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Eugene van Erven
Eugene van Erven is Senior Lecturer Theatre Studies and teaches and coordinates the module 'Community Performance'. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Vanderbilt University (USA, 1985). Before joining the staff of Utrecht's Theatre Studies he worked at the Instituto Pedagogica Arubano (2004-2006), founded and coordinated the Theatre program of Utrecht University College (1999-2004), was a lecturer in American Studies (1988-1998) and worked as a post-doc at the Theatre Studies department of Victoria University in Wellington (New Zealand).
In 2008 Eugene programmed the Rotterdam International Community Arts Festival and was recently appointed director for the next edition (2011) of this festival. He is on the editorial board of a new British journal, Performing Ethos. As a researcher Eugene is best known for his work on Western and Asian political theatre and on community performance. He is interested in artistic methodology, ethics, validation, and social impact of the arts in general and performance in particular.
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E.A.P.B.Erven@uu.nl
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