THEATER 201B
Performance Theory: Enduring Debates
Part two of a two-semester core sequence on performance theory, required of first-year Performance Studies PhD students. The course examines key issues and key words in performance studies, from the field’s emergence in the 1970s and 1980s to ongoing contemporary debates. Precise topics will vary by instructor, but may include theoretical investigations of space; liveness, media, and presence; affect; economies; activism and politics; and more. Offered spring semester.
Topics
- To ground beginning graduate students in the major contemporary debates in Performance Studies, providing them with a framework for their own research interventions.
- • Knowledge of primary debates within Performance Studies • Increasing capacity in publishable-quality academic writing (achieved through the crafting and submission of a seminar paper, with feedback from the instructor).
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027