2026 EASTAP Annual Conference "Waiting for the Barbarians"
23-26 September 2026
University of Groningen
Extended deadline: 23 February 2026
#performancestudies #theatrestudies #dramaturgy #dancestudies #operastudies #culturalstudies #comparativestudies #universityofgroningen
Song and Dance in Popular Devotion
Study Days (Laudare Project)
📍 University of Trento
📅 4–6 June 2026
Ethnomusicological perspectives on devotional song and dance, with a focus on vernacular traditions beyond Latin. Interdisciplinary contributions welcome.
Deadline: 31/01/2026
#Ethnomusicology #SacredMusic #DanceStudies #Ethnochoreology
4th Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Sound, Movement, and the Sciences (SoMoS)
📍 Lisbon, Portugal
📅 23–26 September 2026
Papers combining ethnographic/anthropological and science-based approaches to sound and movement in music and dance. Hybrid format.
Deadline: 27/02/2026
https://ictmusic.org/studygroup/somos/post/call-papers-4th-symposium-ictmd-somos
Dance Studies Association Conference "Speculative Choreographies: Bodies, Economies, and Movement in a World in Flux"
23-25 October 2026
California State University, USA
Deadline: 10 February 2026
Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-conference-speculative-choreographies-dance-studies-association/
#dancestudies #danceresearch #choreography #performingarts #californiastateuniversity
Deux chercheures nord-américaines présentent leurs travaux pour laconférence inaugurale Mary Fogarty et Imani Kai Johnson
Spectres de mouvement Tracer le savoir incarné dans les #HipHopStudies
#DanceStudies
Comment les formes de connaissance
générées par les #HipHop Studies remettent en question les modes d’analyse dominants, éclairent les dynamiques culturelles, institutionnelles, globales qui génèrent les vocabulaires et les épistémologies de mouvement dans le hip-hop
https://phonotheque.hypotheses.org/53447
Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies Vol. 45 "Choreographing Access: Aesthetics of Inclusion"
Deadline: 21 December 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-proposals-conversations-across-the-field-of-dance-studies-choreographing-access/
#dancestudies #cripart #disability #access #inclusion #disabledartists #blindartist #neurodiversity #chronicillness #callforpapers
RMA-SMI-EADH Conference 2026 (Royal Musical Association, Society for Musicology in Ireland, and the European Association for Dance History)
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music at Queen's University Belfast
21 August - 1 September 2026
Deadline: 15 December 2025
Symposium "Tennis between high culture and popular culture. Sports performances between theatricality and politics"
8-10 May 2026
Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
Deadline: 5 January 2026
Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-symposium-tennis-between-high-culture-and-popular-culture/
#symposium #tennis #performancestudies #popularculture #dancestudies #theatrestudies #mediastudies #anthropology
"Histories of European Dance behind the Borders: Mobility, Influence, and Impact"
European Association for Dance History Conference 2025, hosted by Queen's University Belfast
Online
21-23 Nov 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/save-the-date-european-association-for-dance-history-conference-2025/
#dancehistory #tanzgeschichte #dancestudies #ballet #socialdance #ballroomdancing #choreography #performingarts #onlineconference
300 Jahre Pierre Rameaus „Maitre à danser": Enseigner la manière. Les traités techniques de danse (1700-1750)
Internationale Konferenz auf Französisch und Englisch
Paris, FRA
11.-13.12.2025
👉 Weitere Informationen: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/save-the-date-internationale-konferenz-in-paris/
#rameau #tanzgeschichte #dancehistory #dancestudies #tanzwissenschaft #paris
International Symposium "OLFAC. Sensing Across the Humanities, Sciences and Arts"
3-5 December 2025
International Research Center for Cultural Studies (IFK), Vienna
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/save-the-date-symposium-sensing-across-the-humanities-sciences-and-arts-olfac/
#ercproject #olfac #culturalstudies #humanities #dancestudies #performancestudies #mediastudies #arthistory #vienna
Dance Context Journal 2026 "Politics in Dance"
Deadline: 25 November 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-politics-in-dance-dance-context-journal-2026/
#dancestudies #performingarts #bodypolitics #dancehistory #performancestudies
"Staging Dance" – 28th Annual Oxford Dance Symposium
21 & 22 April 2026
New College, Oxford, UK
Deadline: 28 November 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-staging-dance-28th-annual-oxford-dance-symposium-21-22-april-2026-new-college-oxford-uk-deadline-28-november-2025/
#dancestudies #dancehistory #dancesymposium #oxford #performingarts
Guest Editor Proposals for "Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies" Vol. 45
Deadline: 5 September 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-proposals-guest-editor-conversations-across-the-field-of-dance-studies/
#dancestudies #danceresearch #performancestudies #callforeditors #callforproposals
Video Annotatahon at Media Library for Dance and Theatre (MTT)
In cooperation with Motion Bank and @nfdi4culture
17.-18.09.2025
ITI Germany, Berlin
Open to researchers, students, archivists and practitioners in the field of performing arts, as well as coders from cultural and research backgrounds.
Deadline: 15.07.2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-participation-video-annotatahon-at-iti-germany-in-berlin/
#videoannotation #motionbank #performingarts #theatrestudies #dancestudies #berlin
Theatre Journal seeks article submissions for a special issue on "Staying Put"
Deadline: 1 February 2026
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-theatre-journal-article-submissions-special-issue-staying-put/
#theatrestudies #theaterwissenschaft #dancestudies #tanzwissenschaft #performancestudies
Theatre Journal seeks article submissions for a special issue on "Institutionality"
Deadline: 1 January 2026
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-theatre-journal-article-submissions-special-issue-on-institutionality/
#theatrestudies #Theaterwissenschaft #dancestudies #Tanzwissenschaft #performancestudies #institutionality
TQW Paper Launch "A is for assembling. Körper- & Performancepraktiken & Theorie"
27.05.2025 um 19.30 Uhr
TQW Studios, Tanzquartier Wien
Der Eintritt ist frei.
👉 Weitere Infos: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/save-the-date-tqw-paper-launch-a-is-for-assembling-korper-performancepraktiken-theorie/
#performancestudies #dancestudies #Tanzwissenschaft #tanz #wien
EADH conference 2025 "Histories of European Dance: Mobility, Influence, and Impact"
An entirely online conference hosted by Queen's University Belfast
21-23 November 2025
Deadline for submissions: 1st June 2025
👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-eadh-conference-2025-histories-of-european-dance/
#dancestudies #dancehistory #onlineconference #belfast #queensuniversity
"Choreography and Institutions: Issues, Diagnoses, Case Studies"
The Polish open access journal ‘Didaskalia’ (indexed by Scopus and ERIH PLUS) invites submissions that reflect on choreographic, dance and movement practices in relation to institutions.
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2025
👉 Further information: https://iftr.org/news/2025/april/choreography-and-institutions-issues-diagnoses-case-studies
