The Center for Global Culture and Communication and the Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University invite applications from graduate student scholars/practitioners for a 5-day institute on feminist performance in the African Diaspora from June 20-24th, 2011. Twenty graduate students will be accepted into the Summer Institute, 10 from Northwestern and 10 from other colleges and universities. Each out-of-town participant is entitled to $250 toward travel expenses. Deadline: May 13, 2011.
Northwestern University Feminist Performance in the African Diaspora
The Center for Global Culture and Communication and the Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University invite applications from graduate student scholars/practitioners for a 5-day institute on feminist performance in the African Diaspora. In conjunction with the two-year solo/black/woman performance project sponsored by the Mellon Foundation this seminar will explore the history, theory, and practice of African Diasporic feminist performance. Seminar participants will work with distinguished scholars and artists in workshop, seminar, and lecture formats. These scholars and artists include Bryant Keith Alexander, Stephanie Batiste, Sharon Bridgforth, Misty DeBerry, Nadine George, Lenelle Moïse, and Francesca Royster.
The Application Process
Twenty graduate students will be accepted into the Summer Institute, 10 from Northwestern and 10 from other colleges and universities. We welcome applications from all graduate students (regardless of discipline) who are interested in the issues of performance scholarship and practice.
Submit no more than a 500-word description of your research interest or project and how the Summer Institute will benefit your work; your c.v.; list one reference and her/his contact information (reference letters are not required); and include your institutional affiliation, indicating whether you are an M.A. M.F.A. or Ph.D. candidate and the stage of your graduate work. Assemble this into one Word or PDF document and send to: ps@northwestern.edu.
Due date is Friday, May 13, 2011. Notification of acceptance will be by Friday, May 20, 2011.
Details of Participation
Participants from universities other than Northwestern will arrive on Sunday, June 19 and depart on Friday, June 24 or Saturday, June 25. Lodging in dormitories (single rooms with air conditioning) is provided free of charge for visiting students from Sunday to Saturday. Each out-of-town participant is entitled to $250 toward travel expenses against receipts for air and/or ground transportation.
All students will be provided with lunch from Monday to Friday with a collective dinner on Thursday.
The academic sessions begin on the morning of Monday, June 20 and end in the early afternoon of Friday, June 24. All participants are expected to be on time and to attend all lectures, performances and workshops. The Institute's conveners and the guest lecturers will assign readings on the Institute theme. Due to the intensive nature of our five days together, all of the reading should be completed before we convene; readings will be posted on a secure website. Outside of the sessions your time is your own to enjoy the campus and the city.
The Center for Global Culture and Communication 2011 Summer Institute
‚Ä© Black Feminist Performance
‚Ä© Northwestern University
June 20-24, 2011
Conveners: E. Patrick Johnson and Ramón H. Rivera-Servera
