Susan Bennett | |
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Born | |
Academic background | |
Education | B.A, University of Kent (Canterbury) MA., PhD., 1988, McMaster University |
Thesis | The role of the theatre audience: a theory of production and reception (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | Linda Hutcheon |
Academic work | |
Discipline | English |
Institutions | University of Calgary |
Main interests | Shakespeare |
Susan Bennett FRSC is a Canadian Professor of English in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Calgary.
Bennett was born in London to musical parents. Her father was a musician who played in theatre orchestras. As a result,she was exposed to theatre at a young age. [1]
In 1990,Bennett published "Theatre Audiences:A Theory of Production and Reception" through Routledge. [2]
In 1993,Bennett was elected an Annual Fellow of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities. [3] From 1994 until 1996,Bennett served as president of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research. [4] After leaving the Association,Bennett was an editor for Johns Hopkins University Press' " Theatre Journal " from 1997 until 2001. She served as the Associate Dean of Research in the University of Calgary Faculty of Humanities for five years before she was granted administrative leave. [5]
In 2006,Bennett edited "Feminist Theatre and Performance." [6] At the time,she also chaired the Survey Methodology Sub-Committee and sat on the National Advisory Committee for the Status of Women in Canadian Theatre. [7] In 2013,Bennett and Christie Carson edited "Shakespeare Beyond English:A Global Experiment," which was published through the Cambridge University Press. [8]
For the 2014–15 academic year,Bennett served as acting director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities. [9] She also sat on the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Scholarship and Fellowship Selection Committee. [10] In December 2015,Bennett was granted a $103,382.00 Insight Grant to study "Brand Performance and the Mega-Event Experience." [11]
In 2016,Bennett was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. [12] As well,she was the recipient of the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research [13] and named a distinguished scholar. [14] [15] The following year,she was the recipient of a Killam Annual Professorship. [16]
In 2017,Bennett and fellow professor of English Stefania Forlini created a new course entitled "Community Engagement through Literature." For their efforts,they were awarded the 2018 Teamwork Award from the Calgary Public Library. [17] She also began co-editing a new Bloomsbury Methuen series titled "Theory for Theatre Studies" with Kim Solga. [18]