Dr Maggie Ivanova

Lecturer in Drama

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

+61 8 82012204

maggie.ivanova@flinders.edu.au

Humanities Building (247)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Comparative Drama (2004), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A. in Comparative Literature (2000), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joint B.A. and M.A. in English Philology (1997), Sofia University St. Kliment Okhridski

Honours, awards and grants

2018 Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, in a team with Dr Alex Vickery-Howe and Peter Beaglehole

Vice President, Japan Studies Association (USA)

Editor, Japan Studies Association Journal

Key responsibilities

Acting Research Section Head for Creative and Performing Arts (Semester 2, 2018)

Director of Studies, Drama

Research expertise

Creative Arts

Cultural studies

Curriculum and pedagogy

Drama

Gender Studies

Globalisation

Literary Studies

Other language, literature and culture

Research interests

Post-communist drama, theatre and performance in the context of EU integration
Theories of translation, stage adaptation and performance theory
Cross-cultural performance and intercultural theatre
Theatre historiography and aesthetic reception: Irish, British, Scandinavian, Russian, Bulgarian, East Asian
Colonial and postcolonial encounters in literature and drama; postcolonial theory and criticism
Nationalism and its influence on drama, literature and the arts
Cinematic encounters East-West

Topic coordinator

DRAM2100 Modern Theatre: The Rise of the Director

DRAM1001 Drama 1A: First Stages

DRAM1002 Drama 1B: Bodies of Work

DRAM2101 Modern Theatre: Companies and Directors

DRAM2103 Reading Theatre: Plays in Production

DRAM3100 Performance Theories: Time, Space and the Body

DRAM7100 Honours Thesis in Drama

DRAM7104 Performance Research

DRAM7100A Honours Thesis in Drama

DRAM7100B Honours Thesis in Drama

DRAM3200 Studio Workshop -- Beyond Stanislavski

DRAM2301 Special Project in Drama 1

DRAM3301 Special Project in Drama 2

DRAM2104 Asian Dramatic Traditions

Topic lecturer

DRAM3102 Live Arts and Performance

Supervisory interests

Cultural analysis, drama productions

Drama

Dramaturgy, adaptation and creative development

Intercultural theatre

Modernist theatre

Theatre historiography

Translation theory

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Associate supervisor: Cultural analysis, theatre historiography (1), Futurism and performativity (1), Dramaturgy/development of new work and theatre historiography (1)

Publications