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Dr Szabolcs Musca is a theatre and performance scholar, cultural curator and project lead of strategic arts and cultural initiatives and partnerships working across academia and the creative and cultural sector. His research spans across migrant performance, human rights, activist aesthetics, cross-cultural theatre and socially engaged performance. Szabolcs is board director of Migrant Dramaturgies International Research Network and founding director of New Tides Platform. His work has been awarded the IAS Benjamin Meaker Award from the University of Bristol (2019). Szabolcs is guest-editor of Performing Ethos' special journal issue on 'Theatre and Migration between Ethics and Aesthetics' (2019) and his co-edited collection, 'Redefining Theatre Communities. International Perspectives on Community-Conscious Theatre-Making' was published by Intellect (2019). He is Regional Managing Editor at The Theatre Times and an active member of the Translation, Adaptation and Dramaturgy Working Group within the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR). He is also member of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA), the International Network of Italian Theatre (INIT), the European Association for the Study of Theatre and Performance (EASTAP), and Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Szabolcs Musca

Citation names

  • Musca, Szabolcs

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C61B-033D-B940
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9239-7612

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Performing Arts Studies (Musicology, Theater Science, Dramaturgy)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Hungarian (Mother tongue)
Romanian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
German Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/09/28 - 2015/03/10
Concluded
 PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom
"Translating Dramaturgies. Theatre Translation and Dramaturgical Practices in the 21st century" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 PhD
2012 - 2012
Concluded
 Teaching for Research Staff (Engagement & Impact) (Outros)
University of Bristol School of Arts, United Kingdom
 Professional Training in Education
2011 - 2011
Concluded
 Teaching within Higher Education (Outros)
University of Bristol Graduate School of Education, United Kingdom
 Professional Training in Education
2003/10 - 2007/07
Concluded
 BA(Hons.) in Philosophy (Bachelor)
Major in Philosophy
Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Romania
 BA(Hons.)
2006/09 - 2006/12
Concluded
 Research Internship Diploma in Aesthetics (Outros)
Eotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem Bolcseszettudomanyi Kar, Hungary
 Research Internship Diploma
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom
University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom
2022/02/01 - 2023/07/31 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universität Hildesheim, Germany
UNESCO Cultural Policy Institute, Germany
2017/07/01 - 2020/08/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/06/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
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2009/09 - 2016/08 Researcher (Research) University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom
University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02 - 2020/02 Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) University of Reading Department of Film Theatre and Television, United Kingdom
2019/05/01 - 2019/06/30 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom
University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom
2017/01 - 2017/05 Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
2010/09 - 2013/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom
University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/01 - Current Board Director Migrant Dramaturgies Network, United Kingdom

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/07 - Current Regional Managing Editor The Theatre Times, United States
2015/01 - Current Founding Director New Tides Platform, United Kingdom
2011 - 2012 Theatre Critic (UK Reviews) Fidelio Theatre Journal, Hungary
2008/01 - 2009/09 Theatre critic/ Assistant Editor Hamlet.ro- online theatre journal, Romania
2007/10 - 2009/09 Theatre critic/ Assistant Editor Szabadsag Newspaper, Romania
2007/02 - 2008/07 Editor (Digitalisation) Jakabbfy Elemer Foundation, Romania
2005/05 - 2006/03 Theatre Critic A Het: Journal of Arts Criticism, Romania
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/02/01 - 2023/07/31 Pan-European Migrant Performance
3.3-GBR-1223699-HFST-E
Principal investigator
Universität Hildesheim, Germany
 Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Ongoing
2021 - 2022 Refugee Arts Networks: Extending the Frame
SR24092021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
 The University of Manchester
Concluded
2017/07/01 - 2020/08/31 Migrant Dramaturgies: International Perspectives on Theatre and Migration
SFRH/BPD/115510/2016
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/02/01 - 2020/07/31 The Migrant Institute: performing (non)belonging and post-Brexit imaginaries
BSI/TMI/2020
Principal investigator
University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom

The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

Centre for Environmental Humanities, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Migrations Mobilities Bristol, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

LegalAliens Theatre, United Kingdom

Migrant Dramaturgies Network, United Kingdom

The University of Manchester Drama, United Kingdom

Mittuniversitetet, Sweden
The Brigstow Institute
Concluded
2016/09/01 - 2017/06/30 Translocality and Migratory Identities in Contemporary European Theatre and Beyond
SBG/74/2016
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2017/01/01 Redefining Theatre Communities: International Perspectives on Community-Conscious Theatre-Making [Co-Investigator]
UOM/RTC/09/2015
Researcher
University of Malta, Malta

