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The School of Performing Arts in collaboration with the US Embassy will be hosting Prof. Tracy Davis from the Northernwestern University. Prof. Davis will be meeting students as follows:

 

Lecture for all SPA students and the General public 

Topic: 'Remodeling the Public Sphere: A Victorian Woman Ventures Securely into Men's Realms'

Reading: 'The Sociable Playwright and Representative Citizen'

venue: Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2)​

 

Lecture for all SPA students

Topic: 'How do you Know a Mermaid when you See One? How do you See a Mermaid when you Know One?'

Reading: 'Where Skin Meets Fin' [Optional: 'Introduction' to The Broadview Anthology of 19C British Performance]

venue: Engineering Lecture Theatre (ELT)

 

Lecture for Theatre Studies - Master of Arts in Theatre and Performance (C21 Studies and Perspectives) students

Topic: 'Activism' in relation to performance theory

Reading: 'Practical Jobs for Utopian Artists'

venue: Room 109 Dar Ä użeppi Zahra (DGZ109)

Tracy C. Davis is a specialist in performance theory, theatre historiography, and research methodology. She is Director of the Graduate School's Excellence in Mentoring Initiative. She edits the book series 'Cambridge Studies in Theatre and Performance Theory' and co-edits the book series 'Transnational Theatre Histories' for Palgrave. Since 2013, she has been co-director of the Summer Institute in Cologne, an international summer school for graduate students at the Theatrewissenschaftlichte Samlung. She has served as President of the American Society for Theatre Research and on the Board of Directors for Performance Studies international.

 

Needless to say, attendance to these sessions is highly recommended, as this is a learning opportunity that is not to be missed.