Dr Nesreen Hussein

Biography

Dr Nesreen N. Hussein is an artist, scholar and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Theatre at Middlesex University, London, and Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research area and publications are centred on the intersections of performance, politics, and activism, in relation to issues of identity, agency and belonging. Further research and practice interests include post-colonial and decolonial histories, theories, and practices, and materiality and objects in performance practice. She is Co-Editor of Global Performance Studies journal, Assistant Editor of Theatre Research International journal, and sits on the editorial boards of Performance Research journal and International Journal of Carnival Arts. She serves on the Executive Committee of Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) as its Co-Conference Officer. Nesreen co-founded ‘Politicised Artistic Practices: An Interdisciplinary Research Initiative’ at the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, Middlesex University. She is part of ‘Revolution or Nothing’, an informal network of Black and Global Majority Scholars in UK Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. In 2011, Nesreen was awarded the Helsinki Essay Prize and the New Scholars' Prize from the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR). As an artist with background in performance, visual arts, and design, she worked and performed internationally with a number of theatre companies, directors and design studios. Her current artistic practice is centred on exploring identity, mobility, belonging, and the city.

Teaching

Teaching specialisms include contemporary theatre and performance; devising; critical theory; postcolonialism; decolonisation; cross-cultural practices; interdisciplinary practices; performance and politics; activism and protest; performance and identity; theatre and performance in Egypt.