14th Triennial Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude du Théâtre Médiéval
Poznan, Poland, 22nd - 27th July 2013

In July 2013 the next SITM Colloquium will be held at Poznan, one of the oldest Polish cities located in Western Poland. Our host is the Institute of Classical Philology of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.

We propose the following five main topics:

1. Medieval Theaters of Central and Eastern Europe: Traditions and interactions    
1. Le théâtre de l'Europe centrale et de l'Europe de l'Est au Moyen Âge: traditions et interactions
Legacy of the Past and New Approaches    
Héritage du passé et voies nouvelles:
chercheurs et recherches en Europe central et en Europe de l'Est
Halina Lewicka and the French farce
Halina Lewicka et la farce française

2. Building bridges, crossing boundaries    
2. Etablir des ponts, abolir les frontières
Dis- or Continuity of ancient theatre during the Middle Ages    
Le Théâtre médiéval et l'héritage antique: continuité ou hiatus?
Dissimination and Transmission: Translation, Adaptation, Revival, Printing and reprinting    
Diffusion et transmission: traduction, adaptation,réinterprétation, impression et réimpression
Intertextuality and Intergeneric Practices    
Intertextualité et conjointure des genres
Comparative Approaches    
Approches comparatistes

3. Rhetoric in Action    
3. La rhétorique à l'œuvre
Modes and Registers of Writing. Versification and Theatricality    
Modes et registres d'écritures. Versification et théâtralité
Rhetoric of Delivery: Acting, Voice and Gesture    
Rhétorique performative: jeu, voix et geste
Farce and vernacular eloquence    
Farce et éloguence vulgaire
Prologues and Epilogues.
Prologues et épilogues.
Preaching and Theatre    
Theâtre et prédication
Political / Polemical Plays    
Théâtre politique / théâtre polémique
Moralities, Interludes, Festive Drama    
Moralités, interludes, et "théâtre festif"

4. Theory and Practice at the dawn of the 21st Century    
4. De la théorie à la pratique à l'aube du 21 siècle
Critical Theory    
Théorie critique
Philology and new editorial ventures    
Philologie et nouvelles avenues éditoriales
Relevancy of teaching medieval theater in the context of universities    
Pertinence du théâtre médiéval dans l'enseignement universitaire
Electronic platforms    
Platforme electronique

5. The craft(s) of medieval theatre    
5. Les arts et les métiers du théâtre
Music, Noises, Special Effects in Context    
Musique, bruitages et effets spéciaux de scène
Costume Designe, Decoration, Directing    
Costumes et décors et régie
Mass effects: Spaces and people    
Effets de masse : espaces et personnes
Representing Violence, Horror, Sex and Scatology (In Memory of Robert Potter)    
Représenter la violence, l'horreur, la sexualité et la scatologie (séance en mémoire de Robert Potter)
Manuscript as Performance: Scribes, Correctors, Readers    
Le théâtre du manuscrit: copistes du manuscrit: copistes, correcteurs et lecteurs

Call for papers
30th Sept. 2012 A deadline for short abstracts including a basic bibliography. After evaluation procedure you will be asked to write a paper in a whole length, which will be published on-line 2 months before the Colloquium, to give all participants enough time for reading and preparing themselves for a discussion. Presentation of papers during the conference is limited to main points, taking no more than 10 minutes.

Performances during the Colloquium
We warmly invite theatrical and musical groups performing medieval and early modern repertoire to attend our colloquium. It gives you an extraordinary opportunity to play for the most competent audience you can imagine. Moreover you will be able to participate in the conference and you can exchange your ideas with scholars and colleagues.

For further information
Performers and musicians are kindly requested to contact Klementyna Glinska (psitm@yahoo.com, klementyna.glinska@gmail.com).
For technical and organizing questions please contact Piotr Bering (pber@amu.edu.pl).
Question about your topic and related to scholarly programme should be submitted to Mario Longtin (mlongtin@uwo.ca), the President of the SITM.

SITM website: http://www.sitm.info/index.php.