Professor Holly Maples
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Email
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Location
EAST15 SOUTHEND GB.3.64 GATEWAY BUILDING, Southend Campus
Profile
Qualifications
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PhD in Theatre Trinity College Dublin, (2008)
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MA in Theatre Studies University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (2004)
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BA Acting Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, (1999)
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BA in English Literature Boston University, (1996)
Appointments
糖心Vlog
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, East 15 School of Acting, 糖心Vlog (2/1/2020 - present)
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Director of Post Graduate Research and Impact, East 15 School of Acting, 糖心Vlog (20/1/2020 - present)
Other academic
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, Brunel University London, Goldsmiths University of London (1/10/2014 - 31/12/2019)
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Lecturer in Drama, School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia (1/9/2007 - 30/9/2014)
Research and professional activities
Conferences and presentations
Mixed Reality and Immersive Cultural Heritage
Invited presentation, ZIP Scene, Zip Scene, Budapest, Hungary, 11/11/2022
Decolonizing Sites Through Performance
International Federation of Theatre Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 29/6/2022
Breaking the Silence: The British Slave Trade in Performance
National Council on Public History, NCPH Virtual Crossroads Conference 2022, 5/5/2022
Teaching and supervision
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Maples, H. and Dima, M., (2021). . Body, Space and Technology. 20 (1), 25-36
Maples, H., (2016). . Journal of Contemporary Drama in English. 4 (1), 119-133
Maples, H., (2012). . New Theatre Quarterly. 28 (3), 243-259
Books (1)
Maples, H., (2011). . Peter Lang. 3034301375. 9783034301374
Book chapters (7)
Maples, H. and Rowson, J., (2021). . In: Theatre and Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Editors: Krpi膷, T., . The Association of Theatre Critics and Researchers of Slovenia (DGKTS), The Festival Bor拧tnikovo Sre膷anje (SNG Maribor) and the Faculty of Social Sciences Publishing House (Ljubljana University)
Maples, H., (2021). Touching Past Lives: The Limits of Evaluating Immersive Heritage Performance Audiences. In: Impacting Theatre Audiences: Methods for Studying Change. Editors: Snyder-Young, D. and Omasa, M., . Routledge. 9781032214139
Maples, H., (2012). Performing Cultural Trauma: The 1980 'A Sense of Ireland' Festival. In: Staging Thought: Essays on Irish Theatre, Practice and Scholarship. Editors: Trench, R., . Peter Lang. 978-3034308045
Maples, H., (2012). Producing memory: A history of commemoration and the Abbey theatre. In: Memory Ireland. 172- 183
Maples, H., (2010). The Past is Myself: The Politics of Commemoration and the Irish National Theatre Society. In: Memory Ireland: Volume 1: History and Modernity. Editors: Frawley, O., . Syracuse University Press. 0815632509. 978-0815632504
Maples, H., (2009). . In: Performance of Violence in Contemporary Ireland. Editors: Fitzpatrick, L., . Carysfort Press. 978-1904505440
Maples, H., (2009). . In: Performing at the Crossroads: Critical Essays on Performance Studies and Irish Culture. Editors: Brady, S. and Walsh, F., . Palgrave. 237- 248. 978-0-230-21998-4
Reports and Papers (1)
Maples, H., Edelman, J., Fitzgibbon, A., Harris, L., Klich, R., Rowson, J., Taroff, K. and Young, A., (2022).
Exhibitions (7)
Maples, H.,
Trench, R. and Maples, H.,
Maples, H., Breaking the SIlence on Abolition and the Slave Trade. Performance
Maples, H., Ebbs and Flows
Maples, H., Dima, M., Caulfield, M. and Daylamani-Zad, D., Mixed Reality Heritage Project Historic Deerfield
Maples, H., Dima, M., Caulfield, M., Bouchard, D. and Daylamani-Zad, D., Mixed Reality Heritage Project English Heritage site Marble Hill
Maples, H., Paston Heritage Immersive Audio Walking Tours. Audio
Other (1)
Maples, H., (2019).,Norwich Castle Musem
Grants and funding
2024
Resistance and Rebellion
糖心Vlog (QR Impact Fund)
2023
Evaluation ACE Freelance Study of Cultural Workforce
Arts Council England
Decolonizing Heritage Sites Impact Leave
糖心Vlog (QR Impact Fund)
2022
Designing Mixed Reality Heritage Performances to Support Decolonisation of Heritage Sites
Arts and Humanities Research Council
What is Real Inclusion in the Arts: Working Class Artists and Meaningful Change in the Creative Industries
糖心Vlog
Impact Global Work
糖心Vlog (ESRC IAA)
2021
Heritage Tour travel
糖心Vlog (CPPE)
2020
The Economic, Social, and Cultural impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Independent Arts Workers in the United Kingdom
Economic and Social Research Council
