Performance Studies at the University of Calgary

[Penny Farfan]

The University of Calgary's new graduate program in Performance Studies 
is the first Performance Studies program in anglophone Canada.

We will admit our first class in September 2006; application deadline is 
15 February 2006. Application information is available at 
www.ucalgary.ca/performancestudies/process.htm.

At the University of Calgary, we understand performance studies along 
three main lines: Performance Studies is concerned with forms and areas 
of performance not typically accommodated within the field of Theatre 
Studies; Performance Studies is committed to using performance as a lens 
through which to view objects, events, and behaviors that are not 
generally understood in theatrical or dramaturgical terms; and 
Performance Studies is understood epistemologically as an embodied means 
of knowledge generation and representation.

We are a multi-disciplinary program granting both MA and PhD degrees in 
Performance Studies. The 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). Further information about the executive 
committee and a list of program affiliates is available here: 
www.ucalgary.ca/performancestudies/exec.htm.

Funding (in the form of internal and external awards, Graduate Teaching 
Assistantships and Graduate Research Stipends) is available to qualified 
candidates. More information about funding is available here: 
www.ucalgary.ca/performancestudies/funding.htm.

If you have questions about the program or the application process, 
please visit our website at www.ucalgary.ca/performancestudies or email 
us at 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)

-- 
Penny Farfan
Professor of Drama and English

University of Calgary
Department of Drama
Craigie Hall D209
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary
Alberta
Canada  T2N 1N4

Phone: (403) 220-6680
Fax: (403) 284-0713
E-mail: farfan at ucalgary.ca