New Tides Platform, United Kingdom
University of Malta
Concluded
2013 - 2015 Representations of the Other: Language, Body and Space in Cross-Cultural Performances [Co-Investigator]
-
Researcher
Copenhagen International School of Performing Arts, Denmark

Otherness Project, Denmark
Copenhagen International School of Performing Arts
Concluded
2009/09/28 - 2014/07/31 Translating Dramaturgies: Theatre Translation and Dramaturgical Practices in the 21st Century [PhD Researcher]
DP/22/11/2009
PhD Student Fellow
University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom
 Dinu Patriciu Foundation
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2018/09 - 2019/09 Migrations: Harbour Europe. Research & Performance Project in collaboration with LegalAliens Theatre (London). Partners: Arcola Theatre London, Migrant Resource Centre Tottenham and Haringey Welcome. [Project Co-Lead, R&D]
ACE/LA/02/2018
Project Co-Lead (R&D)
LegalAliens Theatre, United Kingdom

Migrant Dramaturgies Network, United Kingdom

New Tides Platform, United Kingdom
Arts Council England
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Musca, Szabolcs. "Migrant and Radical: Political Migrant Theatre and Activism in 'Migrations: Harbour Europe'". In Refugee Genres: Essays on the Culture of Flight and Refuge, edited by Mike Classon-Frangos; Sheila Ghose, 111-131. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
    Published
  2. Musca, Szabolcs. "Local and Global Stages: Translating Communities in Hybrid Cultural Spaces". In Redefining Theatre Communities. International Perspectives on Community-Conscious Theatre Making, edited by Musca, Szabolcs; Marco Galea, 118-132. United Kingdom: Intellect Publishing, 2019.
    Published
  3. Musca, Szabolcs; Marco Galea. "Introduction". In Redefining Theatre Communities. International Perspectives on Community-Conscious Theatre Making, edited by Musca, Szabolcs; Marco Galea, 1-15. United Kingdom: Intellect Publishing, 2019.
    Published
  4. Musca, Szabolcs; Marco Galea. "Conclusion". In Redefining Theatre Communities. International Perspectives on Community-Conscious Theatre Making, edited by Musca, Szabolcs; Marco Galea, 242-245. United Kingdom: Intellect Publishing, 2019.
    Published
Book review
  1. Musca, Szabolcs. "Performing Statelessness in Europe by S.E. Wilmer". Review of Performing Statelessness in Europe 2019, 1 (2019): https://journal.eastap.com/2019/01/21/performing-statelessness-in-europe-by-s-e-wilmer/.
    Published
  2. Musca, Szabolcs. "Elaine Aston and Mark O'Thomas- Royal Court: International". Review of Royal Court: International 32, 1 (2016): 103-104. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-theatre-quarterly/article/abs/elaine-aston-and-mark-othomas-royal-court-internationalbasingstoke-palgrave-macmillan-2015-248-p-1899-isbn-9781137461827/C42755526C875F6D8A7A4EE927E89E81.
    Published • 10.1017/S0266464X15001013
  3. Musca, Szabolcs. "Kevin J. Wetmore Jr., Siyuan Liu, and Erin B. Mee- Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000". Review of Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000 31, 2 (2015): 200-200. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-theatre-quarterly/article/abs/kevin-j-wetmorejr-siyuan-liu-and-erin-b-mee-modern-asian-theatre-and-performance-19002000london-bloomsbury-methuen-drama-2014-304-p-1799-isbn-9781408177181/7F7412ECA439C5D29EF9DC0F0.
    Published • 10.1017/S0266464X15000342
  4. Musca, Szabolcs. "Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation by Margaret Jane Kidnie". Review of Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation 4, 3 (2011): 324-327. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/jafp/2011/00000004/00000003/art00008.
    Published • 10.1386/jafp.4.3.319_4
  5. Musca, Szabolcs. "Cultural Borrowings: Appropriation, Reworking, Transformation- Iain Robert Smith (ed.) (2009), Nottingham: Scope". Review of Cultural Borrowings: Appropriation, Reworking, Transformation 3, 3 (2010): 331-333. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/jafp/2011/00000003/00000003/art00008.
    Published • 10.1386/jafp.3.3.329_4
Edited book
  1. Musca, Szabolcs; Marco Galea. Redefining Theatre Communities. International Perspectives on Community-Conscious Theatre Making. Bristol, United Kingdom: Intellect Publishing. 2019.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Musca, Szabolcs. "Not All Boats Sink. Migrant Performance and Socio-Artistic Visions for Inclusive Change". Performance Research (2024):
