Drama

Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre & Performance

Call for Papers on:
Themed Issue: Drama and second / additional language learning

You are invited to submit a proposal of no more than 500 words for an article of approximately 5, 000 words in length.

Potential issues that you may wish to address include:
• Interrogation of theories of second / additional language learning that inform current practice;
• Reports of research initiatives in the application of drama pedagogy to second / additional language learning;
• Consideration of language policies in government and/or education;
• Challenges and possibilities for pedagogy and the art form in this specific field;
• Influences of location, culture, gender, needs of the learner/s, and life experience and how they impinge on theory and practice;
• Language and power and critical perspectives on how drama attempts to address this;
• Methodological concerns for research and language learning.

The deadline for the submission of a proposed paper is May 14th, 2010.

Further information contact: Dr. Michael Finneran, Senior Lecturer in Drama
Ph. (direct): +353 61 204976
Email: michael.finneran@mic.ul.ie

Conference Reviews Editor
Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre & Performance
www.informaworld.com/crde

A.D.E.I.'s network of
International Organisations & their Events
are listed and linked below:

• D4LC Conference

in Zakopane, Poland
26th - 28th March 2010
Workshop leaders: Patrice Baldwin - Chair of National Drama (UK), D4LC International Director and Arts Adviser Pamela Bowell - National Drama Conference Director, and D4LC core team member (UK) and Research Associate in the School of Education, Kingston University, London
Kate Fleming - National Drama Vice Chair and D4LC core team member (UK) and lecturer at Brighton University
Applications by email please to: Alicija Galazka: agalaska@a4.pl or or Aleksandre Pyrzyk pyrzyczka@interia.pl

• Call for Papers and Participants!

The Regional Conference “Student Theatre and Political Activism”
Student Centre of the University of Zagreb
March, 24 to 26, 2010

Look for more info on the festival at
www.test.hr

ADEI are affiliated to IDEA. IDEA President, Dan Baron Cohen. IDEA will host their world congress 17-25 july 2010 in Belém ~ Amazônia ~ Brasil The World Congress website: http://www.idea2010.art.br/

• IDEA 2010 - deadline extended

live, living diversity! embracing the arts of transformation
Belém ~ Amazônia ~ Brasil
17-25 july 2010
For more information please visit the website www.idea2010.art.br
E-mail: idea2010sigs@hotmail.com

• Festlab: An initiative of the European Festivals Association ( EFA)"Artistic creation and new approaches in culture should receive due attention, as important means of communication between people in Europe and in the follow-up to the ongoing European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008).”

Website: http://www.efa-aef.eu/festlab/news.lasso

• Patrice invited you to "International Conference Drama for Learning and Creativity" on 26 March

"Poland is holding its first D4LC Conference in the beautiful Tatra mountain resort of Zakopane
Worldwide delegates welcome. Viisit the events section of D4LC Facebook. Thanks,Patrice Baldwin and Alicja Galazka (D4LC Poland)".Event: International Conference Drama for Learning and Creativity
Start Time: 26 March 28 March
Where: Kolejerz Hotel, Zakopane, Poland To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=292008951520&mid=1b39bc6G4e4922dfG155f071G7

• A I T A / I A T A

RUSSIAN CENTRE international events schedule 2010
General Secretary of Russian Center of AITA Alla Zorina E-mail: alla_zorina@mail.ru

• Peace Drama celebration 25-27 of Feb 2010

Abuelgassim Gor, PhD Associate Professor of Peace Culture &Theatre Criticism Peace Culture Center PCC & College of Music & DramaSudan University of Science & Technology SUSTPresident, SCTR Khartoum- Sudan Sudan P.O Box 407
Mobile:+249 912282559 Email: gore56@yahoo.com

• 2nd. UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education, 25-28 May, 2010, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Deadline for submissions: February 15, 2010
A call for paper proposals for the 2nd. UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education has been posted on the conference website. http://www.artsedu2010.kr/htm/en/program/401_callforpaper.jsp
Before submitting a paper proposal, contributors must register on the website. http://www.artsedu2010.kr/htm/en/program/301_regis.jsp

A.D.E.I.'s network of
National Organisations & their Events
are listed and linked below:

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