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The keynote lectures will take place in the following buildings of the campus very near the Conference venue:
- 14th July at 2 p.m. - Rectorate: Aula Magna
- 15th July at 9 a.m. - Rectorate: Salão Nobre (Noble Room)
- 16th July at 9 a.m. - Rectorate: Salão Nobre (Noble Room)
- 17th July at 4 p.m. - Torre do Tombo (National Archive): Main Auditorium
Organiser / Host: Centro de Estudos de Teatro (Centre for Theatre Studies)
This research unit located at the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, will organise the Conference. It aims to involve in the organising effort not only researchers (both senior and junior), graduate students, teachers (and students) of various Portuguese universities and Polytechnics, but also theatre practitioners, in a most co-operative and dynamic way.
The Organising Committee (researchers of the Centre and teachers from other universities) will be assisted by younger researchers and graduate students. An Advisory Committee (with Portuguese and international researchers) will be in charge of reading and discussing the abstract proposals.
Website: http://www.fl.ul.pt/centro-estudos-teatro.htm
Address:
Centro de Estudos de Teatro
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
Alameda da Universidade
1600-214 LISBOA (Portugal)
Telephone: + 351 792 00 86
Fax: + 351 21 796 00 63
Email: info@firt2009lisboa.org
Organising Committee
Chair: Maria Helena Serôdio
With: Maria João Brilhante, Rui Pina Coelho, Sebastiana Fadda, Maria João Almeida, Paulo Eduardo Carvalho, Ana Isabel Vasconcelos, Ana Pais, Miguel Falcão, Christine Zurbach, Rosa Figueiredo, Francesca Rayner.
Advisory Committee
Chair: Janelle Reinelt
With: Helen Gilbert, Maria João Serrão, Chris Balme, Daniel Tércio, Pirkko Koski, Luís Madureira, Peter Eversmann, João Carneiro, Christina Nygren, Maria José Fazenda, Vera San Payo de Lemos
Treasurer and Chair of the Secretariat: Marta Brites Rosa (info@firt2009lisboa.org)
With: Guilherme Filipe
Press relations: Rui Pina Coelho (ruipinacoelho@gmail.com)
Venue: University of Lisbon (Faculty of Letters)
The Campus in Lisbon is very central, and easily reached by underground, bus, taxi or a short walk from the hotels used for the Conference.
Address: Alameda da Universidade / 1600-214 LISBOA (Portugal)
Telephone: + 351 217 920 000
Fax: + 351 217 960 063
Lecture halls, rooms and technical facilities available
2 Amphitheatres (with 150 seats) and about 20 lecture rooms (of different sizes and most of them equipped with video, DVD and data show) will be available for the conference.
Internet
A room with 10 internet posts can be used by participants throughout the conference.
Congress fees
Members (registration up to 31st March 2009): 150 euros
Members (registration after 1st of April 2009): 200 euros
Students: (registration up to 31st March 2009): 100 euros
Students: (registration after 1st of April 2009): 120 euros
Non-Members (registration up to 31st March 2009): 200 euros
Non-Members (registration after 1st of April 2009): 250 euros
[click here to become a member]
Side events offered to all participants
On Tuesday evening a Sunset welcome drink will be offered at the medieval Lisbon Castle.
Tickets will be offered for performances on Wednesday and Thursday evening.
The Farewell dinner on Friday requires an additional registration and an additional fee (see “Social programme” on our website)
Accommodation
Besides the regular accommodation arrangements (see link to the travel agency), there will be a small number of places in student residences (students@firt2009lisboa.org).
Official languages: English and French
No simultaneous translation will be offered.
Both in keynote lectures and in other sessions, speakers may use data show to present their papers in translation, stressing headlines or quoting extensively.
