Helena Grehan
Professor
School of Arts
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Dr. Helena Grehan teach both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the school of Arts. Her research centres around questions of ethics and responsibility in and in response to political performance, theatre and contemporary art practice.She is particularly interested in how modes of spectatorship might be usefully understood and theorised in the context of an increasingly mediatised performance environment.She has published a number of books, book chapters and journal articles from my research.She is a member of the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts 2015-2017 (Humanities and Creative Arts Panel) and I am the Editor of the refereed journal Performance Paradigm.
Research Interest
Performance theory, ethics and spectatorship, race and representation, interculturalism, new media dramaturgy and thinking about the relationships between art and politics
Publications
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Helena Grehan, 2014, ‘An Unresolvable Dramaturgy: Dennis Del Favero’s Todtnauberg and what it means to respond’, Performance Research, 19,6,15-21.
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Helena Grehan, 2015, ‘Electronic Journals’, Contemporary Theatre Review, 25,1, 130-133.
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Helena Grehan, 2015, ‘Actors, Spectators, and “Vibrant†Objects: Kris Verdonck’s ACTOR#1, TDR, 59,3, 132-139.
