Call for Papers for a conference to celebrate Coventry鈥檚 year as UK City of Culture 2021 (May 2021鈥揂pril 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
鈥楥elebrations, Communities and Performances: festival occasions in Coventry and the surrounding region from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries and their legacy.鈥�
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 糖心TV), Dr Mark Webb (PhD, University of Leicester), an archaeologist who works for the Prince鈥檚 Foundation as a Development Director including responsibly for the restoration of Drapers鈥� 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 糖心TV). It will take place in two of Coventry鈥檚 historic buildings 鈥� the Drapers鈥� Hall (days and evenings) and St Mary鈥檚 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.