Fall 2024 Positions: Recitation Leader
(3 positions available)
Course Information: Introduction to Performance Studies, PERF-GT 1000.001, Tuesdays, 3:45pm - 5:30pm; Lead Faculty: Professor Ann Pellegrini
Course Description: To be taken in the student's first semester in the M.A. program. This course is designed to introduce students to the field of performance studies via examination of some of the foundational texts, tracing various genealogies of the field and considering its links to various disciplines/modes of inquiry (anthropology, theater studies, dance studies, gender studies, critical race theory, psychoanalysis, etc.). What makes performance studies performance studies, and why do it? In considering this question we will consider the specificity of performance as an object of study, a mode of inquiry, a practice of self-hood and sociality, and aesthetic practice; we will also focus on the specific challenges and potentialities in writing about/as performance. This course is designed to introduce students to the field of performance studies via examination of some of the foundational texts, tracing various genealogies of the field and considering its links to various disciplines/modes of inquiry (anthropology, theater studies, dance studies, gender studies, critical race theory, psychoanalysis, etc.). What makes performance studies performance studies, and why do it? In considering this question we will consider the specificity of performance as an object of study, a mode of inquiry, a practice of self-hood and sociality, and aesthetic practice; we will also focus on the specific challenges and potentialities in writing about/as performance.
Available Sections: PERF-GT 1000.002, PERF-GT 1000.003, PERF-GT 1000. 004
Period of the Work Assignment: September 3 - December 12, 2024
Recitation Meeting Day and Time: Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:15pm
Contact Hours: 21
Student Enrollment Cap: 10
Rate of Pay: In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the contact hour rate for this position is $214.24. This contact hour rate is based on the collective bargaining agreement with Local 2110.
Instruction Mode: In-Person
Qualifications: PhD students in good academic standing
Duties: Recitation Leaders will lead discussion sections that will meet weekly. The position requires attendance to all lectures, light grading duties, preparation of class activities each week, office hours, and meeting with students individually to provide writing assignment feedback.
How to Apply: To apply for a Recitation Leader position within the Department of Performance Studies, please submit your CV, and a brief statement of interest via the Recitation Leader Application form by Monday, April 1, 2024. Direct any questions to the lead instructor, Professor Ann Pellegrini at ann.pellegrini@nyu.edu
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Spring 2025 Positions: Recitation Leader
(1 positions available)
Course Information: Capstone: Final Projects in Performance Studies, PERF-UT 401.001, Tuesdays, 3:45pm - 5:30pm; Lead Faculty: Professor Michelle Castañeda
Course Description: Students in this course will build on a research paper/project that they originated in another PS course, with the goal of extending, refining, and further developing it in order to synthesize what they have learned, as well as further hone their research, analysis, and writing skills.
Available Sections: PERF-UT 401.002
Period of the Work Assignment: January 21 - May 6, 2025
Recitation Meeting Day and Time: Tuesdays, 3:45pm-5:30pm
Contact Hours: 21
Student Enrollment Cap: 15
Rate of Pay: In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the contact hour rate for this position is $214.24. This contact hour rate is based on the collective bargaining agreement with Local 2110.
Instruction Mode: In-Person
Qualifications: PhD students in good academic standing
Duties: Recitation Leaders will lead discussion sections that will meet weekly. The position requires attendance to all lectures, light grading duties, preparation of class activities each week, office hours, and meeting with students individually to provide writing assignment feedback.
How to Apply: To apply for a Recitation Leader position within the Department of Performance Studies, please submit your CV, and a brief statement of interest via the Recitation Leader Application form by Monday, April 1, 2024. Direct any questions to the lead instructor, Professor Michelle Castañeda at michelle.castaneda@nyu.edu.