Performance@King's @PerformanceKCL
Interdisciplinary performance & theatre research network based at @KingsCollegeLon / @kingsartshums blogs.kcl.ac.uk/performance/ London, UK Joined September 2020-
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Panel 2 on “Queer Conditions” during its Q&A section. We heard varied, insightful papers from @WeiHaoGoh & @SamHoltonBradl1 & Avneet Sharma
Panel 1 on “Scientific Terms” kicking off the department’s PGR conference in style… Some great papers from @AntelmeFHM & @_alexanding & @fermentyfresh
I have written this for my colleagues and friends @RoehamptonUni and @ProtestUoR bravely resisting the cuts wreaked upon the Arts and Humanities there. But it is also for @KingsCollegeLon and others who play their own part in this. artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/artic…
Registration is now open for the KCL English conference, Friday 24 - Saturday 25 June! Friday's panel on 'Performing Disciplines' may be of interest, with talks on work & crafting, circus, and inclusivity in the music industry. Link to register in quoted tweet -
Registration is now open for the KCL English conference, Friday 24 - Saturday 25 June! Friday's panel on 'Performing Disciplines' may be of interest, with talks on work & crafting, circus, and inclusivity in the music industry. Link to register in quoted tweet -
Event alert! from the Performing Utopia project - WRITING ON THE SAND will be performed live & with film at Sands Films Studio, on Saturday 11 June, 7.30pm. Online and in-person viewing options available - find out more here: sandsmusic.eventive.org/schedule/6287b…
With indecent haste following REF, recent announcements from Wolverhampton, and this morning news from Roehampton reminds all of us buoyed up by years of commitment from those who built our UK-wide theatre and performance studies culture that that ecology is seriously ‘at risk’.
We're very proud of and excited for Kélina Gotman for her Leverhulme Trust Fellowship 🥳🥳 congratulations Kélina!
We're very proud of and excited for Kélina Gotman for her Leverhulme Trust Fellowship 🥳🥳 congratulations Kélina!
Post-strike reminder that you can read Penny Newell's brilliant piece, '“The doctor will refuse to see you now”: Queer solidarity for adeno and endo pain', on the Performance@King's blog, with artworks by Amber Smyth -
Post-strike reminder that you can read Penny Newell's brilliant piece, '“The doctor will refuse to see you now”: Queer solidarity for adeno and endo pain', on the Performance@King's blog, with artworks by Amber Smyth -
Call for Papers alert 🚨 KCL English PG conference - Conditions and Terms: Methods and Disciplines of Knowledge 24th & 25th June, both online and in person at King’s College London - come join us!
KCL English is hiring! - full-time, permanent appointment for Lecturer in Theatre, Performance & Critical Theory - jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/0415…
Today's reading group on Weber's Theatricality as Medium took us from Mallarmé & Derrida all the way to (brace yourselves) NFTs. Performance studies has RANGE.
We're signing off for the holidays, & are wishing our followers a restful break 😴 here's a festive pic from our end-of-term do in early December, the first time many of us met in person (and perhaps the last for a while!). Stay safe one and all 😎
Our next PG reading group will take place on Fri 26 November, 16.00-17.30, online! We'll be discussing Amelia Jones and J.P. Park on performance art and presence. DM for meeting link & PDFs!

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