Connecting Avant-Gardes and Theatre: How to revolutionise the Relationship between the Periphery and the Centre.

9-11 October 2024
Location: Slovenian Theatre Institute, Ljubljana

Deadline for papers: 10th of May 2024

The symposium aims to map various geographical and historical attempts to revolutionise the relationship between the periphery and the centre in Europe and beyond. It will focus on the historical avant-gardes in the 1920s, the neo-avant-gardes in the 1960s and 1970s, the post-avantgardes around the turn of the millennium and contemporary radical performance art after 2000.

More information about the subjects of the symposium here.

Please send the title and the abstract of your paper (max. 250 words) and a short bio (max. 120 words) in English and/or Slovenian by e-mail to amfiteater@slogi.si. This is also the go-to address for any additional questions. The deadline for submissions is 10 May 2024. You will be notified by 1 June 2024 if your paper has been accepted into the symposium.

Authors whose papers have been accepted will be invited to expand their papers into articles (either in Slovenian or English) to be published in a forthcoming issue of Amfiteater journal in early 2025. All articles will be peer-reviewed.

Symposium organisers:
The Slovenian Theatre Institute

The Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University of Ljubljana

Amfiteater – Journal of Performing Arts Theory

The Slovenian Society of Aesthetics

Photo from Ingvild Marstein Olsen, Vera Ilona Stierli, Olivia Edginton and Guoste Tamulynaite production River being (2022). Photographer: Stine M Aasløkk.
*Picture for illustration purposes only. The performance was granted travel support from STIKK in round A 2024.