The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater held its 2026 Symposium at UCLA from September 17 to 19, alongside the LA Escena festival. Three days of panels, roundtables, staged readings and performances brought together scholars, translators, directors and actors working on Hispanic classical theater on both sides of the Atlantic. The program included Barbara Fuchs’s plenary […]
UCLA, Los Angeles, September 19, 2026. Saturday, the final day of the symposium at UCLA, was highlighted by the AHCT awards and by the Donald T. Dietz Plenary Lecture, delivered by Barbara Fuchs, director of Diversifying the Classics at UCLA. The Vern Williamsen Comedia Book Prize went to Mary B. Quinn for Sense and Spectacle
A chronicle of the second day of the AHCT symposium at UCLA: LA Escena artists, translation, chivalric comedia, heritage, Sor Juana, and two performances at the festival.
The association opened its annual symposium at UCLA with LA Escena and Diversifying the Classics: adaptation, Mexican baroque, training and production, and a screening of Fuenteovejuna 2026.
The AHCT and Siglo Latinx invite you to two live conversations with artists and specialists of the Spanish Golden Age, streamed on the AHCT YouTube channel. Watch here Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 11:30 CDMX and 1:30 pm ET: Mariano Ruiz, actorx and cabareterx. Thursday, 10 September 2026, 10:00 CDMX and 12:00 pm ET: Paula Rodríguez,
The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT) is delighted to announce that the full program for its Annual Spanish Golden Age Theater Symposium, held in collaboration with the LA Escena Festival, is now available. This year’s gathering takes place September 17–19, 2026, at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Over three days, the symposium brings together
We are delighted to announce that registration for the 2026 Symposium of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT 26) is officially open. Join scholars, educators, students, and theater practitioners for an exciting gathering dedicated to the study, performance, and appreciation of Hispanic classical theater. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing another year
The deadline for the Hesse Grant Award has been extended to 15 June 2026. The grant recognizes outstanding scholarship by graduate students working on early modern Hispanic theater and performance studies. Deadline15 June 2026, 11:59 PM EST Who can applyCurrent graduate students, at master or PhD level What the grant coversOne year of AHCT membership,
The AHCT invites proposals for the sessions it sponsors at the annual conference of the Renaissance Society of America, in Philadelphia, from 11 to 13 March 2027. ConferenceRSA 2027, Philadelphia, 11 to 13 March 2027 Deadline31 July 2026, a hard deadline AnswerProposers are notified by 15 August 2026 Where to send itRobert Turner, rob.turner@usd.edu What
Call for Papers — The Sixteenth Century Society: A Society for Early Modern Studies Chicago, IL, October 29-31, 2026 The Sixteenth Century Society (SCS) is pleased to invite proposals for individual presentations, panels, roundtables, and workshops for its annual conference which will take place at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago on October 29-31, 2026.
