Dr Holly Maples
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Email
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Location
Southend Campus
Profile
Qualifications
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PhD in Theatre Trinity College Dublin, (2008)
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MA in Theatre Studies University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (2004)
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BA Acting Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, (1999)
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BA in English Literature Boston University, (1996)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, East 15 School of Acting, University of Essex (2/1/2020 - present)
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Director of Post Graduate Research and Impact, East 15 School of Acting, University of Essex (20/1/2020 - present)
Other academic
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, Brunel University London, Goldsmiths University of London (1/10/2014 - 31/12/2019)
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Lecturer in Drama, School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia (1/9/2007 - 30/9/2014)
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Maples, H., (2016). The Erotic Voyeur: Sensorial Spectatorship in Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man. Journal of Contemporary Drama in English. 4 (1), 119-133
Maples, H., (2012). Embodying Resistance: Gendering Public Space in Ragtime Social Dance. New Theatre Quarterly. 28 (3), 243-259
Maples, H., (2011). Culture War
Books (1)
Maples, H., (2011). Culture War Conflict, Commemoration and the Contemporary Abbey Theatre. Peter Lang Pub Incorporated. 3034301375. 9783034301374
Book chapters (5)
Maples, H., (2012). Performing Cultural Trauma: The 1980 'A Sense of Ireland' Festival. In: Staging Thought: Essays on Irish Theatre, Practice and Scholarship. Editors: Trench, R., . Peter Lang. 978-3034308045
Maples, H., (2012). Producing memory: A history of commemoration and the Abbey theatre. In: Memory Ireland. 172- 183. 9780815632979
Maples, H., (2010). The Past is Myself: The Politics of Commemoration and the Irish National Theatre Society. In: Memory Ireland: Volume 1: History and Modernity. Editors: Frawley, O., . Syracuse University Press. 0815632509. 978-0815632504
Brady, S., Walsh, F. and Maples, H., (2009). Parading Multicultural Ireland: Identity Politics and National Agenda’s in the 2007 St. Patrick’s Festival. In: Performing at the Crossroads: Critical Essays on Performance Studies and Irish Culture. Palgrave. 237- 248. 978-0-230-21998-4
Maples, H., (2009). Parading Memory: The Production of Commemoration in Contemporary Ireland. In: Performance of Violence in Contemporary Ireland. Editors: Fitzpatrick, L., . Carysfort Press. 1904505449. 978-1904505440
Exhibitions (3)
Maples, H., Viking: Discover the Legend Performances
Maples, H., Paston Footprints
Maples, H., Breaking the SIlence on Abolition and the Slave Trade
Grants and funding
2020
The Economic, Social, and Cultural impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Independent Arts Workers in the United Kingdom
Economic and Social Research Council