Performance Studies Organizations, Conferences and Discussion Groups

Performance Studies international (PSi)
PSi is a professional association founded in 1997 to promote communication and exchange between scholars and practitioners working in the field of performance. It holds international conferences and festivals on the practice and discourse of performance, and has members in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Israel , Venezuela, Switzerland, Serbia, France, Italy, Finland, Slovenia, and Japan.

http://www.psi-web.org  

PSi Conference #12
http://www.psi-web.org/texts/conference.html

The Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
The Association for Theatre in Higher Education is an organization of individuals and institutions that provides vision and leadership for the profession and promotes excellence in theatre education. ATHE actively supports scholarship through teaching, research and practice and serves as a collective voice for its mission through its publications, conferences, advocacy, projects, and through collaborative efforts with other organizations.
http://www.athe.org/

ATHE Annual Conference
http://www.athe.org/conf/index.html

The American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)
The American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), established in 1956, provides an organization and public voice for theatre scholars and promotes the cause of theatre as a field for serious scholarly study and research.

http://www.astr.umd.edu/

American Society for Theatre Research and the Theatre Library Association Annual Conference

http://www.astr.umd.edu/ASTRConference.html

The Centre for Performance Research (CPR)
Established in 1988 CPR’s mission is to explore the implications of performance in all its possibilities and to seek to articulate and disseminate the findings involving the community at large.

http://www.thecpr.org.uk

Calendar

http://www.thecpr.org.uk/calendar.html

International Federation for Theatre Research
http://www.firt-iftr.org/firt/home.jsp

Australian Association for Theatre, Drama, and Performance Studies (ADSA)
Formed in 1977, ADSA is the academic body in the Pacific region promoting the study of drama in any performing medium. ADSA represents theoretical researchers and theatre practitioners in drama, theatre and performance studies.

http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/adsa/index.htm

ADSA Annual Conference

http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/adsa/2005_conference.htm

Discussion Groups and Portals

Performance Studies.org
This website, which mainly functions as a discussion board for performance studies, lists forty-two colleges and universities that currently have performance studies programs. It also lists links to related scholarly journals and organizations.

http://www.performancestudies.org/index.php