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NEWS Variabilities 2022 In Person Due to covid
control regulations Variabilities 5 in 2021 was partially
held as Virtual sessions. This year we are
planning to have an onsite conference at the John and Mabel
Ringling Museum of Art and Circus Archive, Sarasota, FL,
USA, 2-5 June 2022. Email any of the following for more details Miriam Wallace - mwallace@ncf.edu Chris Mounsey - chris.mounsey@winchester.ac.uk Stan Booth - stan.booth@winchester.ac.uk DRAFT PROGRAM Vari(A)bilities 5: Exhibiting
Humanity; Inhabiting the Body Thursday 2th- Sunday 5th June, 2022 Ground Rules:
Thursday 2nd June Morning Coffee/Tea Session 1
10:00am-12:50 am
Extraordinary Bodies Across Time · Sara Melcher, “Inhabiting Bodies with Disabilities in the Book of Deuteronomy” · Madeleine Sutherland-Meier, “Extraordinary Bodies in Medieval Miracles” · John Gulledge, “Laughing at/with Posture-Masters: Reflections on Eighteenth-Century Contortionism” Lunch on your
own 4:20 -5:30 – optional tour of Circus Museum 4:45-6:00 (MUSEUM IS OPEN TO 8PM) EVERTHING BUT CA D’ZAN Friday 3rd June Morning
Coffee/Tea Session
2
10:00am-12:50 am
Gendered and Queer Spectacles · Edmond Chang, “Stinky, Scaly, Freaky Bodies: Queer Haptic Textuality in Larissa Lai’s Salt Fish Girl and The Tiger Flu” · Delia Steverson, Freakish Black Masculinity: Locating the Suspended Marginal in Native Son and A Lesson before Dying.” · Krystal Cleary, “Chronic Spectacles: Invisible Disability & Chronic Illness in Netflix’s Afflicted” Lunch 12:30 –
1:45 Coffee Break
3:00 – 3:15 Session 3
3:30 – 5:00. Afternoon in the Archives Saturday 4th June Keynote TBC Sainer Auditorium 10:00am-11:45 am TITLE Followed by
Luncheon for conferees at Muse, Ringling Museum Pavillion Session 6,
1:45 – 3:00
Performing Bodies · Ball, “Edwardian poster children? Disability, agency, representation and crowdfunding in early 20th century South Australia” · Costa, “Actresses & Freaks: Ishi & Lily Lena” · Huey, “The Peculiar Body of the Classic Circus Clown” Coffee Break & Farewell 3:00 – 3:15 Support for this event was provided by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Co-Hosted by New College of Florida; John and Mable Ringling Museum/Tibbals Collection; University of Winchester. |