    Accepted
  2. Musca, Szabolcs. ""A Way not to See": Immersive Dramaturgies of Migration and Displacement". Coup de Théâtre (RADAC) 35 (2021): 131-147. https://radac.fr/index.php/revue/.
    Published
  3. Musca, Szabolcs. "Mindenhol Fehér Emberek: Menekültperformansz, fikciós esztétika, a másság és empátia dramaturgiája [Hungarian translation by Sara Gabor ]". Színház LIV 5 (2021): http://szinhaz.net/2021/08/23/musca-szabolcs-graca-p-correa-mindenhol-feher-emberek/?fbclid=IwAR0EMGZxSz0OeO8MPFzRpB70V7_HIjGzMmRklqHQ-E4cJJBxtuSoHnp5afo.
    Open access • Published
  4. Musca, Szabolcs; Graça P. Corrêa. ""White People All Over": Refugee Performance, Fictional Aesthetics and Dramaturgies of Alterity-Empathy". Contemporary Theatre Review 30 3 (2020): 375-389. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10486801.2020.1762580.
    Published • 10.1080/10486801.2020.1762580
  5. Musca, Szabolcs. "Theatre and Migration between Ethics and Aesthetics (Editorial)". Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre and Performance 9 1 (2019): 3-8. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect/peet/2019/00000009/00000001/art00001.
    Open access • Published • 10.1386/peet_00001_2
  6. Musca, Szabolcs. "Crisis in the Making: Public Theatre, Migration and Activist Aesthetics". Comunicazioni Sociali: Journal of Media, Performing Arts and Cultural Studies 2019 1 (2019): 42-51. https://comunicazionisociali.vitaepensiero.it/scheda-articolo_digital/szabolcs-musca/crisis-in-the-making-public-theatre-migration-and-activist-aesthetics-001200_2019_0001_0042-369179.html.
    Published • 10.26350/001200_000042
  7. Musca, Szabolcs. "On Suspension of Walls: Towards a Humanist Agenda on Marginality". Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance 24 2 (2019): 240-250. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13569783.2019.1568866.
    Published • 10.1080/13569783.2019.1568866
  8. Musca, Szabolcs. "Between Local and Global. Artistic Programming and Glocal Challenges". The Theatre Times (2017): https://thetheatretimes.com/local-global-artistic-programming-glocal-challenges-part-1-2/.
    Published
  9. Musca, Szabolcs. "Provincializmusok. Alternatív színházak és színházi alternatívák Bristolban [Provincialisms: Alternative Theatres and Theatrical Alternatives in Bristol]". Játéktér 2 1 (2013): 26-37.
    Published
  10. Musca, Szabolcs. "Központok, terek, közösségek [Centres, spaces and communities. Community Theatre and the Peripheries]". Fidelio (2012): https://fidelio.hu/szinhaz/kozpontok-terek-kozossegek-65695.html.
    Published
  11. Musca, Szabolcs. "Brit színházi terek [British Theatrical Landscapes. Spaces and Communities]". Fidelio (2011): https://fidelio.hu/szinhaz/brit-szinhazi-terek-73603.html.
    Published
  12. Musca, Szabolcs. "Szöveg- és látványterek. Szaggatott képek Mihai Maniutiu Woyzeck rendezésében [Textual and Visual Spaces. Interrupted Images in Mihai Maniutiu's Woyzeck direction]". Korunk 20 1 (2009): http://epa.oszk.hu/00400/00458/00145/musca.html.
    Published
Journal issue
  1. Musca, Szabolcs. "Theatre and Migration between Ethics and Aesthetics". Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre and Performance 9 1 (2019): https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/peet/2019/00000009/00000001.
    Published • Editor
Magazine article
  1. Musca, Szabolcs. "Pan-European Migrant Performance: Policy Visions for a Post-pandemic Cultural Recovery", Kultur. Politik. Diskurs, 2023
Online resource
  1. Musca, Szabolcs. Refugee Arts Networks: Project Report. 2022. https://www.newtidesplatform.org/_files/ugd/62fe4e_5788696164334bcba272c99b87753042.pdf.
  2. Musca, Szabolcs. Things I Am Not: Interventions. 2021. https://3f7a1c24-0829-4620-b9a9-467db12ad292.filesusr.com/ugd/62fe4e_00b1471abc7045b8bd8e89ec967551e2.pdf.
  3. Musca, Szabolcs. The Migrant Institute: Interventions. 2020. https://3f7a1c24-0829-4620-b9a9-467db12ad292.filesusr.com/ugd/62fe4e_8922d51ed6f541208c7745ee12998a29.pdf.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/12/05 [Invited Talk] Migrant Theatre and Political Activism Refugee Genres
Sodertorn University Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
2022/10/06 [Invited Talk] Migrant and Radical: Political Migrant Theatre and Dramaturgies towards Radical Empathy Empathy Colloquium
