Conference Circus and Beyond. Rethinking the History of Popular Entertainment
Friday 11 May 2018
Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield
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Registration
8.45 Arrival and Coffee
9.00 Introduction
9.15 Welcome: Vanessa Toulmin (Sheffield, Advisory Board Member of Circus 250)

Keynote
09.30 to 11.00
Marius Kwint (Portsmouth), From 'the debauching of Servants and Apprentices' to 'the temple of English Pastime': the Legitimization of the Circus, c. 1758 - c. 1842

11.00 - 11.30: coffee break

Panels 1 and 2
11.30 - 13.00

Panel 1: Circus and Modernity
Gareth Davies, The Clown, Geese and Washing Tub: Raising a crowd in the Victorian Circus
Teo Greenstreet (Sheffield), What ever happened to New Circus …?
Olga L. Sorzano (London), ‘Modern Circus’ and the origins of circus as a performing art

Panel 2: Visual and Verbal Representations of Circus
Julia Calver (Leeds), Tales, Toil and Tea, Conversations with a Circus Artist
Rose Gridneff (Kingston), Twice Daily: The Visual Language of Circus Posters

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch, HRI atrium
possibility to visit the National Fairground and Circus Archive (NFCA)

Panel 3 and 4 14.00 - 15.30

Panel 3: Performative Representations of Circus
Jon Davidson (London), A Brief History of Clown Fashion: Using Material Evidence of Costume for Research
Margarete Fuchs (Marburg, Germany), Marginalization of Circus Arts
Rosie Kelly, Juggling as told by Jugglers/ Juggling through time/Juggling in animation “what’s up with that?!”

Panel 4: Circus and Nation: Nationalism, Empire and Political Agenda
Stav Meishar (New York, USA), Forgotten Legacies for Present Day Audiences: Circus Jews under National Socialism
Layachi El Habbouch, (Fes, Morocco) Collecting Nativity, De-collecting Ethnicity: Sidi Ahmed OuMoussa, Charles Darwin and the British Empire

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
possibility to visit the NFCA

Panel 5 Circus and Intersectionality: Race and Gender in the Ring
16.00 to 17.30

Urban Angels Theatre Company (Leeds), Oh Susannah (Performance)
Kate Holmes (Exeter), Empowering Interwar Female Bodies: Changing Perceptions through Performing Aristocracy and Aerial Movement
Eric McGill (Cardiff), Queer Representation in the Circus of Today

17.30 to 18.00 Final Discussion

18.00 - 19.30 Conference Dinner at Maveli’s (2 min walk to 223 Glossop Road)