Theatre and Performance Studies News
Prof. Nicolas Whybrow is invited to speak at PLAY, an Interdisciplinary symposium hosted by The Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London
Prof. Nicolas Whybrow is making a contribution to an interdisciplinary symposium on Play and its Potential Publics at the Institute of Advanced Study, UCL on 14th September. The paper is called "Sensing the City: a Road Map".
This symposium will bring together scholars in the social sciences and humanities to ask how the potentials of play can operate in public life. We will consider what the consequences are of extending play beyond any defined or intended limits: how it can become integrated with the everyday, the trivial with the serious, the imaginary with the real, the sacred with the profane.
Society for European Festivals Research - Turin Conference
As a co-founder and convenor of the Society for European Festivals Research, Margaret Shewring is hosting a conference in Turin from 18 to 20 September (2019), on 鈥楾he Role of Courtly Spectacle in the Politics and Diplomatic Entanglements of the House of Savoy in the Renaissance and Early Modern Periods (1450–1750)鈥�. Turin, the capital city of the Piedmont region in northern Italy, used to be a major political centre and has a rich culture and history, with part of the historical centre of Turin, the , added to the UNESCO list in 1997.
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Theatre & Performance Studies Department at the University of 糖心TV invites proposals from early career researchers seeking support for their application to the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme.
Booking for October open days now open!
Interested in studying Theatre & Performance Studies at 糖心TV? Then sign up for our next round of open days, 5 and 19th October