CFCUL, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/06/16 [Invited Talk] On performance-led activism and migrant resistance Transnational Lived Citizenship through Creative Production
Global Development Institute, University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2021/05/12 [Invited Talk] Migrant Dramaturgies: Trajectories of a Collaboration Festival of Research & Partnerships
University of Bristol (Bristol, United Kingdom)
2021/03/25 [Keynote Lecture] Repositioning Migrancy through Theatre Art et Migration : Théâtre
Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme (FMSH) Paris (Paris, France)
2020/01/17 Immersive Dramaturgies of Migration in UK Immersive Theatre on the Anglophone and Francophone Contemporary Stage
Recherches sur les Arts Dramatiques Anglophones Contemporains (RADAC) (Paris, France)
2019/11/16 Political Migrant Theatre and Crisis Narratives in the UK Migrant States of Exception
University of Wuppertal (Wuppertal, Germany)
2019/11/02 [Invited Lecture] Theatres of Migration: Crossing Artistic and Cultural Borders
University of Bristol, Department of Theatre (Bristol, United Kingdom)
2019/09/24 "A Way Not to See": Memory and Intermedial Representation in Contemporary Refugee Performance II. EASTAP Conference
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/09/05 Deconstructing Strangeness: Migrant Theatre and Dramaturgies of Belonging TaPRA Annual Conference
University of Exeter (Exeter, United Kingdom)
2019/05/29 [Keynote] J'Existe! Migrant Theatre Between Ethics and Aesthetics IAS Benjamin Meaker Public Lecture
University of Bristol (Bristol, United Kingdom)
2019/05/08 [Invited Lecture] Migrant Dramaturgies: Crossing the Borders Meeting Points: Migration and Displacement Across Arts and Humanities
University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2018/10/25 Drawing Oneself into a European (theatrical) Space: Translocality and 'Migratory Aesthetics' in Faustin Linyekula's Performances I. EASTAP Conference: Decentering the Vision(s) of Europe. The Emergence of New Forms
Universite Paris 8 (Paris, France)
2018/07/13 "White People All Over": Refugee Performance, Fictional Aesthetics and Dramaturgies of Alterity-Empathy IFTR World Congress: Theatre and Migration, Curated Panel: Dramaturgy of Migration: Staging Multilingual Encounters in Contemporary Performance
University of Belgrade (Belgrade, Serbia)
2018/04/28 Crisis in the making: public theatre, migration and activist aesthetics Systemic Crisis in European Theatre
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London, United Kingdom)
2016/11/04 Translocal Exchanges in Contemporary Theatre in Portugal Gulbenkian Annual Scientific Meeting
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/09/15 Translating between Local and Global. Translating Communities in Hybrid Cultural Spaces Redefining Theatre Communities. Community Perspectives in Contemporary Theatre-making
University of Malta (Victoria, Malta)
2014/07/29 Panel presentation as part of the Translation, Adaptation and Dramaturgy Working Group IFTR World Congress: Theatre and Stratification
University of Warwick (Coventry, United Kingdom)
2011/04/20 Interactions: Dramaturgy as Bilateral Translational Process Invisible Presences: Translation, Dramaturgy & Performance
Queen’s University Belfast (Belfast, United Kingdom)
2010/07/27 Fragments on stage. Translating and/ or adapting Woyzeck IFTR World Congress: Cultures of Modernity
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Munich, Germany)
2010/03/20 Georg Buchner's Woyzeck as a Model of Collaborative Theatre Translation Theatre translation as collaboration
Queen Mary University of London (London, United Kingdom)
2008/12/12 World Built Up of Fragments. Cultural Montage in Two Directions of Matthias Langhoff Intercultural Dramaturgy
University of Arts Targu-Mures (Targu-Mures, Romania)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/11 - 2021/11 [Curator and Symposium Lead] Refugee Arts Networks: Extending the Frame. Curated panel discussion and public debate. Interventions by Khaled Alwarea (FR), Ramzi DeHani (UK), Judith Depaule (FR), Lanna Joffrey (UK), Lubanzadyo Mpemba (PT), Lara Parmiani (UK), Anabela Rodrigues (PT), Jonas Tinius (DE), Ruba Totah (DE). Co-curators: Stella Barnes (Community Arts North West) and Alison Jeffers (University of Manchester). Funded by the Social Responsibility Award, SALC, University of Manchester. (2021/11 - 2021/11)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 Community Arts North West, United Kingdom

