Eli Gale

PhD RESEARCHER

Supervisor: David Coates and Bryony White

About Me

Eli Gale (She/They) is an AHRC Midlands4Cities Doctoral Partnership Funded PhD candidate at the University of Warwick in Theatre and Performance Studies. Gale is a Jewish lesbian artist and early-career academic from New York State based in London, England. They received their BFA in Theatre and Development from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, and their MA in Performance Making from Goldsmiths University of London. Gale's professional and academic background consists of performance creation, teaching, and critical performance analysis.

Research Interests

Gale began their MPhil/PhD at the University of Warwick in the Autumn of 2024, at the intersection of Theatre and Performance Studies, Jewish diasporic politics and queer theory. Their research focuses on performances of Jewishness and queerness in theatre and live art in London and New York in the post-Stonewall era and integrates their analyses with Jewish diasporic politics. Gale's research asks how hegemonic and nationalist constructions of Jewishness become destabilised through performativities of Jewish and queer diasporic identities and politics.

Qualifications

MA in Performance Making with Distinction - Goldsmiths University of London (2022)

BFA in Theatre and Development with Honours - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (2019)

Scholarships and grants

AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) 2025-

Publications

Lesbians are Miracles Magazine, Transformation & Rebirth No. 4 (2021)

Queer Shabbat Guide OneTable Website (2020)

MIRIAM Religion and Sexuality Journal, Concordia University (2019)

Eli Gale