From 19-21 June, speakers from Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, UK, USA representing 10 disciplines shall discuss the intersection of media, migration and the creation of new translocal publics in the field of theatre between 1850 and 1950 at the conference Theatrescapes. Global Media & Translocal Publics. Papers shall address the following sub-topics:
- Theatre and global media (how did performers, entrepreneurs, directors interact with global media, and how did global media foster the global dissemination of theatrical material (plays, formats, institutions, etc.)
- Translocal publics (the emergence of theatrical public spheres in situations of cross-cultural contact)
- The press and globalized theatrical reading publics
- Networked stages (transnational interconnections of producers and productions, impresarios and agents)
- New urban centres as theatrical contact zones
- Theatre-building as a (inter)cultural act
The event is taking place at IBZ Munich. http://www.ibz-muenchen.de.
Sincere thanks to the Fritz Thyssen Foundation (http://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de) for the financial support!