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Dr Rashna Nicholson Awarded British Academy 2025-26 Mid-Career Fellowship

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:13:00 GMT

Dr. Rashna Nicholson, Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick, has been selected as a recipient of a 2025-26 British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for her project, "How a Discipline is Born: Performance Studies, the Asian Performing Arts and the Cold War (1955-1995)".

The award, valued at £135,442.69, will fund the first extensive reassessment of the emergence of Performance Studies. It will delineate how the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation-affiliated Asia Society, Japan Society, and JDR 3rd Fund smoothed the way for many moves beyond Western concepts of literature, drama, and the arts, comprising Performance Studies’ ‘broad-spectrum approach’.

Through exemplary case studies of institutional grants and fellowship programs, it will uncover the multi-layered history of how policy makers, experts, academics, and artists benchmarked a transregional consensus on theatre’s role in civil society, thereby assisting the US’ rise to global leadership in the arts.

The British Academy's Mid-Career Fellowships are "designed both to support outstanding individual researchers with excellent research proposals, and to promote public understanding and engagement with humanities and social sciences," according to the Academy's website

BBC Website Features Dr. Natalie Diddams's Upcoming Comedy Workshop at Albany Theatre

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:22:00 GMT

French version of the Understanding Homelessness: creative toolkit

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:14:43 GMT

Nadine Holdsworth is delighted to announce the launch of the French version of the Understanding Homelessness: creative toolkit that has been developed with La Mie de Pain, the largest organisation supporting those experiencing homelessness and precarious housing in Paris. Many thanks to my collaborators Evane Rocheteau, Sky Herington and Bonny Herington. Can't wait to see how this resource will be used to develop understanding of this complex issue and challenge negative stereotypes.

Historiography as Metonymy, Theatre Research International

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:45:15 GMT

Dr Rashna Nicholson, along with Dr Tancredi Gusman and Dr Dorota Sosnowska have published their special issue entitled 'Historiography as Metonymy' in Theatre Research International. The issue can be accessed here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-research-international

Dr Bryony White to Appear at Barbican to Discuss New Book

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:27:00 GMT

Dr Bryony White, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Warwick, is set to participate in a conversation on her new book, "Dirty Queers" at the Barbican Centre with journalist Amelia Abraham on November 30.

The evening event, scheduled for 4:30 pm, will seek to explore the differing uses and evolution of the term "queer," as well as its relationship to dirt and dirtiness.

More details on this event, alongside the ability to purchase tickets, can be found here

BBC News -- University searches for theatre alumni for reunion

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:15:00 GMT

Our 50th anniversary celebrations have featured in a BBC news article and audio clip. See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2xd2zjgv2o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lg3m48

Slow, Spectacular Labours: Liveness in Contemporary Dance

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:44:00 GMT

We are delighted to announce the publication of Bryony White's article 'Slow, Spectacular Labours: Liveness in Contemporary Dance' in Contemporary Theatre Review.

Wild Warwick exhibition by Ian Farnell

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:37:00 GMT

Wild Warwick - Ian Farnell's exhibition in collaboration with the university's Sustainability team has been covered online by BBC Coventry & Warwickshire.

Nadine Holdsworth to receive the High Sheriff Award

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:49:00 GMT

Nadine Holdsworth has been awarded the High Sheriff Award in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the community in the West Midlands (Via her Homelessness project).

Marco Polo and the Silk Roads – Call for Applications

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:11:00 GMT

Autumn School for Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers

Venice, 30 September – 4 October 2024