Warwick Performance and Politics Network

Online Book Launch: The Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance

Edited by Shirin M. Rai, Milija Gluhovic, Silvija Jestrovic, and Michael Saward, Wednesday 21 April 2021. Watch the full video of the event here
Research as Performance - WPPN ECR Workshop

ECR workshop series funded by the Doctoral College Networking Fund. See details and get updates on future events in the series here
Cut-up experiment at the Experience Warwick Year 12 Summer School

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AcademicPORN

A performed essay on feminist perspectives on pornography and the politics of academic writing by Lea Aigner, Aberystwyth University (MA Politics, Media & Performance)/University of the Arts Berlin (BA/MA Stage Design) at the Gregynog Ideas Lab V Summer School.
'What's your story?'

Alternative learning space built by Phil Gaydon (IATL), Conor Heaney (Kent), and Erzsebet Strausz (Warwick) at the Gregynog Ideas Lab V Summer School, 11-16 July, Newtown, Wales.
Riotous Assemblies: reading the riot as theatrical act

Sophie Nield’s (Royal Holloway) lecture at the Performing Politics/Politicising Performance: Summer School of Political Dissent

Power in Motion: Performance and Representation. A Teaching Project in partnership with the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL), February-March 2022

Open Democracy: Summary Papers on Aesthetics and Politics

Check out the papers added to Open Democracy from WPPN members.

About Us

We are an interdisciplinary network based at the University of Warwick comprising of members from across the disciplinary spectrum. We are interested in exploring the intersections between politics and performance. The network seeks to create research cultures that are interdisciplinary, innovative and rigorous, and bringing together different approaches on performance and politics. The WPPN is currently co-convened by Aishwarya WalvekarLink opens in a new window, Dr Mouli BanerjeeLink opens in a new window, and Dr Théo Aiolfi.

Through the work of WPPN, we wish to:

Promote research collaborations across boundaries of disciplines, departments and universities
Organise seminars and workshops, conferences and lectures on topics of relevance and interest to our members
Publish and disseminate excellent research outputs in different outlets – journal articles, books, working papers and blogs on theoretical, empirical and methodological issues concerning performance and politics.

The foci of our research is varied, ranging over complex issues, methodologies and theoretical frameworks, but we are all interested in working across disciplinary boundaries to study the performative in politics and the politics of performance.

We are particularly keen to encourage students – postgraduate and doctoral – to become active members of the network.

While based at Warwick, WPPN is open to members from other institutions.