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Elena Marchevska

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Dr Elena Marchevska

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3926-0232

    Accepting PhD Students

    PhD projects

    - Eastern European performance art
    - maternal and performance
    - migration and performance

    20102026

    Research activity per year

    Personal profile

    Overview

    I am a Professor of Performance Studies in the School of Arts and Social Sciences. I work on performance and migration as researcher and performance practitioner. I am predominantly interested in the relationship between performance, politics of migration and environmental cultural studies. My approach to teaching, research and work priorities and ethos that is collaborative and feminist.

    Research Interests

    My main research interest is the relationship between performance, migration and environmental issues. I have published widely on the issues of belonging, the female body, the border and intergenerational trauma. I retrospectively and selectively write about events that stem from, or are made possible by, being part of a particular cultural identity. My academic work is rooted in my lived experience and I often use auto-ethnography and practice as research methodologies as part of my writing and teaching.

    For over a decade, I am working on researching maternal performance and children in performance. In relation to motherhood, I co-edited, with Valerie Walkerdine, The Maternal in Creative Work: Intergenerational Discussions on Motherhood and Art, Routledge, 2020 and with Laura Bissel and Jodie Hawkins 'Matrescence and Media’ special edition of the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media. 

    Additional Responsibility

    2021- 2025 Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, School of Arts and Creative Industries 
    2019 - 2021 Director of PG Research, School of Arts and Creative Industries
    2017 -2020 Course Director, MA Creative Performance Practice

    Subjects Taught


    In my role at LSBU, I lead practical modules in devised theatre; engage with critical theories of performance and teach on research methods modules. I regularly teach across PG and UG programmes in the school. I cover the following areas of studies: • 20th and 21st century experimental theatre and performance – especially from East Europe • the relationship between performance, maternal and feminist philosophy – especially Irigaray, Kristeva and Ettinger • concepts of collaboration, collective creation and audience participation in performance • radical performance practices-especially political street performance, protest as performance and tactical media • the relationship between performance and the Other - particularly concepts of (im)migrant , foreign and foreignness I am Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and I have supervised to completion two PhD and two MRes students. I am currently supervising 5 PhD students, doing research in the areas of community theatre, socially engaged practices, autobiographical performance and memory, and decolonial performance praxis.

    Education/Academic qualification

    PhD

    2008 → 2012

    MFA

    2003 → 2005

    External Positions and Roles

    Vice Chair, Twinning

    1 Apr 2025 → …

    Peer-Review Member, AHRC Peer Review College

    1 Sept 2022 → …

    External Examiner, MA Theatre Practice, York St John University

    1 Sept 2020 → 1 Sept 2025

    Expert Evaluator, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

    1 Oct 2018 → …

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
      SDG 5 Gender Equality
    2. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
    3. SDG 13 - Climate Action
      SDG 13 Climate Action
    4. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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