Claire French

Experience

• 2022–present
  Research Associate, School of Arts, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
• 2022–present
  Local Section Coordinator, International Drama in Education Institute, Conference-2022, School of Education, University of Warwick, UK
• 2022–present
  Research Fellow, Dr Josefine Baark, Carlsberg Foundation, School of Communications, Aarhus University, Denmark. Title: ‘Methodologies for Co-creating Museum Films: Decolonisation and the Danish Digital Turn’
• 2022–present
  Assistant Professor, Department of Drama and Theatre Arts, University of Birmingham
• 2020–present
  Associate Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick, UK
• 2016–2022
  Sessional Lecturer, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK
• 2021–2022
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Arts Research Africa and Mellon Foundation, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Title: ‘Decolonising language ideologies in the body’
• 2016–2021
  Sessional Lecturer, Theatre and Performance Studies and Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK
• 2020–2021
  Research Assistant, Dr Rachael Jacobs, Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University, Australia. Focus areas: Arts curriculum; second language acquisition; translanguaging; and UNESCO Education
• 2019–2020
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Early Career, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick. Focus areas: multilingual performance training
• 2020–2020
  Visiting Fellow, Bachelor of Acting/ Bachelor of Performing Arts, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
• 2014–2018
  Programme Director, Visible Theatre Ensemble, UK. Focus areas: Autobiographical performance about living longer, community and education
• 2016–2017
  Research Assistant, Professor Jakelin Troy, Department of Linguistics, The University of Sydney, Australia. Title: ‘Putting performance on the Indigenous Australian language revitalisation agenda’
• 2012–2014
  Communications Director, FilmFestivalLife, Berlin. Focus areas: Events and outreach for emerging filmmakers, in partnership with Berlinale
• 2007–2010
  Programme Director, bamBOO Mainstage Amphitheatre, Perth. Focus areas: Multi-arts summer festival with community development interests

Education

• 2019 
  University of Warwick, PhD in Theatre Studies, ‘Methodologies for mobilising languaging: Facilitating dynamic linguistic resources in applied performance praxis’
• 2014 
  Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, MA in Applied Theatre, Drama in the Community and Drama Education

Publications

• 2022
  Languaging a widened embodied repertoire, Theatre, Dance and Performance Training
• 2021
  Facilitating departures from monolingual discourses, Applied Theatre Research
• 2019
  Review: Explorations in Southern African Drama, Theatre and Performance by Patrick J. Ebewo, Theatre Research International
• 2016
  Review: The Methuen drama guide to contemporary South African theatre, South African Theatre Journal

Grants and Contracts

• 2022
  International Drama in Education Research Institute Local Section: Harnessing Global South-North Exchanges

  Role:

  Partner Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick, UK

• 2019
  Research Excellence Framework (REF) PhD Completion Fund

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Warwick Graduate School. University of Warwick

• 2015
  Grants for the Arts Grants: The Wardrobe Project by Sonja Linden, Graeae, London

  Role:

  Partner Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Arts Council England

• 2015
  Grants for the Arts: Business development grant

  Role:

  Partner Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, UK

• 2015
  PhD shared funding with University of Warwick and UK Government

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

• 2014
  Research Project Fund: Museums at Night, Fulham Palace, London

  Role:

  Partner Investigator

  Funding Source:

  The Leverhulme Trust, UK

• 2014
  Grants for the Arts Grants: Who Do We Think We Are by Sonja Linden, Southwark Playhouse, London

  Role:

  Partner Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Arts Council England

• 2008
  Arts Grant: Presence by Patrick van Der Werf, Subiaco Arts Centre, Perth

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Department of Culture and the Arts, Government of Western Australia

• 2008
  Arts-Business Match Grant

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Australia Business Arts Foundation

• 2008
  Y-Culture Grant

  Role:

  Chief Investigator

  Funding Source:

  Propel Arts Youth Arts Organisation, Perth, Australia

Professional Memberships

• International Federation for Theatre Research
• Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies

Research Areas

• Drama, Theatre And Performance Studies (190404)
• Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) (200405)