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Dr Charlotte McIvor BA, PhD.
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Biography:
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Charlotte
McIvor is Lecturer in English (Emphasis in Drama, Theatre and Performance
Studies) at the National University of Ireland, Galway where she teaches in the
BA and MA programs. She received her Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the
University of California, Berkeley in 2011 with a designated emphasis in
Gender, Women and Sexuality and has also taught at California College of the
Arts and Santa Clara University. Her research interests include modern
and contemporary Irish performance; practice as research; theatre for social
change; interculturalism, migration and performance; gender and sexuality;
transnational feminisms; critical race theory. Her essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Modern Drama,
Public and InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture
and edited collections including Crossroads: Performance Studies and Irish
Culture and Deviant Acts: Essays on Queer Performance. She is
currently working on a book manuscript entitled “The New Interculturalism:
Race, Gender, Immigration and Performance in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland” which
argues that theatre and performance is at the center of conceptualizing
interculturalism as social policy and aspiration in contemporary Ireland.
She was also the 2012 Director of UC Berkeley’s Summer Abroad Programs “Irish
Theatre Today: Origins and the Contemporary Scene” and the Dublin Global
Internship Program. Finally, she continues her work as a director and
performer. Recent projects include directing and performing in Erik Ehn’s
32 play cycle, What A Stranger Knows, in commemoration of the 2006
Virginia Tech shooting in April 2012 at Santa Clara University.
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Research Interests
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Modern and
contemporary Irish performance; practice as research; theatre for social
change; interculturalism, migration and performance; gender and sexuality;
transnational feminisms; critical race theory. |
Research Projects
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Project: The New Interculturalism: Race, Gender, Immigration and Performance in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland ( RM1305) Role: Lead Investigator Description: Millennium Fund-Minor Project Start/End Dates: 15-JAN-13 / 15-JAN-14 |
Book Chapters
| Charlotte McIvor (2009) '“Crying on Pluto: Neil Jordan and Queering the ‘Irish Question’ for Global Cinema Audiences' In: Deviant Acts: Essays on Queer Performance. Dublin: Carysfort Press. [Details] |
| Charlotte McIvor (2009) '“Ghosting Bridgie Cleary: Tom MacIntyre, the gendered politics of presence and staging this woman’s death' In: Crossroads: Performance Studies and Irish Culture. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details] |
| Charlotte McIvor (2012) 'Ireland, China, Belgium, Finland: Brokentalkers and the Transnational Connectivities of Post-Celtic Tiger Irish Performance' In: Beyond Realism: New Knowledges About Theatre Styles in Irish Drama. Ireland: International Association for the Study of Irish Literature. [Details] |
| Charlotte McIvor (2012) '“White Irish Male Playwrights and the Immigrant Experience Onstage' In: Celtic Others: Irish Literary Representations of the Migrant. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Charlotte McIvor (2011) '“Staging the ‘New Irish’: Interculturalism and the Future of the Post-Celtic Tiger Irish Theatre'. Modern Drama, . [Details] |
| Charlotte McIvor (2013) ''Albert Nobbs,' 'Ladies and Gentlemen,' and Quare Irish Female Erotohistories'. Irish University Review, . [Details] |
Other Journals
| Charlotte McIvor (2009) 'I’m Black and I’m Proud’: Breakfast on Pluto, Ruth Negga, and Invisible Irelands' InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture . [Details] |
| Charlotte McIvor (2012) '“Essences of Social Change: City Fusion, Interculturalism and the Dublin’s St. Patrick Day in the ‘new’ Ireland' Public Journal . [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2012. Title: Millennium Fund-Minor Project |
| Year: 2012. Title: ACLS New Faculty Fellows Program |
| Year: 2010. Title: Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award: Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies |
| Year: 2010. Title: New Scholar’s Prize, Second Place |
| Year: 2009. Title: Thomas Marshall Graduate Student Award |
| Year: 2009. Title: The Graduate Ogden Prize in Theatre History 2008-2009 |
| Year: 2008. Title: Eisner Prize for Continuing Creative Achievement in Directing |
| Year: 2007. Title: Mark Goodson Prize for Distinguished Theatrical Talent |
Associations
| Association: American Society for Theatre Research, Function/Role: Member; Editor, "ASTR Online" |
| Association: American Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Function/Role: Member; Vice-Chair, Theatre History Focus Group; |
| Association: Performance Studies International, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: The International Association for the Study of Irish Literature, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: American Conference for Irish Studies, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Irish Society for Theatre Research, Function/Role: Member |
Committees
| Committee : ECHO Postgraduate Forum |
| Committee : New Paradigms in Graduate Eduction, American Society for Theatre Research |
| Committee : NUIG and UL Online and Postgraduate Initiative Working Group |
Employment
| Employer: National University of Ireland, Galway Position: Lecturer |
| Employer: Santa Clara University Position: Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer |
| Employer: University of California, Berkeley Position: Director, Irish Theatre Today and Dublin Global Internship Study Abroad Programs |
| Employer: California College for the Arts Position: Lecturer |
Education
| Year 2004 Institution: Muhlenberg College Qualification: BACHELOR OF ARTS Subject: Theatre and English |
| Year 2011 Institution: University of California, Berkeley Qualification: Phd Subject: Performance Studies |
Languages
| Bengali: |
Teaching Interests
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· Modern and contemporary
drama and performance (specialization in Irish/Indian) · Theatre History · Feminist performance and
theory (specialization in transnational) · Critical Race Theory · Postcolonial theory and
globalization studies · Theatre for Social Change · Acting · Dramaturgy · Directing |
Recent Postgraduates
Modules Taught
| Fall 2012 : Gender, Sexuality and Drama |
| Fall 2012 : Introduction to Performance |
| Fall 2012 : Empire, Modernity and Modern Drama |