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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
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She has written extensively on African and South African theatre and performance over the years, producing both articles and a number of books. Among the publications dealing with South Africa are  [https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/ESAT_Bibliography_Coa-Col] [[Catherine M. Cole|Cole, Catherine M.]] 2001. ''Africans on Stage: Studies in Ethnological Show Business'', ed. by [[Bernth Lindfors]] and ''The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics'', by [[Loren Kruger]]. Reviewed in: ''Theatre Journal'', 53(1):179-181.
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She has written extensively on African and South African theatre and performance over the years, producing both articles and a number of books. A number of them are listed in the '''[[ESAT Bibliography]]'''[https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/ESAT_Bibliography_Coa-Col],  but for a comprehensive list of her publications, see for example the entries on her on the University of Washington website[https://english.washington.edu/people/catherine-cole] and in '''Google Scholar'''[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R5eaqWcAAAAJ&hl=en].
 
 
[[Catherine M. Cole|Cole, Catherine M.]] 2004. Theatres of truth, acts of reconciliation: the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission|TRC]] in South Africa, in [[John Conteh-Morgan|Conteh-Morgan, John]] & [[Tejumola Olaniyan|Olaniyan, Tejumola]] (eds.). ''African Drama and Performance''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 219-226.
 
 
 
[[Catherine M. Cole|Cole, Catherine M.]] 2007. Performance, transitional justice, and the law: South Africa’s [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission]]. ''Theatre Journal'', 59(2):167-187.
 
 
 
[[Catherine M. Cole|Cole, Catherine M.]] 2008. The rewind cantata. ''Theater'', 38(3):84-109.
 
 
 
[[Catherine M. Cole|Cole, Catherine M.]] 2010. ''Performing South Africa's [[The Truth and Reconciliation Commission|Truth Commission]]: Stages of Transition''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
 
 
 
[[Catherine M. Cole|Cole, Catherine M.]] 2020. ''Performance and the Afterlives of Injustice: Dance and Live Art in South Africa and Beyond''. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
 
 
 
For a comprehensive list of her publications, see the entries on her in Google Scholar[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R5eaqWcAAAAJ&hl=en].
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:54, 30 August 2021

Catherine M. Cole[1] is an American academic, theatre specialist and director, who has written extensively on African and South African theatre and performance.

Biography

She studied English and Drama at Occidental College, Los Angeles (1985), followed by directing and playwrighting courses in New York, and Interdisciplinary PhD. Program in Theatre and Drama, (with certificates in Women’s Studies and African Studies) at Northwestern University (1895). Her academic and professional interests include African Studies, Dance, Disability Studies, Gender, Human Rights, Popular Culture, Performance Studies.

She held various teaching and administrative positions at a number of Universities over the years since 1986, including the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, University of California, Berkeley (Professor 2007-2016, Department Chair 2013-2016) and Divisional Dean of the Arts and Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle (since 2016).

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She has written extensively on African and South African theatre and performance over the years, producing both articles and a number of books. A number of them are listed in the ESAT Bibliography[2], but for a comprehensive list of her publications, see for example the entries on her on the University of Washington website[3] and in Google Scholar[4].

Sources

https://english.washington.edu/people/catherine-cole

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R5eaqWcAAAAJ&hl=en

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