CFP: PLAYING ROBIN HOOD: THEATRICALITY IN THE ROBIN HOOD TRADITION, IARHS Sponsored Session, 57th ICMS, Kalamazoo, 9-14 May 2022, FULLY VIRTUAL

 

PLAYING ROBIN HOOD: THEATRICALITY IN THE ROBIN HOOD TRADITION

 

This session is sponsored by the International Association for Robin Hood Studies.

 

From its inception, the Robin Hood tradition has incorporated aspects of the theatrical, including: early plays about Robin Hood performed at May games, Whitsun ales, and Robin Hood Revels; Early Modern drama about the outlaw; 18th-19th-century sung broadside ballads, Christmas plays, and operas; modern dramatic pieces; staged depictions of the outlaw in 19th-20th-century operas, pantomimes, burlesques; even 20th-21st-century films (watched in theaters) that employ elements of music and stagecraft. This session seeks 3-4 papers that explore any aspect(s) of how the theatrical has been employed to deliver the Robin Hood tradition to audiences.

 

The abstract should be 250 words. Indicate whether there will be supporting visuals.

 

Please send the abstract for your proposed paper by 1st September 2021 to

 

Lorraine K. Stock

University of Houston

lstock@uh.edu

Vol. 3 of The Bulletin (Special Issue): Published!

The IARHS is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 3 of The Bulletin of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies, a special issue focusing on the 2018 Robin Hood film directed by Otto Bathurst, featuring articles by Sabin Rahman and Lauryn Mayer, and a review essay by Sadie Hash:
https://openjournals.bsu.edu/biarhs/issue/view/308



The editors welcome submissions to future issue of the journal, we accept all topics related to the Robin Hood tradition. Authors who would like to have their essays considered for publication should email the document in an MS Word file to both editors: Alexander L. Kaufman (alkaufman@bsu.edu) and Valerie B. Johnson (vjohnso6@montevallo.edu).

CFP: IARHS-Sponsored Session, 57th Virtual ICMS, 9-14 May 2022, "Neomedivalist Images and the Robin Hood Tradition"

57th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoowill take place FULLY VIRTUALLY from 9^th May to 14^th May 2022.

The session title is:

NEOMEDIEVALIST IMAGES AND THE ROBIN HOOD TRADITION

This is a session sponsored by the International Association for Robin Hood Studies.

Neomedievalism is understood as ideas or concepts that are detached from the historical Middle Ages, but are nonetheless seen as of medieval origin. The Robin Hood tradition has long inspired neomedievalist imagery: for example, the idea that medieval outlaws protected women and children. Such images are not confirmed by history or the literary Robin Hood texts. Neomedievalist ideas inspired by the Robin Hood tradition can be found in film, children’s literature, and other media. We seek paper proposals that address the question of how the medieval is reworked in such imagery and images.

The abstract should be in 250 words.

Please send the abstract for your paper proposal by 1^st September 2021 at: annaczarnowus@tlen.pl