Dr. Michael Meeuwis

Biography

Michael Meeuwis is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, focusing on the intersection of literature and performance studies since the British eighteenth and twenty-first centuries. He is a literary historian and performance historian, engaging with cultural metanarratives and the granular details of lived experiences represented in literary texts. His research encompasses themes of aesthetic philosophy, political theory, and governmental advice as they relate to the performed literature. His notable publications include works on performance in the context of Britain’s empire during the Victorian and Edwardian periods, and an exploration of post-Brexit London. Meeuwis has a strong interest in the theatre, proposing and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate theses on contemporary British literature and drama. He has also contributed to the field through a blog discussing informal theatregoing experiences. His academic qualifications include a BA from the University of Toronto, an MA from Rice University, and a PhD from the University of Chicago.

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