The University of Manchester, United Kingdom

New Tides Platform, United Kingdom
2021/06 - 2021/06 [Curator and Seminar Lead] Things I Am Not. Curated webinar and workshop. Interventions by Dr Bernadette Cochrane (University of Queensland, AUS), Dr Katja Krebs (University of Bristol, UK) and Dr Anika Marschall (Aarhus University, DK). (2021/06 - 2021/06)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
 New Tides Platform, United Kingdom

LegalAliens Theatre, United Kingdom

The University of Queensland - Herston Campus, Australia

University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom

Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
2020/06/09 - 2020/06/09 [Curator and Symposium Lead] The Migrant Institute: Performing (Non)Belonging and post-Brexit imaginaries. Participatory ideas exchange symposium and workshop. Interventions by Prof. Bridget Anderson (MMB), Prof. Myria Georgiou (LSE), Prof. Vicky Angelaki (Sweden), Dr Alison Jeffers (Manchester). Funded by the Brigstow Institute, University of Bristol. (2020)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 University of Bristol, United Kingdom

The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

The University of Manchester Faculty of Humanities, United Kingdom

Mittuniversitetet, Sweden
2020/03/04 - 2020/03/04 [Curator and Chair] Closed Lands. Public debate with Simon Grangeat (playwright, FR), Lara Parmiani (LegalAliens Theatre, UK), Becka McFadden (director, UK/CZ). Vault Theatre Festival, London. Funded by Arts Council England. (2020 - 2020)
Round table (Co-organisor)
 Migrant Dramaturgies Network, United Kingdom

LegalAliens Theatre, United Kingdom
2019/02/05 - 2019/02/07 [Curator and Project Lead] 'Migrations: Harbour Europe'. A series of panel discussions and public debates with international scholars: Prof. Vicky Angelaki (Sweden), Dr Bernadette Cochrane (Australia), Dr Alison Jeffers (UK), Dr Graca Correa (Portugal), Dr Roxane Paire (France). In collaboration with LegalAliens Theatre. Arcola Theatre, London. Funded by Arts Council England. (2019 - 2019)
Round table (President of the Organising Committee)
 Migrant Dramaturgies Network, United Kingdom

LegalAliens Theatre, United Kingdom
2017/04/17 - 2017/04/17 [Curator/ Project Lead/ Chair] Socio-political movements and public narratives of migration. Public debate in collaboration with Dr Fadi Skeiker (USA), Andre Amalio (Hotel Europa Theatre), Dr Ana Bigotte (Nova University of Lisbon), Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisbon. Part of 'Theatre & Migration: Creative Encounters'. Funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. (2017 - 2017)
Round table (President of the Organising Committee)
 New Tides Platform, United Kingdom

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
2017/04/17 - 2017/04/17 [Curator/ Lead Organiser] Politics & creative practices of exile and refugeedom. Community engagement workshop with Dr Fadi Skeiker (University of Arts Philadelphia, USA), Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisbon. Part of 'Theatre & Migration: Creative Encounters'. Funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. (2017 - 2017)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
 New Tides Platform, United Kingdom

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
2015/09/14 - 2015/09/16 [Co-organiser] Redefining Theatre Communities. Community Perspectives in Contemporary Theatre-making. International conference. Co-organised with Dr Marco Galea, University of Malta. Victoria, Malta. Funded by the University of Malta Project Grant. Partner: Creative Literary Studio (UK). (2015 - 2015)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 University of Malta, Malta

