AV俱乐部

Performing Europe / European Performances

Organized by the Centre for European Studies, AV俱乐部

27-28 April 2012, McCain 2021

Day 1

Romantic Masculinity

Chair: (English, Western University)

• (Theatre, AV俱乐部), 鈥溾�橭ne of Those Incomprehensible German Characters鈥�: German Heroes, French Playwrights, and the Performance of Romantic Masculinity鈥�
• (European Studies, AV俱乐部), 鈥淧erforming National Masculinity: Thomas Moore and the Voice of the Bard鈥�

The Problem of History

Chair: (History, AV俱乐部)

• (King鈥檚), 鈥淭he Trace of the聽Untranslatable: Emmanuel Levinas and the Ethics of Translation after the Shoah鈥�
• (European Studies, AV俱乐部), 鈥淗ans-J眉rgen Syberberg and the Performance of History鈥�

碍别测苍辞迟别听

(University College Dublin), 鈥�From Seancha铆 to Screen: The 鈥業rishman鈥� in Irish- Language Drama and Film鈥�

Day 2

Constructing Aristocracy

Chair: (European Studies, AV俱乐部)

• (History, AV俱乐部), 鈥淭he Performance of Ducal Identities in Medieval Silesia 鈥� Charters as Media of Communication鈥�
• Estelle Joubert (Music, AV俱乐部), 鈥淧erforming Politics on the Opera Stage: Maria Antonia鈥檚 Self-Stylization as Saxon Princess鈥�
• Sally Colwell (English, Western University), 鈥溾�橲exy Tudors鈥�: Back to the Beginning and Baring It All in Showtime鈥檚 Racy (un)Costume(d) Drama鈥�

Creating European Subjects

Chair: (English, AV俱乐部)

• Anthony J. Harding (English, University of Saskatchewan),鈥淭he London Magazine: Creating a Metro-cosmo-politan Readership鈥�
• (English, Western University), 鈥淧erforming Crisis: Europe, Romantic Psychiatry, and the Economics of Happiness鈥�

The Spectacle of Modernity

Chair: (European Studies, AV俱乐部)

• and (English, AV俱乐部), 鈥淪pectatorship in the Early Modern Period鈥�
• (English, AV俱乐部), 鈥淩. U. ... ?: Queering Robots in Karel 膶apek鈥檚
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Staging Encounter

Chair: Patricia Cove

• , 鈥溾�橳he oak is my page, the forest, my book鈥�: Le Brun鈥檚 Canadian Heroides 鈥�
• , 鈥淭he Theatre of War: Naval Impressment, Nation, and the Performance of History鈥�

Journal Launch and Closing Remarks

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Call for Papers

For the second annual colloquium in European Studies, we invite proposals for papers of 20 minutes which deal with the ways that Europe is or has been performed.聽 Papers are welcomed from all disciplines and historical聽periods, from antiquity to the present. Possible topics include:

• Performances of identity (e.g., national, inter-national, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class)
• Theatre and other spectacles
• Cinema, television, new media, etc.
• The concept of performativity in contemporary European Studies
• Literary approaches to performance and/or performativity
• Politics and performance
• The theatre of the law, the law of the theatre
• The European Theatre

It goes without saying that these are suggestions, and that we welcome all manner of proposals which engage with Europe and the way it is performed.聽 We will also be launching a new peer-reviewed e-journal, European Studies: History, Society and Culture, to be published by the Centre for European Studies at AV俱乐部. We are hoping to make a selection of the papers from the colloquium a significant part of the first issue of the journal, due out in early 2013.

Please send a 250-word proposal by 16 January 2012 to Julia.Wright@Dal.Ca or Jerry.White@Dal.Ca.