Shakespeare across Media
6th
Conference of the NTU Shakespeare Forum
National Taiwan University, Taipei
June 7-9, 2012
Call for Papers
The National Taiwan University Shakespeare Forum will host its sixth conference, “Shakespeare across Media,” in Taipei on June 7-9, 2012.
Keynote speakers include Russell
Jackson (Allardyce Nicoll Chair in Drama, University of Birmingham), Diana
Henderson (Professor of Literature and Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Support,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Ching-Hsi Perng (Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, National Taiwan University). Alexander C. Y. Huang (George Washington
University; Co-Director of Global Shakespeares: Video and Performance Archive)
and Yong Li Lan (National University of Singapore; Director of A|S||I|A: Asian
Shakespeare Intercultural Archive), along with Japanese and Korean co-directors
of A|S||I|A, will offer plenary sessions and hand-on workshops on digital
archives. Taiwan Bangzi Company will
present a Chinese opera adaptation of Measure
for Measure at the National Theatre and offer post-performance discussion. There will also be screening of the latest
Shakespearean films. Conference
participants can also join the post-conference tours on June 9 and 10 at their
own expenses.
Proposals for 20-minute papers are
invited on any aspect of the conference theme.
Topics may include, but are not restricted to: radio, film, television,
animation, manga, games, multimedia staging, e-books, children’s books, digital
archives, Youtube, Second Life, social networking websites, mobile phone
applications, and cross-genre adaptation and translation. Graduate students are invited to apply to present
at the pre-conference graduate sessions.
Please send a 250-word abstract and a short bio by February 15, 2012. If accepted for presentation, completed papers must be submitted by May 15. To facilitate discussion among international scholars, papers in English are preferred. For submissions and queries please contact Bi-qi Beatrice Lei at blei@ntu.edu.tw. Updates can be found on www.shakespeare.tw.