Online Research Seminar Series, Brunel University London, UK
7 Dec 2022, 18 Jan 2023, and 15 Mar 2023

You are cordially invited to attend the ‘Performance and Political Economy: Bodies, Politics, and Well-Being in the 21st Century’ online Research Seminar Series.

This research seminar series’ main aim is to examine timely issues regarding the relationship between bodies, politics, and well-being through interdisciplinary dialogues between researchers, industry professionals, and stakeholders from the arts, politics, and health and well-being.

It invites ten international speakers in three curated, interlinked, dialogical events. We will start each event with short presentations by the speakers, engage in dialogue, and then open to you for questions.

Event 1 (7 Dec 2022, 5pm-6:30pm GMT, online): Political Economy and Contemporary Performance Practices
This event examines the relation between contemporary performances practices and political economy, its effects, and the insights they can offer to one another.

• Alvin Li, Curator, Tate Modern
• Peter Thomas, Professor of Political Thought, Brunel University London
• Tara Fatehi Irani, Artist and Writer
• Louise Owen, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Theatre, Birkbeck, University of London

Event 2 (18 Jan 2023, 5pm-6:30pm GMT, online): Bodies and Racial Capitalism
This event examines how bodies are affected by racial capitalism at micro and macro levels.

• Erin Manning, Professor and Research Chair – Speculative Pragmatism, Art, and Pedagogy, Concordia University
• Kimberly Welch, J.D. Candidate at UCLA School of Law and PhD Performance Studies, UCLA
• Sean Metzger, Professor and Head of Performance Studies, UCLA

Event 3 (15 Mar 2023, 5pm-6:30pm GMT, online): The Growth Economic Paradigm, Human and Non-Human Bodies, and Well-Being
This event examines how the growth economic paradigm affects the well-being of human and non-human bodies (and strategies that can be employed to effect change).

• Stephen Butler, Professor of Health and Well-Being, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Gareth Dale, Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University London
• Marina Gržiniæ, Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria and ZRC SAZU, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia

To join us in any of these events, please use the link below:
Topic: Research Seminar Series – Performance & Political Economy 2022-23
Join Zoom Meeting: https://bruneluniversity.zoom.us/j/91061288769
Meeting ID: 910 6128 8769
Passcode: ResSeriesP

Curated and organised by Dr Katerina Paramana, this series contributes to the work of the Performance, Cultures and Politics Research Group and is supported by the Research Seminar Series Award 2022-23 and the Department of Arts and Humanities, Brunel University London.

Looking forward to seeing you there!