Prof James Thompson

Professor of Applied Theatre

Affiliations:

Office of the President and Vice Chancellor (L5), Office of the President & Vice Chancellor

Biography

I am Professor of Applied and Social Theatre. I am also the founder of In Place of War - a project researching and supporting arts programmes in war and disaster zones. I've written widely on theatre in conflict and peacebuilding situations and my most recent books are Performance Affects (2009) and Humanitarian Performance (2014). I am currently researching performance and care - a new edited book with Amanda Stuart Fisher 'Performing Care' is published in 2020 by MUP.

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Previous teaching: Undergraduate: Stages in Conflict/ Performance and War Courses on Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed Prison Theatre Theatre with refugee and asylum seeking communities Postgraduate: Options on the MA in Applied Theatre. Supervision areas: Research Students: Asif Majid - Muslim Youth and Theatre; Ben Dunn - contemporary community based theatre;Garret Scally - Second Language learning and theatre; Sarah Hunter - performance/theatre of Quarantine