cultural Performances
Sixth Annual Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
March 16-17, 2001

Plenary Speaker: Virginia Mason Vaughan, Clark University "Blacking Up:
The Representation of Sub-Saharan Africans on Early Modern English
Stages"

Papers are invited from undergraduate students on issues related to
performance and cultural identities within Shakespeare's plays. Papers
dealing with the performance of race, ethnicity, class, and gender on
early modern stage, and race, class, ethnicity and gender issues in
adaptations of Shakespeare's plays on stage and film are particularly
solicited.

Highlights of the conference:

*Student-led workshops
*Performance sessions
*Two plenary sessions

The two best essays will be awarded prizes of $300 and $200
respectively.

One page abstracts are due by January 15. Please direct all inquiries
and abstracts to:

Professor Rachana Sachdev
20 Hassinger Hall
Susquehanna University
514 University Avenue
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
Ph: (717) 600-0550
e-mail: 
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