"Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts 3," Lincoln School of Performing Arts, University of Lincoln, May 16-18, 2009.

Update: The conference webpage is here: http://blackboard.lincoln.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/users/dmeyerdinkgrafe/current/conference2009.html. Keynote Lecture:

• Harry Youtt (UCLA): The Creative Mind beyond the Brain Scan: the Role of the Creative Artist in the Brain Laboratory

Plenary Sessions:

• John Menaghan, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
• Laugher Workshop with Robin Graham

Performances:

• Brain Scam (Kriben Pillai and Magic Mo)

Last but not least, the deadline for submissions has been extended to April 1, 2009.

Original Post (November 1, 2008): The Lincoln School of Performing Arts, University of Lincoln, UK, is pleased to host the Third International Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts. Abstracts (up to 1 page) are invited for papers relating any aspect of consciousness (as defined in a range of disciplines involved with consciousness studies, but not therefore restricted or limited to the academic university context) to any aspect of theatre, performance, literature, music, fine arts, media arts and any sub-genre of those. Creative work is also expressly invited. Please send the abstract to Professor Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe, dmeyerdinkgrafe@lincoln.ac.uk. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 1 March 2009.