Robert Brocklehurst
Address: Loughborough University Dept. of English & Drama, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU
email: R.Brocklehurst@lboro.ac.uk
PhD title: Visual Communities: Video, Rituals and Mayan Memory
Supervisors: Dr. Patience Schell & Prof. John Gledhill (Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, CLACS)
Main Discipline areas: Language, Performance and Social Politics
Research Interest Areas: Ancient & Modern Mayan Politics, Theatre and Societal Rituals, Migration Performances, Holocaust and Memory Studies, 1940's Avant-Garde Theatre.
Currently collaborating on a European performance project titled 'The Polish Exchange: An Interdisciplinary Cultural Memory Project' (Leverhulme/British Academy) Associated 'Theatres of Memory' Conference and Publications (Sept 2009).
Publications:
Article in Edited Work: The Palgrave Student Companion to Literary Studies Section: PART 2: LITERATURE Drama Edited by Julian Wolfreys Publishers: Palgrave Publication Date: Oct 2008
Academic Journal Article: The Virtual Cabinet of Dr. Freud On Objects' - Journal of Performance Research 12:4Publisher: RoutledgeDOI 10.1080/13528160701822643 Publication Date: December 2007
Authored Book: Excessive Narratives: Georges Bataille, Self-Sacrifice and The Communal Langauge of the Yucatec Maya Publisher: InkerMen Press, Ashby-de-la-Zouch ISBN 0-9551829-4-8 Publication Date: December 2006
Conference Presentations:
La Ruta Maya: Tourist Migration and the Politics of Performance in Southeast Mexico. Identities in Transition: The Enkidu Summer Conference Teatro Arlequin, Mexico City Delivery Date: June 1, 2007.
Affiliation to Research Centres: Centre for Latin American Cultural Studies
Teaching Areas: Television Drama Performance Art Film Adaptation Virtual Performance Computer Visualization
Professional biography:
Apr 05 - present University of ManchesterPhD in Spanish (Latin American Cultural Studies)
Oct 02- Dec 04 University of London MA in Cultural Memory
Sept 91- July 92 University of Bournemouth PGD in Video Production
Sept 84 - July 87 Winchester School of Art & Virginia Commonwealth University(USA) BA Hons in Fine Art (2:1)
Sept 82 - July 83 Loughborough College of Art & Design Fine Art Foundation
Employment
Sept 06- present Loughborough University Lecturer in Technical Theatre
Mar 94 - July 06 University of Gloucestershire Senior Lecturer in Video Production
Sept 01- July 02 University of Wolverhampton PT Lecturer in Digital Media
Sept 99- July 00 University of West England PT Lecturer in Time Based Media
Dec 98- July 99 La Verne University, Claremont, Los Angeles (USA) Visiting Lecturer in Radio & TV Production
Sept 94 - July 96 Stroud College of Further Education Lecturer in Media Studies