Christina SvensSenior lecturer
About me
Associate professor and lecturer in theater studies at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics.
My research interests relate to areas such as theater and migration as well as gender perspectives on theatre, which means that I have mainly devoted myself to contemporary performing arts and 20th century theatre. The culturally critical perspectives have become increasingly important in my research, which in recent years has also taken an interest in theater for children and young people. The relationship of performing arts to society means that dramaturgical aspects have always been central to my work, as these aspects relate to the audience to a great extent.
Director of studies for the doctoral program in theater studies and supervisor in ongoing thesis projects.
Teaching
Teaching and supervision at all levels of education.
The teaching is within Theater Studies, the Bachelor's program as well as the Master's program in performance and includes, for example, courses on theater history, text and performance dramaturgy, Swedish theater as well as postcolonial and intercultural theater.
The tutorial includes both essays and theses at master's and doctoral level.
Research
Keywords: gender perspective on theatre, directing, post-colonial and intercultural performing arts, dramaturgy, multilingual performing arts, theater for children and young people
Dissertation in 2002 on the thesis Directing with a Feminist Overtone: Suzanne Osten and the Theatre.
Part of the International Organization for Theater Studies (IFTR) and the Feminist theater and performance working group
Current research areas:
Theater and issues of democracy, dramaturgy and audience addressing, theater in collaboration with civil society, contemporary performing arts and performance
Completed research projects with external funding:
Gender and ethnicity in Kurdish theater in Sweden, funded by the Swedish Research Council 2009–2012
Gender-aware course evaluation, funded by the Delegation for gender equality in the university, 2010–2013