Dystopian/Utopian Theatre in Britain after 2000 and Its Political Spaces, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung / Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), University of Bielefeld, March 11–13, 2021
Henneböhl D, Tamas L (2022)
Publication Type: Other publication type
Publication year: 2022
Journal
Book Volume: 33
Pages Range: 192-200
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.5325/utopianstudies.33.1.0192
Abstract
Although utopian and dystopian elements are a prominent characteristic of twenty-first-century British plays, there is still a significant research gap on these works, as the conference’s organizers, Merle Tönnies and Eckart Voigts, pointed out in their introductory remarks. Bringing together drama and theatre studies, cultural studies, and political sciences/sociology, Tönnies and Voigts agreed to convene a conference to address this topic in an interdisciplinary and comprehensive manner. It was originally intended to take place at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at the University of Bielefeld (Germany) in April 2020, which would have provided a space to bring together not only different disciplines but also renowned experts with early career scholars. However, the timing and format of the conference were greatly impacted by the real-life dystopia of a global pandemic. In their welcome address, the organizers pointed out the irony of the conference poster designed in 2019 presciently including “viral pandemics” as one of the issues under discussion. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic not only made the change to a digital format necessary, but also rendered the issues under discussion, and thus the conference itself, even more topical. In fact, many presenters took the postponement due to the first lockdown as an opportunity to take the pandemic and its impact on the theatre industry into consideration.
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APA:
Henneböhl, D., & Tamas, L. (2022). Dystopian/Utopian Theatre in Britain after 2000 and Its Political Spaces, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung / Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), University of Bielefeld, March 11–13, 2021.
MLA:
Henneböhl, Dennis, and Luciana Tamas. Dystopian/Utopian Theatre in Britain after 2000 and Its Political Spaces, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung / Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), University of Bielefeld, March 11–13, 2021. 2022.
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