Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group

28/01/2016

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!!

Silent Voices

Tenth Anniversary of
One-Day Interdisciplinary Colloquium for Postgraduate Students

19 February 2016

Goldsmiths, University of London
St James Hatcham 302


Registration for Silent Voices, a one-day interdisciplinary colloquium for postgraduate students at Goldsmiths, University of London is now open. The colloquium will be held at the St James Hatcham 302 at Goldsmiths on 19 February. For more information, including the conference programme, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/Sociology-of-Theatre-and-Performance-Research-Group-126843344087267/ .

This year, the Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group (STPRG) will be inviting postgraduate students from a wide range of disciplines to explore all forms of silent voices; concealed in political fields as a form of suppression, or deployed in theatre as an eloquent means of non-verbal communication. Delegates and presenters will explore the various ways in which silent voices could be acknowledged, assessed and appreciated.

Silent Voices is the tenth annual postgraduate colloquium organised by the STPRG at Goldsmiths, University of London, under the direction of Professor Maria Shevtsova.

Registration is free, and also coffees and teas will be served on the day!

If you would like to attend, please register by sending an email to: [email protected]

Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any queries you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!


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Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group
Department of Theatre and Performance
Goldsmiths, University of London

Research group based at Goldsmiths, University of London

10/12/2015

thanks to everyone for their submissions, we'll be getting in touch with you all after December 18th - Phoebe

08/10/2015

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:

Silent Voices

19-20 February 2016

“…when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive”
- Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn (a litany for survival)

We are excited to announce the 10th anniversary of the postgraduate colloquium organised by the Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group at Goldsmiths, founded and led by Professor Maria Shevtsova. We warmly invite postgraduate students with interdisciplinary perspectives from the UK and internationally to examine silence and the multiple ways in which it manifests itself.

This may include, but is not limited to: explorations of silent forms of expression (theatre, dance, visual arts, architecture), how individuals or groups are silenced (censorship, repression, marginalisation), silence as the erasure of histories, who has the right to speak or to be silent, silence as a form of protest, protection and the use of silence when you have nothing else to declare your freedom.

In finding ways to articulate silences, we welcome proposals for 20-minute papers and practice-as-research presentations from all disciplines. The colloquium is an ideal opportunity for postgraduate students to organise a paper, present their ideas in a dynamic context, get feedback from a peer group and meet other students to ignite interdisciplinary debate in a comradely environment.

Please submit your name, department, university, conference paper title and a 250-word abstract or practice-based statement of intent to [email protected]. The deadline is 4 December 2015 at 5pm.

Please do contact us with any queries you may have. We aim to make the event fully accessible so please let us know if you have any access requirements that will enable your participation. The event will be free to all.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Dia Barghouti, Geetha Creffield, Kyoko Iwaki and Phoebe Patey-Ferguson.

16/03/2015

Application now open for MA Performance and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspective led by Professor Maria Shevtsova

Thi is an utterly unique and pioneering interdisciplinary course that Professor Shevtsova has single-handedly yielded at Goldsmiths, University of London and, since its establishment, numerous excellent researchers have been nurtured through the course.

If you were intrigued by interdisciplinary discussions that emerged at Sites of War and, if you also happen to know any prominent student who might also enjoy learning the discipline of the Sociology of Theatre, please do forward the message below.

Professor Shevtsova is willing to welcome all high-quality students from every corner of the world who are disciplined, diligent and suitable for the course.


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Application Now Available for MA Performance & Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Goldsmiths, University of London (2015 - 2016)

This pioneering MA established by Professor Maria Shevtsova offers interdisciplinary perspectives on international performance, and aims to understand performance in relation to the culture to which it contributes.

The MA takes in diverse forms of theatre, including multicultural and street theatre, and such practices as performance art, dance, ritual, site-specific performance and a wide range of hybrid forms.

It leads you to explore performance as sociocultural process by using analytical principles from sociology, the sociology of culture, cultural theory, anthropology, history, philosophy, politics and theatre and performance.

We have numerous links, locally and internationally, with a wide variety of theatres, companies and performers, all of which enhance your research possibilities.
What you study

There are three compulsory core modules which focus on a range of issues concerning performance as a sociocultural practice. They involve:

conceptual and theoretical material, their interweave and their relationship to performance
historiographical methodologies and textual issues
analysis of live performances
cultural difference, ethnicity and cross-culturalism
questions to do with corporeality, alternative spaces and performance in terms of social inclusivity

A choice of options or independent study constitutes the fourth component, and a dissertation on your individual research completes your programme of study.

Please refer to the link for details: http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-performance-culture/
If you are interested in applying, please contact the Theatre and Performance Department through the website or please kindly email Professor Maria Shevtsova ([email protected]).

Welcome, this page gives information on our MA in Performance & Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

23/02/2015

Thank you so much to everyone who attended and contributed to the colloquium, it was a fantastic day full of impassioned conversation and interesting provocations.

We hope to see you all again soon- stay in touch!

04/02/2015

We proudly present the full programme of this year's colloquium, Sites of War. If you would like to join us on the day as an audience member, please contact us by email ([email protected]) with your name, affiliation and email address. No registration fee is required.

