Archiving for the Future: using archives to enhance learning and teaching in drama and theatre studies

Programme

9:00-10:00

Registration and refreshments

10:00-10:30

Welcome; Overview of the themes of the day
Mark O’Thomas (Director, Institute for Performing Arts Development, University of East London)

10:30-11:40

Papers/Case Study Presentations

  • Using ELTA for a Standalone Research Assignment
    Janice Norwood (Lecturer in English Literature, University of Hertfordshire);
  • Embedding the Archive in student learning at UEL: A case study
    Ananda Breed (Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies, University of East London);
  • Mapping the Moment: Performance Culture in Nottingham, 1857-1867
    Jo Robinson (Lecturer in Drama, University of Nottingham) and Lucie Sutherland (Lecturer in Drama and Performance, University of Nottingham).

11:40-12:00

Tea/Coffee

12:00-13:00

Papers/Case Study Presentations

  • In search of 'thick' description: using the archive to enrich practice-based learning and research
    Bill McDonnell (Senior Lecturer in Theatre, University of Sheffield);
  • A Performing Archive: Reflections from an Archive-aware Performance process
    Conan Lawrence (Visiting Lecturer in Community Arts Practice, University of East London).

13:00-13:45

Lunch

13:45-14:45

Keynote: The LIFT Living Archive
Caoimhe McAvinchey (Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance, Queen Mary, University of London)

14:45-16:15

Open Space/Closing Discussion
Theron Schmidt (Queen Mary, University of London)

16:15

Drinks reception

Archiving for the Future - BiographiesPDF File