Hot Topics and Dramaturgy Debut Panel Application
LMDA Hot Topics and Dramaturgy Debut Panel speakers present a provocative question, assertion, issue, or project with which they are currently (passionately) engaged to initiate conversations and collaborations, or to address pressing issues for our community.
Proposals are welcome from both LMDA Members and Non-Members!
Hot Topics
Hot Topics speakers present a provocative question, assertion, issue, or project with which they are currently (passionately) engaged to initiate conversations and collaborations, or to address pressing issues for our community.
Speakers have just five minutes each to open a door onto their topic. The strict time limit allows for multiple presentations and follow-up conversations. It also requires careful preparation. At four minutes, the convener will give the presenter a one-minute warning; at five minutes, the presenter will be gently, but firmly, yanked off of the stage.
To submit a Hot Topics proposal, use Hot Topics Call for Proposals – 2025. If you have questions about this format, contact Karen Jean Martinson and Dan Smith, at university@lmda.org. Proposals include your name, your topic title, and brief summaries of your talk’s content and ways you hope it will resonate.
Due Date: March 21, 2025
LMDA Dramaturgy Debut Panel
The LMDA Debut Panel offers an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students new to conferencing to present a provocation about a dramaturgy project. Each of the selected student panelists will share a brief presentation about their project (time limit will be determined based on the number of submissions). This will be followed by a short Q&A session to allow the audience to engage with the presenters. A panel will adjudicate the submissions, with an emphasis on selecting students from a wide range of geographic locations and institutions, covering a wide range of projects.
Debut panelists are encouraged but not required to reflect on the conference theme of Dramaturgy as Creative Infrastructure. How can sustained acts of dramaturgy shore up existing infrastructure or create new kinds of infrastructure? What kinds of infrastructure do dramaturgs need, within higher education and beyond? Join us in San Diego and Tijuana to help build dramaturgical infrastructure together!
To submit a DEBUT PANEL proposal, use this form. If you have questions about this format, contact Karen Jean Martinson and Dan Smith, at university@lmda.org. Proposals include your name, your topic title, and brief summaries of your talk’s content and ways you hope it will resonate.
Due Date: March 21, 2025