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The
ISS was
founded in the U.S.A. in 2004 to give Shaw Studies more of an international
reach and perspective. The acronym “ISS” emphasizes Bernard Shaw’s
continuing presence as a talkative spirit with very relevant things to say,
often of the hyperbolic, satiric, paradoxical, and ironic
sort. “Smiling comedy,” he called it.
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ISS Conferences
and Symposia
have occurred
in the U.S.A., Canada, Ireland, the UK, and Spain.
Calls for Papers – Articles – Manuscripts
https://www.shawsociety.org/Calls-for-2023.htm
TRAVEL GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
https://www.shawsociety.org/ISS-Grants&Scholarships-2023.htm
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CONFERENCE:
An ISS Conference has been
scheduled at the College of William and Mary for June 8-9-10-11,
2023 in Williamsburg, Virginia. ISS President Bob
Gaines, a graduate of William & Mary, will be presiding (rgaines@aum.edu). The conference
will address the topic of ‘Shaw and Heroism’ and how this is represented
through his plays, non-dramatic writings, and causes. Consider this
a Call for Papers with proposals & CVs to be sent to Dr Laurie J
Wolf, Professor of Theatre, College of
William & Mary and Managing Editor, Theatre Annual:
A Journal of Theatre and Performance of the Americas (ljwolf@wm.edu) (757.221.2671). The deadline for submissions is
March 1, 2023. Information about ISS
travel grants and scholarships can be found at https://www.shawsociety.org/ISS-Grants&Scholarships-2023.htm.” Details about housing and the like are forthcoming.
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SYMPOSIUM:
The
Shaw Festival Theatre (shawfest.com), in the wonderful town of
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, has announced a full season of plays for
2023, including Shaw’s VILLAGE WOOING and THE
APPLE CART. The 2023 Symposium will
take place on July 21-22-23. The International Shaw Society and the Shaw Festival welcome
presenters and attendees to the 20th annual summer Shaw Symposium. Zoom access can be provided for those who cannot
attend the in-person panels. ISS Vice President Jennifer Buckley says
the Symposium will be “Focused on Bernard Shaw’s works, his
contemporaries, and his legacies, featuring new scholarship relating to
plays included in the Shaw Festival’s 2023 season. We especially invite papers treating the plays
that will be performed during the Symposium: Shaw’s The Apple Cart and Village
Wooing, as well as John Millington Synge’s Playboy of the Western
World. We also welcome proposals for talks about other playwrights
featured during the 2023 season, including Edith Wharton, Noel Coward, Tom
Stoppard, and James Baldwin; ideally, such proposals will situate those
writers and their works within a context that plausibly includes Shaw.
Please see https://www.shawfest.com/2023-season/ for a full list of productions. Please send proposals of
no more than 300 words and CVs to Jennifer-buckley@uiowa.edu by March 1, 2023. Information about travel grants and
scholarships can be found at https://www.shawsociety.org/ISS-Grants&Scholarships-2023.htm.” Instructions
about how to register for the Symposium and buy play tickets can also be
found at shawfest.com. Symposium Registration at $175 and $75 for students and online. Village
Wooing is at 11:30am on July 21
& 22 of the Symposium and The Apple Cart is on July 20 at 2:00pm
and on July 20 at 2:00pm. Call the
Box Office at 1-800-657-1106 to get tickets. A website devoted to this Symposium is at
https://shawsymposium2023.weebly.com.
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