Call for Papers: Documenting Cinema: Film Librarianship in the 21st Century

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Documenting Cinema: Film Librarianship in the 21st Century, a conference hosted by Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library, will be held April 26-28, 2017 in Los Angeles.  It aims to provide an opportunity for professionals working with paper-based motion picture-related collections to share knowledge and work processes integral to administration of their collections. For more information about the Conference - or to submit a Proposal - visit the Documenting Cinema website: http://libraryconference.oscars.org/...
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Job Posting: ArchivesSpace Program Manager

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ArchivesSpace Program Manager Position Announcement LYRASIS is seeking a dynamic Program Manager for ArchivesSpace, an open-source, archives information management web application designed for managing descriptive information about archives, manuscripts, and digital objects.  (http://www.archivesspace.org/) The Program Manager plays a key role working with the community to set the strategy and goals for ArchivesSpace.  The Program Manager is central to the success of the program, and works closely and collaboratively with the ArchivesSpace community, advisory groups and Board to ensure success. The Program Manager will be involved in all aspects of the program, and be a key spokesperson and advocate for the program. We are seeking someone with strong experience with archives, technology projects, software development and building consensus across a diverse group of perspectives. The position description is available at: http://www.lyrasis.org/job/Pages/LYRASIS-Positions.aspx The position is part of a geographically and institutionally distributed team, and, as such, applications from candidates interested in telecommuting are welcome. Please submit your application, including cover letter, to human.resources@lyrasis.org Applications will be accepted until the...
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News: Theatre Library Association Election Results

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Congratulations to the new officers of the Theatre Library Association (TLA), which were announced on the organization's website on October 22. Founded in 1937, Theatre Library Association supports librarians and archivists affiliated with theatre, dance, performance studies, popular entertainment, motion picture and broadcasting collections. TLA promotes professional best practices in acquisition, organization, access and preservation of performing arts resources in libraries, archives, museums, private collections, and the digital environment. By producing publications, conferences, panels, and public events, TLA fosters creative and ethical use of performing arts materials to enhance research, live performance, and scholarly communication....
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Call for Sessions: 2017 New York Archives Conference

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SAVE THE DATE The New York Archives Conference will be held June 7-9, 2017 at Utica College, Utica, NY 2107 Call for Session Proposals NYAC invites proposals of sessions that explore archival practice. Traditional presentation formats as well as formats that encourage interaction between attendees and presenters are welcome. Each session lasts a total of 90 minutes, including at least 15 minutes for questions and discussion. Information and forms for proposers: Proposers Information Sheet Session Proposal Form Please email the completed forms to nyacprogram@gmail.com All proposals must be received by the NYAC 2017 Program Committee at nyacprogram@gmail.com no later than December 5, 2016....
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Journal: Theatre Research International 41.3 Released

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Theatre Research International 41.3 is now available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international. The new issue contains: Theatre Research International | Cambridge Core www.cambridge.org Theatre Research International publishes articles on theatre practices in their social, cultural, and historical contexts, their relationship to other media of ... Editorial: Joining the Conversation PAUL RAE Articles From Panic to Reconciliation: Protest Theatre and the State in Zimbabwe, 1999–2012 KELVIN CHIKONZO Theatre and the Publics of Democracy: Between Melodrama and Rational Realism PARTHA CHATTERJEE An Eternal Parting: Staging Internal Diaspora, Performing South Korean Nationalism HYUNJUNG LEE Dramaturgies of the Left-Behind: Mobility and Stickiness in The Disappearances Project SUZANNE LITTLE Astroaesthetics: Performance and the Rise of Interplanetary Culture FELIPE CERVERA Book Reviews Akram Khan: Dancing New Interculturalism. By Royona Mitra . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. Pp. xviii + 197. Katharina Pewny The Theatrical Public Sphere. By Christopher B. Balme . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xi + 234. £64.95/ $99.99 Hb. Joshua Edelman New World Drama: The Performative Commons in the Atlantic World, 1649–1849. By Elizabeth Maddock Dillon . Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014. Pp. 368 + 17...
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Job Posting: Chair, Department of Theatre – University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Chair, Department of Theatre [17074] Institution: University of Nevada Las Vegas Location: Las Vegas, NV Category: Faculty - Fine and Applied Arts - Theatre and Dance Posted: 09/22/2016 Application Due: Open Until Filled Type: Full Time Announcement Number: 17074 The University of Nevada, Las Vegas invites applications for Chair, Department of Theatre PROFILE of the UNIVERSITY Founded in 1957, UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution of approximately 29,000 students and 3,000 faculty and staff that is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research university with high research activity. UNLV offers a broad range of respected academic programs and is on a path to join the top tier of national public research universities. The university is committed to enhancing efforts to attract and retain top students and faculty, educating the region's diversifying population and workforce, driving economic activity through increased research and community partnerships, and creating an academic health center for Southern Nevada that includes the launch of a new UNLV School of Medicine. UNLV is located on a 332-acre main campus and two satellite campuses in Southern Nevada. PROFILE of the DEPARTMENT of THEATRE The department...
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Call for Papers: 2017 GHA Conference, “The Spatial Turn” (St Louis, MO)

