Personality Cults of Modern Dictators

Institute for Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London, UK 22-23 October 2010 Submit offers of papers by 1 June 2010 Almost all modern dictators are the subject of personality cults that are highly organised even if they often also rest on spontaneous contributions. By creating a narrative of exceptionality around an individual they harness … Continue reading →

CFP: “Theatre Arts Journal: Studies in Scenography and Performance”

CALL FOR PAPERS for the Spring 2010 Issue of “Theatre Arts Journal: Studies in Scenography and Performance” Call for Papers Deadline: 2010-03-31 (in 5 days) Theatre Arts Journal: Studies in Scenography and Performance, published by Tel-Aviv University and the Gordon Craig Society for Theatre Research, is a semi-annual scholarly, peer-reviewed, electronic and open-access journal, devoted … Continue reading →

CFP: Art Performance Film: Postgraduate Symposium in the History of Art

‘The Arts’ as an umbrella term encompasses a huge variety of media, yet it is all too common that academics and artists divide themselves into somewhat segregated areas of study. However, as interdisciplinary research becomes more common in the university context, and artists and performers combine aspects of different ‘Arts’ in their work, it becomes … Continue reading →

CFP: Strange Worlds – Paths and Spaces of the Fantastic in the 21st Century

Call for Papers – UPDATE!!! 1st annual and founding conference of the Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung (GFF) (Association for Research in the Fantastic) Fremde Welten Wege und Räume der Fantastik im 21. Jahrhundert (Strange Worlds – Paths and Spaces of the Fantastic in the 21st Century) University of Hamburg 30. September – 03. October 2010 GUEST … Continue reading →

Quote of the Day

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. Quote on  style by the French Poet, Novelist, Actor, Film Director and Painter Jean Cocteau  (1889-1963) Continue reading →