SCUDD conference 2018
26th – 27th June 2018
Department of Drama and Theatre Arts
University of Birmingham
The Old Library
998 Bristol Road
Selly Oak
B29 6LG
‘Partnerships and Equalities’
Tuesday 26 June
12.00-1.00 Registration
Followed by lunch
1.00- 1.15 Welcome (and notices) Caroline Radcliffe
+ Head of Department Graham Saunders
1.15-2.15 Keynote address
“Looking to the future – responding, adapting and implementing change”
Stephen Lacey (Chair of SCUDD)
Kate Newey (incoming Chair of SCUDD)
Followed by excerpts from the documentary: ‘The Acting Class’
2.15 -3.45 Panel 1: REF: what’s new? Chair: Stephen Lacey, speakers; Maria Delgado, Robert Adlington, Elizabeth Westlake and Sarah Whatley.
3.45-4.15 Refreshments
4.15- 5.45 Panel 2: Partnerships and Relationships between Artists and the Academy: Chair: Paul Geary; speakers: Elizabeth Tomlin, Cristina Delgado-García, Saul Hewish and Paul Clarke
6.00 -7.30 Performance event with refreshments: a selection of short performances by students from the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts with accompanying drinks and nibbles, followed by the Pina Bausch Foundation NELKEN-Line project recording.
Wednesday 27 June
9.00-9.30 Registration (Refreshments available)
9.30-11.30 SCUDD AGM
11.30-12.00 Refreshments
12.00 -1.30 Panel 3 Equality and Diversity: Chair: Caroline Radcliffe; speakers: Pedro de Senna, Maureen Salmon, Dee O’Neill and Mike Wayne
1.30-2.30 Lunch
2.30 – 4.00 Panel 4 Cultures of Harassment: Chair: Alison Jeffers; speakers Dan Rebellato, Kat Low, Niamh Dowling, Ian Manborde
4.00 Close of Conference