Performance Studies

University of California, Berkeley

Overview

The Graduate Group in Performance Studies at UC Berkeley provides an interdisciplinary and individually crafted curriculum directed at advanced studies in the literatures, performances, cultural contexts, and theories of performance throughout the world. Based in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, the PhD program in Performance Studies takes advantage of Berkeley’s distinguished history in the field of drama and theater studies and opens out to a wider interrogation of the disciplines and methodologies of performance studies. The program is administered by the Graduate Group in Performance Studies, composed of faculty from a wide range of related departments. Students in the Performance Studies PhD program conduct research in a diverse array of interdisciplinary methodologies, on projects spanning the fields of theater, dance, and performance studies.

Undergraduate Program

The group does not offer an undergraduate program in Performance Studies. However, the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies offers a major and minor in Dance and Performance Studies and Theater and Performance Studies.

Graduate Program

Performance Studies: PhD

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Courses

Performance Studies

Contact Information

Graduate Group in Performance Studies

15A Dwinelle Hall

Phone: 510-664-7613

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Graduate Student Affairs Officer

Avy Valladares, PhD

15A Dwinelle Hall

Phone: 510-664-7613

performancestudies@berkeley.edu

Head Graduate Adviser

Roshanak Kheshti, PhD

15-L Dwinelle Hall

rkheshti@berkeley.edu

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