Call for Proposals:

Adapting, Translating, and Performing Shakespeare in the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands

March 7–9, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas

Submissions due October 20, 2023 

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The Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva will be hosting a conference from March 7–9, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas, on the campuses of Texas A&M University–San Antonioand Trinity University. “Adapting, Translating, and Performing Shakespeare in the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands” will explore the place and potential of Shakespeare in the cultural production of the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands and, more broadly, the ways in which canonical Western texts are adapted, resisted, transformed, and appropriated in the Borderlands and in other spaces with complex colonial histories. We invite scholarly papers, creative pieces, workshops, panels, and performances from scholars situated in Chicanx, Latinx, and Indigenous Studies, Theater Studies, History, Folklore Studies, and Translation, Adaptation and Appropriation Studies, as well as theater artists and community activists.

Because the BSC supports BIPOC scholars in a range of fields and seeks opportunities to foster decolonial, antiracist, and interdisciplinary work, we also invite applications for a Mellon-funded cohort of Early Career Fellows who will be supported in their efforts to generate scholarship related to the growing field of Borderlands Shakespeare studies. Each fellow will receive a stipend to travel to the conference, where they will present original research and participate in professional development and mentoring sessions focused on publishing, community-engaged humanities, and issues tailored to their interests. They will receive ongoing support after the conference to prepare their project for publication.

Full submission guidelines and links available at the conference website.

Mellon Foundation ⧫ National Endowment for the Humanities ⧫ Folger Shakespeare Library

⧫ Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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