[Comedias] Call for Papers, AHCT Annual Symposium, March 4-6, 2010

[Robert M Johnston]

Call for Papers

Association for Hispanic Classical Theater

Spanish Golden Age Theater Symposium, March 4-6, 2010

The 2010 AHCT Golden Age Theater Symposium will take place March 4-6, 2010 in El Paso, Texas. These dates coincide with the 2010 Siglo de Oro Theater Festival at the Chamizal National Memorial. Sessions will begin Thursday morning, March 4, and end Saturday afternoon, March 6, 2010.


Call for Papers: The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater particularly encourages studies on all aspects of performance of Siglo de Oro dramatic texts, though proposals for papers or special sessions at the annual symposium on other topics related to Spanish Golden Age theater are welcome. Papers should be 20 minutes in length, and may be delivered in Spanish or English.  Those submitting proposals should include in their proposal any special equipment needs that they may have, including overhead projectors, screens, and VCR and DVD players. As in previous years, those planning on using Power Point for the presentations should bring their own laptops and computer projection equipment.

College and university faculty are asked to send paper titles with one-page abstracts and/or proposals for special sessions to the following e-mail address: abstracts at comedias.org .They should be submitted as attachments in Word. The deadline for receipt of all submissions is December 1, 2009.

	Graduate students who are interested in participating in the conference are asked to submit a hard copy of completed papers of approximately ten pages, rather than abstracts. Along with the paper itself, each submission should include a separate sheet containing the title of the paper, the name of the author of the paper, and the author’s postal and e-mail address. In order that they may be given a “blind” reading, the papers themselves must remain anonymous, i.e., they should not reveal the name of the author, either on the first page or in headers or footers. The first page should, of course, contain the title of the paper.
Papers should be sent to: Professor Christopher Weimer, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, 309 Gundersen Bldg., Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078. Professor Weimer's e-mail, CBWeimer at aol.com, should be used only to request guidelines or to ask questions; please do not send submissions electronically.  Graduate students whose papers are accepted for presentation will be considered for the AHCT Everett W. Hesse Travel Support Grant. The deadline for the submission of completed papers is November 1, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be sent electronically.
Events of Particular Interest at the 2010 Symposium: The Donald T. Dietz Keynote Address at next year’s symposium will be given by Laurence Boswell, former Associate Director of both the Gate Theatre in London and of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also directed extensively in the West End and on Broadway. In recent years Mr. Boswell has gained renown as the pre-eminent director of Spanish Golden Age plays in English, and he also enjoys wide recognition as a translator. His production of Fuente Ovejuna was one of the highlights of the 2009 season of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada.

Mr. Boswell will also participate in a second plenary session during the conference, a conversation with David Johnston, the distinguished translator, whose version of The Dog in the Manger was presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004 and again by the Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington, D.C. during the winter of 2009, and whose witty and insightful address dealing with the translation of the plays of Lope de Vega scored a great hit with attendees of the 2009 AHCT symposium. Both sessions should be highlights of the upcoming conference.

Hotel Reservations: The Symposium will take place at the Camino Real Hotel in El Paso, Texas. Hotel reservations may be made by phone at 1-800-769-4300 or 1-915-534-3099, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm (MST).  The deadline for the conference room rate is February 2, 2010.  Participants must mention the AHCT conference and request the group rate of $90 for a single or double room, or $109 for a triple room, or $124 for a quadruple room. Rollaway beds may be requested for an additional charge of $15 per night. All rates are subject to a 15.5% tax. The group rate applies Tuesday, March 2, 2010 to Saturday, March 6, 2010.
AHCT Conference Registration: You must be a member of the AHCT to register for the conference.  Current membership dues are $40 (or $70 for two years) for faculty and $30 (or $50 for two years) for retired members and students. The registration fee for the conference for all faculty attendees, as well as for graduate students who are reading papers or participating in a special session, is $105. A late fee of $25 is assessed if registration is paid after February 8, 2010. Registration includes conference attendance, the annual banquet of the AHCT, transportation to and from the Chamizal National Memorial every evening for the Siglo de Oro Spanish Drama Festival, and refreshments in the Hospitality Room after the theater performances. (Note: a special registration rate of $30 applies to students who do not present papers or attend the banquet. An additional $15, payable at the time of registration, purchases tickets for the banquet.)

The easiest way to pay dues and/or to register for the upcoming conference is online at the new AHCT echapters website for Association members. Please go to the following link: http://www.ahct.echapters.com.

Conference Up-Dates: For additional information about the conference, please contact the AHCT Conference Director, Professor Angel Sánchez, Arizona State University, Department of Languages and Literatures, PO Box 870202, Tempe, Arizona 85287-0202. TEL: 480-965-4576 (office) or 480-786-4633 (home). E-mail: Angel.Sanchez at asu.edu. Further details regarding the conference and the Siglo de Oro Drama Fesetival will appear on the Comedia bulletin board, in the Winter Newsletter, and on the AHCT webpages, as they become available.