CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Women’s Innovations in Theatre, Dance, and Performance

We are writing about a call for contributors to an exciting new series at Bloomsbury. Women’s Innovations in Theatre, Dance, and Performance aims to capture the innovations women have made to the performing arts in their historical, geographical, and disciplinary diversity. This series seeks to broaden, celebrate, and recover historical awareness of these performance-based artmakers and their contributions; as such, it will showcase innovative, intersectional feminist historiographical approaches along with a history of women’s innovation in the field.

The series will consist of four volumes; each volume will focus on processes and practices surrounding roles, broadly conceived. The set will be organized as such: Vol. 1: Performers; Vol. 2: Creators; Vol. 3: Designers & Crafters; and Vol. 4: Leaders.

Learn more about the series, read the CFP, and submit the abstract of your proposed contribution on the series’ website: www.womens-innovations.com.

Please consider joining us in this endeavor, or share with colleagues you think may have interest.

Best,
Wendy Arons, Melissa Blanco Borelli, and Elizabeth Son
Series Co-Editors

Applications are now being accepted for a mentorship program for black graduate students, postdoctoral fellows/scholars and emerging scholars in the humanities whose work engages with the regions of South Asia and/or Southeast Asia. The mentorship program, funded by the Association for Asian Studies’ “Striving for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Asian Studies: Humanities Grants for Asian Studies Scholars,” aims to enhance the professional development of a cohort of scholars in the field. The program will create a close network of support and mentorship—both academic and non-academic—that will provide balance, community, and advocacy for emerging scholars.

The program will consist of a series of online workshops, meeting monthly over the course of 6 months (from September 2022 to February 2023), led by insightful mentors and facilitators. Mentors will include black humanities professors who engage with Asia in their research, mental health professionals, and those who can provide practical tools and advice to mentees for navigating both academic and non-academic careers. The workshops will provide opportunity to discuss topics as varied as how to position oneself well for advancement in, and/or outside of, the academy; how and where to apply for travel, language and research grants; and how to advocate for one’s own personal growth and health. Mentees will also have the option to engage in one-on-one discussions or email exchanges with the facilitator-mentor for the month following their respective workshop. The program will culminate in an in-person social event and discussion at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) annual meeting in Boston in March 2023.

The AAS grant will cover the costs of workshop resources for mentees, compensate mentors for their work and time, and provide financial support (accommodation, travel and conference fees) for the mentees to attend the 2023 AAS meeting in Boston.

To apply for this opportunity, please send a CV and cover letter indicating your interest in the program. In the cover letter, please provide a brief background of your topic of study and what you would hope to gain from the mentorship program. Please send your materials to Rebekah McCallum, PhD (Program Facilitator) at MentorshipSASEA@gmail.com by August 12, 2022.

The Cultivating the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grants are made possible thanks to the generous support of Sweden. This grant program is part of a new collaborative transnational project that aims at enhancing the research capabilities of scholars and local institutions, especially in post-conflict and conflict areas, while helping to reduce the social and economic vulnerabilities of South and Southeast Asian countries through policy-relevant research.

The project focuses on junior faculty, graduate students, senior and independent scholars, women, and ethnic minority groups in particular. Cultivating the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) Research Grants are available for short- (up to 2 months), medium- (2-6 months), and long-term (12 months) research projects that advance the fields of the humanities and social sciences in South and Southeast Asia.

The Association for Asian Studies invites applications from low- and lower middle-income countries of Southeast Asia (e.g., Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) as well as from less economically advantaged countries and areas of South Asia (e.g., Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India). When evaluating proposals from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and India, the review committee will prioritize applicants who come from regions and/or institutions with resource and infrastructure constraints. We also encourage collaborative projects, especially those that partner scholars from under-resourced institutions with colleagues at institutions that offer more resources and infrastructure to support their work.

Recipients of CHSS grants will be invited to submit a panel proposal at an AAS-in-Asia conference, where they will have the opportunity to share the results of their research projects, participate in skill-building workshops, and discuss publishing prospects with our partners based in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.