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Call for Papers
& Submit Proposals Deadline for Proposals
& Applications: April 1, 2018. |
Symposium Costs & Registration |
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I love a
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You Are Invited To The
Fourteenth Annual Summer Shaw Symposium at The Shaw Festival Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario 27-28-29 July 2018 Sponsored by the Academy of the Shaw Festival and the International Shaw Society |
Especially with myself |
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Scholars and devotees of Shaw
will gather to hear academic papers and talks from
actors/directors/designers, participate in discussions, and
see Shaw’s How He Lied to Her Husband and The Man of Destiny, on Friday
July 27 at 8pm and O’Flaherty VC on
Saturday July 28 at 11:30am |
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Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario |
The Shaw Festival
Theatre |
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The Royal George Theatre |
GBS himself in downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake |
The
Court House & Cenotaph |
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The symposium will convene for all registrants with a brief
reception from 4:00 to 5:00 on Friday afternoon, July 27, at The Court House (wine &
cheese), followed by a keynote address at 5:00, allowing time for
participants to have dinner on their own after and then attend two one-act plays by Shaw that
night (How He Lied to Her Husband and
The Man of Destiny at the Royal
George Theatre). Prior to the
reception, from 4:00 to 5:00, there will be a business meeting of the
International Shaw Society at The Court House, which all ISS members are
encouraged to attend. Saturday, July
28, will be occupied in the morning with speakers and discussions at The
Court House, followed by seeing O’Flaherty VC at 11:30am in the Royal
George Theatre. Speakers and
discussions will resume in the afternoon at The Court House. On Sunday, July 29, there will be morning sessions of speakers
and discussions at The Court House, with a picnic lunch at noon, and with a
possibility of other sessions in the afternoon (TBA). There will be at least one session (day and
time TBA) on staging Shaw with actors and directors from the Shaw Festival,
possibly in a post-show chat, with questions from members of the
International Shaw Society. Extra
plays not by Shaw could be booked on Saturday and Sunday evenings (see below
for instructions on when and how to do that). To see the Playbill for the entire 2018
season, go to http://www.shawfest.com/playbill/.
Eventually, in May, a detailed schedule for the Symposium will be
posted on this website and emailed to ISS members. |
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SYMPOSIUM COSTS AND
REGISTRATION: TO REGISTER for the Shaw
Symposium, either as a presenter or not, please contact the Shaw Festival Box
Office at 1-800-511-7429. The fee
of $260 ($150 for students) gets you good seats in The Royal George Theatre
for the Shaw works, and at The Court House a reception, a featured speaker, a
picnic lunch on Sunday, many fine presentations and discussions throughout,
and a play reading. The seats at The
Royal George are in the Blue section, but you can upgrade to the Gold or
Platinum seats by paying more. To see
prices for Platinum, Gold, and Blue seating, go to https://www.shawfest.com/visit/ticket-seating-info/.
To see seating charts for all the theaters go to https://www.shawfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Shaw-Festival-Theatres-Seating-Charts-1.pdf
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The only plays included in the registration price are the
three Shaw plays, on Friday evening and Saturday lunchtime, one ticket for each
per registration. Additional tickets
for Shaw performances (and other plays) can be purchased by phoning the Box
Office at 1-800-511-7429. Regardless
of your membership level, if you’re a member of the Shaw Festival you can
order the Symposium package (including the 3 Shaw plays) and tickets for
other plays as well by November 11, 2017. If you are not a member of the Shaw
Festival, you can order extra tickets when you are registering for the 2018
Shaw Symposium any time after December 9, 2017. (This is a whole month earlier than usual,
so order early because ticket buying is then open to the general public).
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Passports are needed for visits to Canada.
Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel and
accommodation. See the Shaw Festival website for links under “Plan Your
Visit” that will assist: https://www.shawfest.com/visit/. There are lots of B&Bs and hotels to
choose from. The local Chamber of
Commerce can help: http://www.niagaraonthelake.com/page/Accommodations.
