Performing the Past: explorations of performativity across the literary, visual and sonic arts in the modern and contemporary period

Recent developments across literary theory, performance studies, media theory, visual culture, sound-studies and post-deconstructive thought have increasingly focused on the performative and material specificity of the arts and creative practices, and on the way in which these produce or perform ‘presence’ as a tangible, material, perceptual event, however ephemeral or fleeting this may be.

A project exploring these questions in or across any medium (literature, music, theatre, performance art) in the modern and contemporary period is just one example of the sort of project that might be available in this research group. The precise project will be decided upon in consultation with the supervisor.

The School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture has a lively postgraduate community. Postgraduate students are offered a comprehensive programme of research skills training.