Wednesday, 18 October 2023, from 19:30 till 21:30 BST, the online launch of The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre and Migration (Palgrave, 2023). The event is free and open to all

Join us on Wednesday, 18 October 2023, from 19:30 till 21:30 BST, for the online launch of The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre and Migration (Palgrave, 2023). 

 

The event is free and open to all and is taking place as part of the Forced Migration and The Arts series of conversations. Tickets are available here. : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-the-palgrave-handbook-of-theatre-and-migration-tickets-694236458937

 

Edited by Yana Meerzon and S. E. Wilmer, editors of the Palgrave Studies in Performance and Migration book series, The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre and Migration provides a wide survey of theatre and performance practices related to the experience of global movements, both in historical and contemporary contexts. 

 

Given the largest number of people ever (over 100 million) suffering from forced displacement today, much of the book centres around the topic of refuge and exile and the role of theatre in addressing these issues. The book is structured in six sections, the first of which is dedicated to the major theoretical concepts related to the field of theatre and migration including exile, refuge, displacement, asylum seeking, colonialism, human rights, globalization, and nomadism. The subsequent sections are devoted to several dozen case studies across various geographies and time periods that highlight, describe and analyse different theatre practices related to migration. 

 

The volume serves as a prestigious reference work to help theatre practitioners, students, scholars, and educators navigate the complex field of theatre and migration.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Yana Meerzon and S. E. Wilmer (Eds.): The Palgrave Handbook on Theatre and Migration. Palgrave, 2023.
• Ambrose Musiyiwa [Co-author: Alison Jeffers] (University of Manchester): Theatre, Migration and Activism: The Work of Good Chance Theatre
• Christy Stanlake (United States Naval Academy): Storying Home: Retracing the Trail of Tears to Restore _Ekvnvcakv_
• Sarit Cofman-Simhon (Kibbutzim College): All Our Migrants: Place and Displacement on the Israeli Stage
• Kassia Lech (University of Amsterdam): Sonless Mothers and Motherless Sons or How Has Polishness Haunted Polish Theatre Artists in Exile?
• Maria Berlova (Washington, DC): German Theatre and August von Kotzebue’s Theatrical Success and Pitfalls in Russia
• Miranda Fay Thomas (Trinity College Dublin): The Stranger’s Case: Exile in Shakespeare on her work
• Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei (University of California): The Things She Carried: The Vertical Migrations of Lady Rokujō in Japanese Theatre
• Azadeh Sharifi (University of Toronto): Postmigrant Theatre and Its Impact on Contemporary German Theatre