Department of Performance Studies
Speakers 2007-08


Fall Quarter

Performance Studies
Alumni Lecture Series:  "What is Performance Studies?" 

Shannon Jackson
Professor and Chair, Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies
University of California-Berkeley
Wednesday, October 10, 5:00 pm
1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 401




Ruth Laurion Bowman
Associate Professor, Communication Studies/Performance Studies
Louisiana State University
Wednesday, October 17, noon
1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 401




Derek Goldman
Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies
Georgetown University
Wednesday, November 7, noon
1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 401






Judith Hamera
Professor and Chair, Department of Performance Studies
Texas A&M University
The Wallace Bacon Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, November 14, noon
Norris University Center, Room 207



Eric Rosen, Artistic Director, About Face Theatre
Jessica Thebus, Artisitc Associate, Steppenwolf Theatre and About Face Theatre; Lecturer, Northwestern Department of Theatre
                      Wednesday, November 28, noon
1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 401













Winter Quarter, 2008

The Department announces the Issues in Latina/o American Performance lecture series, featuring the following guest speakers: 



Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez
Professor, Department of Spanish, Mt. Holyoke College
"Performing Abjection: The 'Nearly Unwatchable' in Latina/o Theatre"
Wednesday, January 9, noon
1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 401

Barbara Browning
Associate Professor, Department of Performance Studies, New York University
Wednesday, January 23, noon
1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 401



Deborah Paredes
Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance, University of Texas-Austin
Wednesday, February 6, 5:00 p.m.
1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 401


Alicia Arrizon
Professor and Chair, Department of Women's Studies, University of California-Riverside
Wednesday, February 20, noon
1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 401