If we
are able to get a suitable discount at a local hotel or two, we will email
you. If you’re looking for more affordable
accommodation, special rates are available at the Residence and Conference
Centre on the Niagara College campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake, located at the
junction of the QEW and the western off-ramp to Niagara-on-the-Lake (a
15-minute-drive to the downtown), 137 Taylor Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON,
LOS 1JO. For Niagara College itself, see http://www.stayrcc.com/profile/index/30/69/.
For details about the rooms and prices, see https://shawsociety.org/Niagara-ISS-Shaw-Festival-Flyer.pdf. For questions or reservations,
see http://stayrcc.com/properties/view/index/Niagara-on-the-Lake/Contact%20Us/ . |
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MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHAW
SOCIETY: You need not be a member of the International Shaw Society
to attend or participate in the Shaw Symposium (typically, about 20% are not
members, in fact), but information about membership is linked from www.shawsociety.org (or go directly to https://shawsociety.org/2018membership.htm). A meeting of the ISS will be held at the
Symposium, and non-members are welcome to attend as prospective members. |
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Proposals for papers and panel discussion topics (focused
on Shaw as much as possible and in particular on The Man of Destiny, How He
Lied to Her Husband, and O’Flaherty
VC, or on comparisons between them and other plays or between Shaw and
other playwrights in the Shaw Festival repertory) should be sent to Professor Lawrence Switzky at lawrenceswitzky@gmail.com. Include a 300-500 word abstract. Those applying for scholarships/grants
should submit additional information (see below), especially if you are not
known to the committee. Deadline for abstracts and for
travel grant applications and Bryden Scholarships (see below) is April 1,
2018. For possible updates of the Symposium program and other details, visit
the ISS website at www.shawsociety.org and look for the Symposium link at
the top center under “Calls for Papers.” |
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RONALD BRYDEN SCHOLARSHIPS & ISS
TRAVEL GRANTS, OFFERED
IN TANDEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
ANNUAL SUMMER SHAW SYMPOSIUM AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL Downloadable or Printable Application |
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The Shaw Festival
and the International Shaw Society normally offer two scholarships/grants to young scholars
to attend the Annual Shaw Symposium at Niagara-on the-Lake, Ontario, this year
from July 27 through July 29, 2018.
These scholarships/grants, to begin with, will pay the registration
fee of $260 (or $150 for students), which includes a ticket to each of the
three Shaw plays. In addition, the
Shaw Festival's Ronald Bryden Scholarships that accompany two of the ISS
Travel Grants will provide free accommodation during the three days and two
nights of the Symposium. But let us
know if you need accommodations for a third night. The Bryden Scholarships commemorate the
late Ronald Bryden (1927-2004), long-time Literary Adviser to The Shaw and a
founding member of the ISS. The ISS
Travel Grants may also help with transportation expenses (see application
form below). As Bryden Scholarships
are limited in number, it is possible that you might get an ISS Travel Grant
alone. |
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ELIGIBILITY Generally, any
“emerging scholar” may apply, whether student or faculty or independent
scholar, but new applicants will be given some preference over those who have
had a scholarship/grant before.
Students should be registered at a recognized degree-granting
institution. Preference will be given
to applicants who are also submitting a proposal for a paper to be given at
the 2018 Summer Shaw Symposium. |
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APPLICATION for
Bryden Scholarship and/or ISS Travel Grant Applicants for the
scholarship/grant should send, all in one document and in this order,
a covering letter, an application form, an abstract for a proposed paper, and
a current c.v. (see below) to the selection committee by attachment to an
email to Professor Lawrence
Switzky at lawrenceswitzky@gmail.com. Proposals for papers should go to the same address.
See below for application form. |
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DEADLINES: · Deadline for submitting
a 300-500 word abstract for a paper is April 1, 2018.
· Deadline for
grant/scholarship applications accompanied by an abstract for a paper is April 1, 2018. · Candidates will
be notified no later than April 15, 2018 regarding the acceptance of their
paper proposal or a grant/scholarship application combined with a paper
proposal. |
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ISS MEMBERSHIP: You need not be a member of the
ISS to apply for this grant/scholarship.
Non-members who receive a scholarship/grant will be given a free
membership to the ISS for 2017-2018.
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APPLICATION FORM FOR ISS TRAVEL GRANTS & BRYDEN SCHOLARSHIPS |
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