Robert A. Schanke Theatre
Research Award The
Theatre History Symposium of the Mid-America
Theatre Conference is proud to announce an
exciting new opportunity for tenure-track theatre
historians. Through a generous donation, Dr.
Robert A. Schanke, Professor Emeritus of Theatre
at Central College in Iowa, Former Editor of
Theatre History Studies, and long-time leader of
MATC, has established a theatre research
competition among those scholars whose work is
accepted for presentation at the Mid-America
Theatre Conference, beginning with the March 2005
conference in Kansas City, MO. The Robert
A. Schanke Research Award is given annually to an
untenured faculty presenter at the Theatre
History Symposium and carries a cash award of $500
as well as subsequent publication of the paper in
Theatre History Studies, the journal of the
Mid-America Theatre Conference. The
recipient of the award will be recognized at the MATC Awards
Luncheon.
Interested
scholars should submit their paper proposals to
the Theatre History Symposium (
click here
for the guidelines
). In an accompanying cover letter, the
candidate should note that s/he wishes to be
considered for the Robert A. Schanke Theatre
Research Award. Candidates for the Award
must submit a completed paper by February 15,
2007.
Please contact
either Henry Bial hbial@ku.edu
or John Fletcher drjohnfletcher@gmail.com
, co-chairs of the Theatre History
Symposium, with any questions. We look forward to
your submissions, and to the inauguration of the
Robert A. Schanke award for excellence in the
field of theatre research. | 