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2017 GHA Conference Call for Papers The Spatial Turn The Graduate History Association at Washington University in St. Louis is pleased to announce their fifth annual Graduate Conference, to be held March 31st-April 1st 2017 on the Danforth Campus in St. Louis, Missouri. We invite graduate and post-doctoral students engaged in research across disciplines to submit proposals for this year’s conference theme: The Spatial Turn. The Conference will explore questions pertaining to the social, political, economic, and cultural relations between people and landscapes. Since the 1980s scholars in the humanities have engaged with the question of space as a historical actor in itself rather than merely a backdrop to history. Spaces are both constitutive and representative. This Conference will interrogate ways in which to analyze human interactions with environments. Participants are invited to critically explore and reflect on at least one of the following threads: 1.     Imagining Space: How do maps and other visual and textual representations appropriate and construct space? How do visual...
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ATAP Heading to Minneapolis for Annual Conference

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Members of the American Theatre Archive Project are heading to Minneapolis the first week of November for the 40th annual American Society for Theatre Research conference. As one of the major events in the ATAP calendar, executive committee members will have the opportunity to reconnect in person, meet with colleagues in partner organizations like the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America and the Theatre Library Association, and announce the winner of 2016 Initiation Program grant at the ASTR awards luncheon. ATAP is also co-sponsoring What’s Past is Prologue: Theatre Archives Now, a pre-conference workshop for theatre artists, scholars, dramaturgs, archivists, information professionals, and students with an interest in preserving and sustaining the artifacts of performance history. This workshop, a collaboration with the University of Minnesota Libraries and ASTR, is free and open to the public. More information can be found on the conference page. Many thanks to Kathryn Hujda, Cecily Marcus, Ben Krywosz, Nora Blackman, Colleen Reilly, and Christa Williford for their efforts in coordinating this year's...
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LMDA Makes Donation to Support Theatre Archives

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The American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) extends its sincere thanks to President Ken Cerniglia and the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) for their generous donation of $500 toward our efforts to promote, preserve, and support the work of theatre archives. Founded in 1985, LMDA is the volunteer membership organization for the professions of literary management and dramaturgy with members throughout North America and abroad. Find out more about the important work of LMDA on their website: http://www.lmda.org/ "The missions of LMDA and ATAP are intertwined," said ATAP co-chair Eric Colleary. "We are deeply grateful to LMDA for their support in preserving theatre history." ATAP is primarily a volunteer-run organization with a lean budget that depends heavily on donations such as these. Every contribution made to ATAP allows us to offer more services and resources to theatre companies and archives across the country. If you or your organization are interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to ATAP, contact us or visit our donation...
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Applications for 2016 ATAP Initiation Program Grant Closed

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The Executive Committee of the American Theatre Archive Project would like to thank all of the theatre companies nationwide who applied for the 2016 Initiation Program Grant. Applications will be reviewed over the next month, and the recipient of the 2016 grant will be announced at the annual conference of the American Society of Theatre Research in Minneapolis on November 5 and here on our website. The month-long ATAP Initiation Program places an archivist-documentarian team with a theatre company to assess records of historical value and formally establish archives. ATAP-assisted companies include ArtsWest (Seattle), Atlantic Theater Company (NYC), the Baltimore Theatre Project, Book-It Repertory Theatre (Seattle), Cherry Lane Theatre (NYC), HERE (NYC), Jobsite Theatre (Tampa), New York Theatre Workshop, Rude Mechs (Austin), Seattle Shakespeare Company, Teatro Vivo (Austin), and ZACH Theatre (Austin). Applications for the 2017 Initiation Program Grant will be open next summer, contingent on available funding. ...
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