Call for Papers for a conference to celebrate Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture 2021 (May 2021–April 2022). This conference will see the Society for European Festivals Research (SEFR) collaborate with academics, curators, independent researchers, industry professionals, students, and community groups for a three-day conference, on
‘Celebrations, Communities and Performances: festival occasions in Coventry and the surrounding region from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries and their legacy.’
This conference is organized by Dr Margaret Shewring (co-founder of SEFR, Emeritus Reader, Theatre and Performance Studies, School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures, and Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, University of Warwick), Dr Mark Webb (PhD, University of Leicester), an archaeologist who works for the Prince’s Foundation as a Development Director including responsibly for the restoration of Drapers’ Hall, Coventry, and a trustee of the Historic Coventry Trust, and Dr David Coates (Teaching Fellow, Theatre and Performance Studies, School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures, University of Warwick). It will take place in two of Coventry’s historic buildings – the Drapers’ Hall (days and evenings) and St Mary’s Guildhall (for evening sessions with a focus on performance interventions).
The Conference will take place from 20-22 April 2022. Please see the attached document for further information on themes and proposal submission.