Kay McDonnell New Scholars’ Forum
Postgraduate and early-career researchers are invited to present their work in the Kay McDonnell New Scholars’ Forum. The forum features several panels of 10-minute presentations in which participants can give a brief account of a research project and raise questions of methodology, sources and conceptual approach. Panels are designed to facilitate extended discussion and feedback, and papers proposed do not need to address the conference theme. Panels will be chaired by an experienced academic and scheduled to avoid overlap with general conference sessions so that other delegates can attend. Abstracts of 200-250 words in Times New Roman 12, accompanied by a brief biographical note establishing New Scholar status, should be submitted by January 30th 2009 deadline (to Helen Gilbert: Helen.gilbert@rhul.ac.uk). Further information at: http://www.firt-iftr.org
New Scholars are defined as either graduate students or post-doctoral researchers whose PhDs have been completed less than three years prior to abstract submission. Researchers without PhDs who have been in an academic post for less than three years also qualify as New Scholars.
New Scholars Workshops
Workshops on different aspects of career-building, publishing and/or the international job market are included in the conference programme. These are free to New Scholars and no registration is necessary. Topics for 2009 will be announced when the draft programme is issued. A luncheon is scheduled for the first day of the conference to give New Scholars the opportunity to meet each other and members of the IFTR/FIRT Executive. In 2009 a Caucus will be set up at the conference for New Scholars to discuss matters of interest and formulate ideas and/or concerns to be taken to the Executive.
New Scholars Essay Prize
IFTR/FIRT runs an annual essay competition for New Scholars. First prize consists of a one-year membership to the Federation, economy travel to attend the 2009 conference, accommodation for its duration at the student rate or equivalent, and conference registration. The winning essay will be published in Theatre Research International. Second prize is accommodation (at the student rate or equivalent), registration for the conference and a one-year membership to the Federation. Third prize is conference registration and a one-year membership to the Federation. The judges will also select three of the submitted essays for mentoring development by senior scholars.
Helsinki Prize
The Helsinki Prize is awarded to a promising New Scholar or Staff Member who originates from a developing country and who is participating in the IFTR/FIRT conference for the first time. The prize consists of economy travel to attend the conference, accommodation for its duration at the student rate or equivalent, registration and a one-year membership to IFTR/FIRT (which includes three issues of Theatre Research International).
Essays for both prizes must be no more than 4000 words in length (excluding bibliography) and should not be published or submitted for publication at the time of entry. Full guidelines can be found at: http://www.firt-iftr.org. Send entries by email attachment to Steve Wilmer at swilmer@tcd.ie by 1 December 2008. Winners will be notified by 15 January 2009.
Bursaries
The IFTR/FIRT invites applications for bursaries in order to encourage and assist less experienced scholars, or scholars who are unable to find support in their own countries, to attend the Lisbon conference. The submission deadline is 1 December 2008. Further information and application forms can be found at: www.firt-iftr.org. Submit completed applications to Morris at gay.morris@uct.ac.za. Awards will be announced by the end of January 2009.
Bursary Information [download .doc]
Bursary Application Form [download .doc]
The New Scholars’ Forum, the New Scholars’ Prizes, the Helsinki Prize and the bursary awards are all part of the Solidarity Initiatives developed by IFTR/FIRT. These initiatives are designed to foster a community of scholars through academic mentoring and making the facilities of the Federation, especially the annual conference, available to a wide range of researchers throughout the world.
Working Groups
Working Groups have their own programmes separate from the main conference programme.
Most Working Groups will meet during the conference.
Membership of Working Groups is open to all paid-up members of IFTR-FIRT. No person can be a member of more than one Working Group at any time.
Each Working Group has a convenor who manages the programme and liasis with the conference organisers. For matters regarding activites of the Working Groups members should make contacts through their convenor.
To join a Working Group or to propose a Working Group paper, please contact the relevant convenor directly. To see the list of Working Groups and their convenors please go to the IFTR-FIRT website (http://www.firt-iftr.org)
For GENERAL enquiries about Working Groups please contact wg@firt-iftr.org.
Abstracts: All abstracts accepted will be available on this website by the end of May 2009.
Certificates: Two different kinds of certificate will be issued for registered participants: for presence and for participation (if delivering a paper).
Proceedings: The proceedings will be made available on a CD six months after the Congress (January 2010).
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