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
University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, East 15 School of Acting, University of Essex (2/1/2020 - present)
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Director of Post Graduate Research and Impact, East 15 School of Acting, University of Essex (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). Affectual Dramaturgy for Augmented Reality Immersive Heritage Performance. Body, Space and Technology. 20 (1), 25-36
Maples, H., (2016). The Erotic Voyeur: Sensorial Spectatorship in Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man. Journal of Contemporary Drama in English. 4 (1), 119-133
Maples, H., (2012). Embodying Resistance: Gendering Public Space in Ragtime Social Dance. New Theatre Quarterly. 28 (3), 243-259
Books (1)
Maples, H., (2011). Culture War Conflict, Commemoration and the Contemporary Abbey Theatre. Peter Lang. 3034301375. 9783034301374
Book chapters (7)
Maples, H. and Rowson, J., (2021). Theatres in the Dark: COVID-19s Impact on Digital Performance, Advocacy, and the Online Public Sphere in the UK Theatre Industry. In: Theatre and Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Editors: Krpič, T., . The Association of Theatre Critics and Researchers of Slovenia (DGKTS), The Festival Borštnikovo Srečanje (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). Parading Memory: The Production of Commemoration in Contemporary Ireland. In: Performance of Violence in Contemporary Ireland. Editors: Fitzpatrick, L., . Carysfort Press. 978-1904505440
Maples, H., (2009). Parading Multicultural Ireland: Identity Politics and National Agenda’s in the 2007 St. Patrick’s Festival. 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). Freelancers in the Dark: The Economic, Cultural, and Social Impact of Covid-19 on UK Theatre Workers Final Report
Exhibitions (7)
Maples, H., Touching Past Lives: Sensorial Spectatorship in the Paston Footprints Project
Trench, R. and Maples, H., Knock Me Down
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).Viking: Discover the Legend Performances,Norwich Castle Musem
Grants and funding
2024
Resistance and Rebellion
University of Essex (QR Impact Fund)
2023
Evaluation ACE Freelance Study of Cultural Workforce
Arts Council England
Decolonizing Heritage Sites Impact Leave
University of Essex (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
University of Essex
Impact Global Work
University of Essex (ESRC IAA)
2021
Heritage Tour travel
University of Essex (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