Sites of War
21 February 2015
Goldsmiths, University of London

【Programme of Events】

8:30 - 9:10 Registration and Check-In
Ben Pimlott Lecture Theatre Foyer

9:10 – 9:25 Introduction and Opening Remarks
Ben Pimlott Lecture Theatre

Session One
Ben Pimlott Lecture Theatre

9:30 – 9:45
Davide Giovanzana
Doctoral artistic research
Theatre Academy of Helsinki
University of Art, Helsinki

The Violent Performance of Power in Le Balcon by Genet
9:45 – 9:55
Question and Answer session lead by Phoebe Patey-Ferguson

10:00 – 10:15
Hiroki Yamamoto
PhD candidate
Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation
University of the Arts London

Decolonising Aesthetics: Postcolonial Socially Engaged Art Beyond the Binary of the Coloniser and the Colonised
10:15 – 10:25
Question and Answer session lead by Phoebe Patey-Ferguson

10:30 – 10:45
Geetha Creffield
PhD Candidate
Department of Theatre and Performance
Goldsmiths, University of London

Space, Struggle and Migrant Performativity in Global Cities.

10:45 – 10:55
Question and Answer Session lead by Phoebe Patey-Ferguson

11:00 – 11:15
João Prates Ruivo
MPhil/PhD Candidate
Center for Research Architecture, Department of Visual Cultures
Goldsmiths, University of London

'The Performative Character of Counterinsurgency Warfare in Angola'
11:15 ¬– 11:25
Question and Answer Session lead by Phoebe Patey-Ferguson

11:25 – 11:40
Coffee Break

Session Two
Ben Pimlott Lecture Theatre

11:45 – 12:00
Elaine Williams
PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
Goldsmiths, University of London

The Role of the Knife in the ‘War on Knife Crime’
12:00 – 12:10
Question and Answer session lead by Gabriela Curpan

12:15 – 12:30
Sian Rees
PhD Candidate
Department of Theatre and Performance
Goldsmiths, University of London
Declaring war upon the British Public: the impact of the cultural staging of Austerity
12:30 – 12:40
Question and Answer session lead by Gabriela Curpan

12:45 – 13:00
Kyoko Iwaki
PhD Researcher
Department of Theatre and Performance
Goldsmiths, University of London

Invisible War and the Politics of the Senses: Takayama Akira’s ‘Atomized Theatre’ after Fukushima

13:00 – 13:10
Question and Answer session lead by Gabriela Curpan

13:15 – 14:15
Break for Lunch

14:15 – 15:00
Roundtable discussion (TBC)
at the Laurie Grove Baths Room
Session moderated by Geetha Creffield

15:00– 15:15
Coffee Break

Session Three
Ben Pimlott Lecture Theatre

15:15 – 15:30
Sevan Injejikian
PhD Candidate
History of Art Department
University College London

Beirut in Conflict: New Media Art Interventions during the 2006 Lebanon War
15:30 – 15:40
Question and Answer session lead by Kyoko Iwaki

15:45 – 16:00
Tomoko Seki
PhD Candidate
Western Theatre Research, Studies in Theatre and Film Arts
Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Waseda University

Attempts on the Spectatorship of an Audience That Is Not Involved in War: An Analysis of the Dramaturgy of Rashomon|YabunoNaka (2014)
16:00 – 16:10
Question and Answer session lead by Kyoko Iwaki

16:15 – 16:30
Sebastian Breu
PhD Candidate
Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies / Culture and Representation
University of Tokyo

A View of Hell, From a Distance: Reality and Historicity of War in Japanese Postmodernism
16:30– 16:40
Question and Answer session lead by Kyoko Iwaki

16:45 – 17:00
Olga Danylyuk
PhD Candidate
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Media Strategies in the Staging of War Conflict
17:00 – 17:10
Question and Answer session lead by Kyoko Iwaki

17:10 – 17:25
Coffee break

17:30 – 17:50
A short performance by Chirine El Ansary
Paradise Square/Midan Al Fardous
17:50 – 18:00
Question and Answer session lead by Geetha Creffield

18:00 – 18:50
Panel Discussion (TBC)
at the Ben Pmilot Lecture Theatre
Session moderated by Phoebe Patey-Ferguson

18:50 – 19:00 Closing Remarks

19:00 – later
Post-colloquium social gathering
(food and drinks at a local establishment)

30/12/2014

We have sent out the results to all applicants of the colloquium a few days ago. Please do let us know if you have not received an email from us yet.

26/12/2014

We are sorry for the delayed response in your abstract selection. This year we have received a robust number of abstracts and the selection procedure is taking more time than usual. We will get back to you before the end of 2014, so please be patient. Thank you.

20/10/2014

https://www.adbusters.org/blogs/sound-drones.html

Live without dead time

20/10/2014

The Call for Papers for the upcoming colloquium on 21 February 2014 is now up on the STPRG (Sociology of Theatre and Performance Research Group) website!

Sites of War

An Interdisciplinary Colloquium for Postgraduate Students
21 February 2015
Goldsmiths, University of London

http://stprgroup.blogspot.co.uk/

13/02/2012

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24/01/2012

We're pleased to announce that the programme for The Politics of Practice is now finalised. Have a look at it here: http://www.gold.ac.uk/theatre-performance/sociologyoftheatreandperformanceresearchgroup/thepoliticsofpracticecolloquiumschedule/

If you would like to come to the event please drop us a line at [email protected]