Semester 2 Research Celebration and HDR Poster Competition

1:30–3:00 pm – Research Seminar (Room 206, Steele Building).

3:00–4:00 pm – Afternoon Tea, Research Celebration and HDR Poster Competition (Foyer outside E318, Forgan Smith)

From 4:00 pm onwards – Social gathering at St Lucy’s https://www.saintlucy.com.au/ (Pay your own way).

RSVP: b.crook@uq.edu.au by Tuesday 4 November. Please advise of any dietary or accessibility requirements.

The value of performance and performativity has been recognised within the humanities since at least the performative turn at the end of the last century, where we saw the publication of Judith Butler’s work on gender performativity and the establishment of performance studies as its own discipline. Performative elements are inevitable in academic settings, professional lives, and social relationships, therefore we seek to unpack how performance is beneficial for each of us across different domains. Performances are enjoyable, engaging, instinctive, and reflect broader constructions of cultural frameworks that we use in the every day. The very nature of a performance can be why we are drawn to particular stories, art, media over others; it can also be an impactful way of communicating knowledge, feeling, and meaning. Performance is informed by and actively informs our values and beliefs, as cultural artefacts that represent broader social ideas. The panel will examine different elements of performance and performativity in the Humanities to demonstrate these complexities apparent in our research.

SPEAKERS

Tyla Cascaes (HPI) “Performing the Past: Understanding ancient ideals and contemporary concerns”

Josh Symanski (HPI) “The Performative Turn: Butler and Performativity”

Associate Professor Geoff Ginn (HPI) “What Really Happened in History”

Dr Emma Cole (Comm Arts) “Translating Fragmentary Greek Tragedy for Performance”