University of Bristol, United Kingdom

New Tides Platform, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/03/02 - 2021/03/03 Panel member as part of the Online Kick-off Conference of the Opportunities Project (Horizon2020).
Conference
 Opportunities Project Opening Conference
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
2017/07/14 - 2017/07/14 Community Outreach Talk
Festival
 OH! Theatre Festival (Department of Theatre Student Festival)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2010/01/20 - 2010/01/20 Panel presentation as part of the Translation, Adaptation and Dramaturgy Working Group
Symposium
 Symposium on East European Dramaturgy, Adaptation and Translation
University of East London, United Kingdom

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020/02 - Current Migration Mobilities Bristol, University of Bristol (specialist institute) Institute member
2018/01 - Current Migrant Dramaturgies International Research Network Board Director
2018 - Current European Association for the Study of Theatre and Performance (EASTAP) Member
2018 - Current Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) Member of the Directing and Dramaturgy Working Group
2014 - Current International Network of Italian Theatre (INIT) Network Member
2008 - Current International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) Member of the Translation, Adaptation and Dramaturgy Working Group

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 Research Network Advisor: Activist Citizenship through Creative Production, Universities of Manchester (UK), Linnaeus (Sweden) and Tel Aviv (Israel). The University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Linnéuniversitet, Sweden

Tel Aviv University, Israel
2020 - 2021 Research Consultant: ‘From Crisis to Opportunities’, University of Wuppertal, Germany Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
2015/11 - 2016/03 [Research and outreach adviser] Staging and Performing Foreignness: Translation, Adaptation and Accessibility. Grand Challenges Scheme: Intercultural Interaction Programme. University College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities, United Kingdom
2015 - 2015 R&D Consultant on socially engaged arts. Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom
2012 - 2013 [Research Consultant] On contemporary British theatre practices. Játéktér Theatre Journal (Hungary/Romania). Jetekter Theatre Journal, Hungary
2012 - 2013 [Research Consultant] Central and Eastern European Cultural-Political Histories. East meets West. Remembering Dictatorship research project, Department of German, University of Bristol. University of Bristol Department of German, United Kingdom

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/19 - 2023/09/20 Pan-European Migrant Performance (policy workshop) Theatre (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/02 Activist Performance: Aesthetics of Inclusion and Social Justice MA in Creative Entrepreneurship (Master) University of Reading Department of Film Theatre and Television, United Kingdom
2019/05 - 2019/06 Performing Migration: Practices, Concepts, Influences IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professorship Programme (Master) University of Bristol Institute for Advanced Studies, United Kingdom
2017/01 - 2017/05 Glocal Performance/ Contemporary Migrant Theatre-Making Contemporary Social and Political Performance (English-taught MA and PhD programme) (Doctor of Philosophy) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2013/01/01 Approaches to Theatre and Performance (first year module) Performance Histories (second year module) Group Tutorial (second year module) BA in Theatre and Performance (Bachelor) University of Bristol Department of Drama Theatre Film and Television, United Kingdom

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022/05 - Current Global Performance Studies Journal (2574-027X) Psi-Performance Studies International
2020 - Current Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (1356-9783) Routledge
2019 - Current Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre and Performance (17571979) Intellect Publishing
2016 - Current Multicultural Shakespeare Journal (23007605) De Gruyter
2015 - Current Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance (17536421) Intellect Publishing

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2017/01 - 2017/05 Theatre-making with refugees Rebeca Steingraber (PhD Student)
2017/01 - 2017/05 Postdramatic performance in multicultural settings Sajad Yari (PhD Student)
Distinctions

Award

2021 Social Responsibility Award
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2019 IAS Benjamin Meaker Award
University of Bristol Institute for Advanced Studies, United Kingdom
2019 Seal of Excellence
European Research Council, Belgium
2012 Alumni Foundation Award
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
2010 Glynne Wickham Scholarship Award
The Standing Conference of University Drama Departments (SCUDD), United Kingdom
2010 Conference Award
The Society for Theatre Research, United Kingdom
2007 Pro Philosophia Research Award
Pro Philosophia Foundation, Romania

Other distinction

2018 IFTR Bursary
International Federation for Theatre Research, United States