The Annual GOTH Symposium welcomes scholars from within and outside The Open University for two days of productive interdisciplinary discussion and debate.

The Program Committee invites proposals for presentations focusing on any aspects of gender and/or otherness in creative writing or pre-modern drama, literature and visual culture, in two formats:

1. Postgraduate students only: 5-minute lightning papers on any aspects of human gender and otherness in creative writing or drama, literature and/or visual culture.

2. Open call: 15-minute papers focusing on any aspects of gender and otherness in creative writing or drama, literature and/or visual culture, with particular emphasis on:

• Gender, race, disability and/or human physical otherness in religious and secular medieval and early modern theatre, with topics including but not limited to:
• Gender, race, disability and/or otherness in creative writing, with topics including but not limited to:
• Female patrons and the fashioning of gender in medieval and early modern literary, dramatic and visual arts, with topics including but not limited to:
• The Open University Medieval and Early Modern Research Group guest panel

Please see the full call for papers under Associated Downloads on the right of the page.

Please submit your proposal (300 words max) and academic bio (150 words max) on or before the CFP deadline of 28 February 2025, to m.a.katritzky@open.ac.uk & FASS-GOTH-Admin@open.ac.uk.

All presenters who participate in the full two days of the symposium will be provided with 1 night of paid accommodation (2 nights for non-UK presenters). If you wish to be considered for a travel bursary, please include a brief statement explaining what sum is requested and why.

Further information on the event and registration is being posted on the GOTH website as it becomes available. 

Inquiries on any aspect of the symposium may be emailed to FASS-GOTH-Admin@open.ac.uk.

Deadline for proposals: 28 February 2025