The Annual Gender and Otherness in in the Humanities (GOTH) Symposium is welcoming proposals focusing on the following aspects of gender and otherness in drama, literature and visual culture: gender and/or otherness in pre-1800 images of drama and literature; gender and/or otherness in modern performance receptions of ancient Greek drama; race, disability and/or otherness in early modern theatre and “Collectible Otherness” 1500-1800.

Presentation

The Annual GOTH Symposium welcomes scholars from within and outside The Open University for three days of productive interdisciplinary discussion and debate. The Program Committee invites proposals for 20-minute papers focusing on the following aspects of gender and otherness in drama, literature and visual culture:

• Gender and/or otherness in pre-1800 images of drama and literature, with topics including but not limited to:
• images by or relating to William Hogarth, and especially to his early career and book illustrations
• the anti-hero: Don Quixote and Hudibras illustrations at Littlecote House and elsewhere
• any aspect of the Littlecote House murals (On the Littlecote House murals, see: https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/handle/11222.digilib/143837).
• Gender and/or otherness in modern performance receptions of ancient Greek drama, possibly addressing topics including (but not limited to):
• new versions of rarely staged or fragmentary texts
• innovative or non-traditional modes of performance
• productions engaging with intersecting identities
• Race, disability and/or otherness in early modern theatre, with topics including but not limited to:
• depictions of otherness in dramatic writing and staging practices
• historical receptions of race and disability
• the significance of gender in representations of race and disability
• “Collectible Otherness” 1500-1800, with topics including but not limited to:
• Dwarfs; conjoined twins; the abnormally hirsute
• Genre: visual culture, drama and literature
• Contextualizing agency and Intersectionality of otherness: court, theatre, fairground, curiosity cabinet (Wunderkammer)

How to apply

Please submit your proposal (300 words max) and academic bio (150 words max) on or to m.a.katritzky@open.ac.uk & FASS-GOTH-Admin@open.ac.uk

before 30 November 2022

The three-day conference (18–20 May 2023) will take place as an in-person event at the Open University (Milton Keynes, UK).

Presenters will be provided with accommodations for one night. A limited number of travel bursaries will be awarded; if you wish to be considered please include a brief statement explaining what sum is required and why.

Schedule

• Cfp deadline: 30 november 2022
• Event: 3rd annual goth symposium: thursday 18 to saturday 20 may 2023, the open university, milton keynes (live, on campus event)

Organizers

On behalf of the Symposium organizers:

GOTH Committee:

• Dr M. A. Katritzky – Director, GOTH & Barbara Wilkes Research Fellow in Theatre Studies
• Dr Christine Plastow – GOTH Web and Media Manager & Lecturer in Classical Studies
• Dr Molly Ziegler – Lecturer in Drama and Performance Studies, Department of English & Creative Writing.

& Guest Co-Organizer:

• Birgit Ulrike Münch, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

More information

Inquiries on any aspect of the symposium can be emailed to FASS-GOTH-Admin@open.ac.uk

Further information on the event and registration is being posted on the GOTH website as it becomes available: http://fass.open.ac.uk/research/centres/goth