Stephen Oppong
Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre (PhD)
21st century receptions of classical greek theatre in Africa.
Overview
The Ph.D. program offers students the opportunity to pursue theatre studies through coursework, comprehensive examination preparations and a doctoral dissertation project. Students are expected to give primary attention to an area of expertise of their choice while training in the broader theoretical, critical, and historical contexts of the field. As a small program, the faculty are particularly interested to work with students whose academic interests relate to their own fields of expertise and/or the broader research strengths and resources of the Department of Theatre and Film at UBC. All Ph.D. students will be given the opportunity to develop their academic teaching skills as teaching assistants in UBC's undergraduate theatre studies classes.
Faculty research specialties include classical theatre and its modern adaptations, modern drama, the receptions of alternative theatre and cinema, theatre and health, disability theatre, dramaturgy, intercultural theatre and performance, Asian theatre, twentieth-century Chinese and Japanese theatre, as well as Canadian, American and modern British theatre. Our students also engage with professors and students in our renowed directing, design and film graduate programs.
What makes the program unique?
Students in this program enjoy strong mentoring relationships with core faculty members and develop research expertise in an area of their choice while also training in the broader theoretical, critical, and historical contexts of the field. They also engage with professors and students in our renowed directing, design and film graduate programs. UBC offers a world-class research library, a dynamic, multicultural theatre environment and a strong research-oriented university community.
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Supervision
Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.
Instructions regarding thesis supervisor contact for this program
Applicants should browse faculty profiles and indicate in their application who they are interested in working with. No commitment from a supervisor prior to applying is necessary, but contacting faculty members is encouraged.
Advice and insights from UBC Faculty on reaching out to supervisors
These videos contain some general advice from faculty across UBC on finding and reaching out to a supervisor. They are not program specific.
This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.
- Firkins, Jacqueline (costume design)
- Gagnon, Olivia Michiko (Performance studies; minoritarian performance and cultural production; Multimedia art-making; critical race and ethnic studies; feminist and queer theory; critical Indigenous studies; Archival Theory; performative writing; Performance studies, Minoritarian performance and cultural production, Multimedia art-making, Critical race and ethnic studies, Feminist and queer theory, Critical Indigenous studies, Archival theory, Performative writing)
- Heatley, Stephen (Theatre, acting, directing, new play development, comedy, commedia dell’arte, solo performance, play producing, Canadian theatre, Canadian plays, Literature, gender/sexuality)
- Johnston, Kirsty (Dramatic literature and theatre history with particular interest in disability arts and intersections between health, disability and performance)
- Lachance, Lindsay (Indigenous approaches to developing Indigenous theatre; Indigenous approaches to developing Indigenous theatre)
- Liu, Siyuan (twentieth century Chinese theatre and Asian Canadian theatre)
- Marshall, Hallie (Ancient Greek Theatre; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Classics; Contemporary British Theatre; Cultural Industries; History of the Book; Literary or Artistic Work Dissemination or Reception Contexts; Performance and Theatrical Productions; Poetry; Reception Studies; Religion, Culture and Space; Theatre; Tony Harrison; Ancient Greek Theatre, Arts and Cultural Traditions, Classics, Contemporary British Theatre, Cultural Industries, History of the Book, Literary or Artistic Work Dissemination or Reception Contexts, Performance and Theatrical Productions, Poetry, Reception Studies, Religion, Culture and Space, Theatre, Tony Harrison)
- Mathijs, Ernest (film, alternative cinema, independent cinema, European cinema, horror film, David Cronenberg, film audiences, film festivals, censorship, fantasy film, Lord of the Rings, Film studies)
- Morris, Leora (Directing; Acting; New play development; Directing, Acting, New play development)
- Pennefather, Patrick (theatre design; Theatre Production; digital media; Public VR projects; xR development; Scalable virtual and augmented reality prototypes; Rapid prototyping for mixed realities; Design of spatial audio in physical and virtual environments; Design of spatial audio in physical and virtual environments, Digital Media, Public VR projects, Rapid prototyping for mixed realities, Scalable virtual and augmented reality prototypes, Theatre Design, Theatre Production, XR development)
- Powers, Bradley (Production Technology)
- Rizzotti, Patrick (design; Design and Planning of Space; Theatrical Productions; Virtual Reality; Augmented reality; design for new works; devised work; narrative visual experience; production design; site specific experiences; theatre design; Design, Design and Planning of Space, Theatrical Productions, Virtual Reality, Augmented reality, Design for new works, Devised work, Narrative visual experience, Production design, Site specific experiences, Theatre design)
- Santos, Alessandra (Artistic and Literary Analysis Models; Artistic and Literary Theories; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Arts and Technologies; Brazilian Literature and Culture; Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies; Latin American Literatures and Cultures; Modern and Contemporary Literatures and Cultures; Artistic and Literary Analysis Models, Artistic and Literary Theories, Arts and Cultural Traditions, Arts and Technologies, Brazilian Literature and Culture, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Modern and Contemporary Literatures and Cultures)
- Scholte, Tom (Theatre, film, and television)
- Zaiontz, Keren (Performance studies; experimental performance practices; performance and the city; the cultural politics of festivals and mega-events; art-activism and social movements; performance studies, experimental performance practices, performance and the city, the cultural politics of festivals and mega-events, art-activism and social movements)
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