From lwright@cac.washington.edu Wed Sep 1 07:50:20 1999 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id HAA28944 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 07:50:19 -0700 Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id HAA26128 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 07:50:19 -0700 Received: from shiva2.cac.washington.edu (shiva2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.100.202]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id HAA08090 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 07:50:19 -0700 Received: from localhost (lwright@localhost) by shiva2.cac.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id HAA28285 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 07:50:18 -0700 Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 07:50:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Linda Wright To: classics@U.washington.edu Subject: call for papers (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 08:27:34 -0500 From: James F Mcglew Subject: call for papers "Performing the Politics of European Comic Drama" Special issue of European Studies Journal Co-editors, Jim McGlew and Susan Carlson Iowa State University Since Aristophanes, comedy has been a site of political contention, offering contradictory possibilities for subversion, resiliency, and restriction. This special issue of the interdisciplinary European Studies Journal, will feature the work of scholars who are investigating the political ramifications of comic drama and theatre. Scholarship on the dramatic text as well as on the performance of comic drama are invited. Investigations of the following issues are particularly invited: what are the effects of actual performance on the ideology and politics of comedy's audiences? how are collective responses to the staging of drama measured and understood? what are the radical/subversive possibilities and/or conservative impulses of comic performance? how have racial, ethnic, religious, and gender differences affected the politics of comedy? Papers may focus on a single author, on a period, or on a grouping of comedies or performances. We are seeking work on any period of European dramatic history, from classical Greece to contemporary Europe. Only work on European literatures will be considered. Papers should be in English. Deadline: November 1, 1999. Either a 700-1000 word abstract or a completed paper (double spaced, around 8000 words in length, MLA format.) Please direct questions to either: Susan Carlson Department of English 203 Ross Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 susanc@iastate.edu Jim McGlew Department of Foreign Languages Iowa State University 300 Pearson Hall Ames, IA 50011 jmcglew@iastate.edu Send abstracts or completed papers to: Jim McGlew, Foreign Languages and Classical Studies 300 Pearson Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 .