Involving a global network of interdisciplinary scholars and artists, Performing Space is an ongoing research project exploring the relationship between performance and the built environment from the varying perspectives of those studying and practicing at the intersection of human activity and its space, such as architecture, archaeology, anthropology, sociology, theatre studies, philosophy, economics, media, and visual arts.
Mediterranean Spacing workshop led by Dorita Hannah. Karathona Beach, Nafplio, Performing Space 2024. (Photo: Spyros Kousouris)
OPEN CALL FOR PERFORMING SPACE 2025
The Performing Space Association, in collaboration with the University of the Peloponnese, is organising the
4th Performing Space conference,
with scholarly and performative presentations alongside embodied workshops, to be held in
Nafplio, Greece, from 4 to 7 July 2025.
Performing Space 2025 invites all researchers and artists who study and experiment with the relationships between space and performance to submit their proposals for the conference presentations and participation in concurrent workshops. As a ‘post-disciplinary event’ it brings together academics, practitioners and artists with their sociocultural perspectives, all working together to advance the understanding of how our environments are and can be constructed, using the body and performance as tools for knowing space, whether physical or virtual.
As with the last edition, the mornings will be dedicated to presentations, the afternoons to workshops and the evenings to various events. This year, we are offering a new option for proposing 'performative presentations', in which any means of expression can be used to communicate the proposals. However, we will only have time for 12 presentations of this type.
As always, the conference is open to any topic related to performance and space, although in this edition we would like to highlight the following threads:
- Pedagogies of Performance
- Applications of Site-Specific Performances
- Performance-Based Spatial Researchers
- Performance and Space in the Social Sciences
Previous publications: Performing Space 2022 (download here), Performing Space 2023 (download here).
CALL FOR PAPERS
If you would like to present your work in the conference, please send a 300 words abstract by 7 April to info@performingspace.org using the template you can download here.
The workshops will take place in the afternoons of 4, 5, 6 and 7 July in Nafplio. They are aimed at conference participants, but also at professionals, artists, MA or PhD students or people interested in spatial embodiment within given environments. If you would like to apply to participate in one or more of the workshops, please send the completed document by 7 April to info@performingspace.org, which can be downloaded here.
(In a few days we will publish the workshops offered in this edition)
KEY DATES:
Deadline for abstracts submissions: 7 April
Acceptance of participants: 14 April
Deadline for payment of fees: 5 May
Conference and workshops: 4 to 7 July
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS REGISTRATION FEES:
Regular presentations (10 min.) or performative presentations (10 + 5 min) including publication of a 1,500-word paper in the proceedings.
A. Professors, staff researchers and specialist staff or professionals: €175
B. If more than one author, each co-author (max. 3 co-authors in total): €120
C. MA and PhD students: €150
D. If more than one author, each co-author (max. 3 co-authors in total): €100
E. Professors, researchers and specialist staff from the host university or associated universities: €120
F. If more than one author, each co-author (max. 3 co-authors in total): €100
G. MA-PhD students from the host university or associated universities (Only one author per paper): €100
4-day workshops (16 hours)
Regular participants: €175
Regular conference participant (A & B): €100
Students participating in the conference (C & D): €75
Conference participants from the host university (E & F): €75
Students from the host university (G): €50
1-day workshops (4 hours)
Regular participants: €60
Regular conference participant (A & B): €40
Students participating in the conference (C & D): €30
Conference participants from the host university (E & F): €30
Students from the host university (G): €30
Attend more than one 1-day workshop (registration fee per workshop)
Regular participants: €40
Regular conference participant (A & B): €30
Students participating in the conference (C & D): €20
Conference participants from the host university (E & F): €20
Students from the host university (G): €20
PERFORMING SPACE 2025 CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS
Executive Committee
Director: Dr. Pablo Berzal Cruz
Coordinator: Dr. Alba Balmaseda Domínguez
Coordinator: Dr. Athena Stourna
Coordinator: Prof. Dorita Hannah
Scientific Committee
Honorary Member: Prof Dorita Hannah. University of Newcastle, Australia
Chair: Dr Athena Stourna. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Alba Balmaseda Domínguez. Independent researcher
Dr. Pablo Berzal Cruz. Independent researcher
Dr. Carmen Blasco Rodríguez. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Dr. Katerina El Raheb. University of the Peloponnese
Dr Gina Giotaki. University of the Peloponnese
Dr Tyrone Grima. Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology
Dr Philip Hager. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr. Maria Chaniotaki. Independent researcher
Dr. Giorgos Kondis. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Maria Mikedaki. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Alberto Morell Sixto. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Dr. KIMVI Nguyen. Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Dr. Eftichios Pirovolakis. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Bill Psarras. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Elina Roinioti. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Adonis Volanakis. University of Patras
Dr. Christina Zoniou. University of the Peloponnese
Organising Committee
Dr. Katerina El Raheb. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Tyrone Grima. Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology
Dr. Giorgos Kondis. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Bill Psarras. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Elina Roinioti. University of the Peloponnese
Dr. Anastasios Theodoropoulos. University of the Peloponnese
Workshop Leaders
Dr. Alba Balmaseda Domínguez. Independent researcher
Dr. Pablo Berzal Cruz. Independent researcher
Prof. Dorita Hannah. University of Newcastle, Australia
Workshop Assistants
Volunteers
Organised by:
Asociación Performing Space
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In collaboration with:
University of the Peloponnese
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