University of Calgary Graduate Program in Performance Studies

[Kirsten Pullen]

The University of Calgary's graduate program in Performance Studies is 
accepting MA and PhD applications for September 2007 admissions.  
Detailed application information is available at our website:  
www.ucalgary.ca/performancestudies/

Performance Studies is an interdisciplinary field that interprets the 
human condition critically through the lens of performance.  
Performances emerge from all spheres of life: political, economic, 
religious, scientific, social and cultural.  Scholars in this field of 
knowledge certainly examine traditional theatrical practices, but they 
also extend their gaze to a much broader array of public and private 
performative activities including ritual practices, sports and games, 
and the practices of everyday life.  Different critical theories expose 
performances that entrench ideologies, political regimes and social 
structures.  They also expose how certain performances can serve as 
occasions for resisting, reconfiguring and circumventing normalizing 
institutions.   Finally, Performance Studies constitutes a research and 
analytical paradigm in which the body and embodied practices emerge as 
a central focus for critical social and cultural scholarship.

The Performance Studies Executive Committee includes faculty from seven 
academic departments as well as program affiliates from an even broader 
range of disciplines. Executive Committee members are Susan Bennett 
(English); Doug Brown (Kinesiology); Anne Flynn (Dance and 
Kinesiology); Penny Farfan (Drama and English); Mary Polito (English); 
Kirsten Pullen (English); Brian Rusted (Communication and Culture); 
Gavin Semple (Drama); Florentine Strzelczyk (German, Slavic & East 
Asian Studies); and Paul Woodrow (Art).

Funding (in the form of internal and external awards, Graduate Teaching 
Assistantships and Graduate Research Stipends) is available to 
qualified candidates.

Dr. Douglas A. Brown
Director, Performance Studies
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB
T2N 1N4
403.220.7955
performance.studies at ucalgary.ca


Dr. Kirsten Pullen
Assistant Professor, Department of English
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB
T2N 1N4
kpullen at ucalgary.ca
403.220.5483/403.289.1123 (fax)
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