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For all events, the Department of Performance Studies acknowledges the Canarsie tribe of the Lenape People in whose traditional territory we are gathering.
For all events, the Department of Performance Studies acknowledges the Canarsie tribe of the Lenape People in whose traditional territory we are gathering.
2022 BA Capstone Symposium
A three-day symposium featuring the final projects of Performance Studies M.A. Students.
A three-day symposium featuring the final projects of Performance Studies M.A. Students.
A three-day symposium featuring the final projects of Performance Studies M.A. Students.
We invite incoming undergraduate Performance Studies students to join the faculty and staff of department to learn about the resources and events available to them.
We invite incoming graduate Performance Studies students to join the faculty and staff of department to learn about the resources and events available to them.
Join the Department of Performance Studies faculty and staff as we welcome our new students and welcome back our returning students! Celebrate the first full week of classes and get to know your peers in the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. cohorts.
PS Assembly with Professor Karen Shimakawa
Join the Department of Performance Studies as we welcome double PS Alum Shanté Paradigm Smalls back to the 6th floor to discuss their first book, "Hip Hop Heresies."
Comedian and actress Kate Berlant will join the performance studies scholar Ann Pellegrini to discuss Berlant’s newest solo performance Kate. Topics of conversation may include performance art history, comedy, critique, gender, genre, and the politics of confession.
Join the Department of Performance Studies as we welcome MA Alum Nandita Dinesh, to discuss her new book, "This Place That Place."
Join the Department of Performance Studies as we celebrate Professor Barbara Browning's two new books!
Richard Schechner, one of the founders of the Performance Studies Department, is a performance theorist, theater director, author, editor of TDR will be hosting a lunch time conversation series right here at PS!
Join PS for our Graduate Open House to learn more about our M.A. and Ph.D. program.
PS Assembly: On Re-Gifting with Professor Barbara Browning
PS is thrilled to welcome Keioui Keijuan Thomas to the department for ‘How to Make an Object Speak in Tongues' on Thursday, November 10th at 7pm ET. This event will include an artist talk featuring screenings of selected work from Keioui Keijaun Thomas followed by a brief Q&A.
Richard Schechner, one of the founders of the Performance Studies Department, a performance theorist, theater director, author, editor of TDR will be hosting a lunch time conversation series right here at PS!
Join PS in celebration of Denise Ferreira da Silva's new book, Unpayable Debt, published earlier this year by Sternberg Press/MIT Press. The launch will consist of a reading by Professor Silva and a discussion between her and Prof. Paula Chakravartty, who teaches in Gallatin and Steinhardt.
Please join us on Monday, November 21st from 7-9pm ET for Rage, Rhythm, Renaissance: Performances of/in the Ongoing Iranian Revolution a panel discussion featuring scholars and artists Yasamin Rezai, Aida Shirazi and Nazanin Noroozi, moderated by PS Alum Niyoosha Ahmadikhoo (MA ‘17).
The Performance Studies department will host a Virtual Graduate Information Session on Thursday, January 5th, from 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST on Zoom.
This evening will feature musical performances by Lark, followed by a discussion between Lark and Dart about the feminist possibilities of staging sexuality and pleasure, using humor as a vehicle for feminist theory, and how of art and live performance plays a role in shifting the sexual culture