Dr. Claire Conceison

Professor

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Biography

Claire Conceison is a scholar, translator, and director specializing in contemporary Chinese theater, contemporary French theater, cross-cultural performance exchange, Asian American theater, and translation studies. She is the Quanta Professor of Chinese Culture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Conceison has published numerous works, including 'Significant Staging: American China' (2004) and 'Voices Carry: Bars Backstage China's Revolution Reform' (2009). She also edited the anthology 'Love XXX Plays' by Meng Jinghui (2017) and contributed to several important publications, including editions of Arthur Miller's works. Her recent projects involve translating notable plays from Gao Xingjian. She is committed to academic distinction and has directed numerous student productions, showcasing contemporary Chinese and Asian American plays at prestigious universities such as MIT and Harvard. Conceison has received several accolades, including the MIT Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2023 and the Levitan Teaching Award from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in 2017.

Research Interests

Experience

Quanta Professor

— Present

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

Teaching and conducting research in theater and performance studies.

Awards

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Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award

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Levitan Teaching Award