NU Performance Studies

Deadline extended !!!!!
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to think with these great scholars!

Northwestern’s Department of Performance Studies and Slippage Lab invites applications from graduate students and recent graduates on the theme of Black Q***r Aesthetics for our 2026 Performance Studies Summer Institute. Check out the flyer for more information!

Application Deadline May 17!! The Department of Performance Studies and Slippage Lab invite applications from graduate students and recent graduates on the theme of Black Q***r Aesthetics for our
2026 Performance Studies Summer Institute.

Mark your calendars!!! This week .nu

SLIPPAGE Black Performance Theory 2026 lecture series continues with more exciting conversations!
THURSDAY, APRIL 30 @ 5:30 PM
Henry Castillo (Northwestern University) and Luis Alba (NYU)
FRIDAY, MAY 1 @ 12:30 PM
Thomas F. DeFrantz (Northwestern) and Kevin E. Quashie (Brown University)

For more information, check the flyer!!! See you All There !

Mark your calendars !!!!

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22nd @ 5pm

A talk by Rosemary Candelario!!!

The talk focuses on late 20th and early 21st century theatrical and protest performances about abortion in the United States that are not normally taken seriously in the political arena.