ABOUT
Professor Carol-Anne Upton
University of Ulster
Carole-Anne Upton is Professor of Drama at the University of Ulster. She moved to Northern Ireland in 2005, having worked as a lecturer and latterly Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Hull.
Her research interests are primarily in the areas of modern and contemporary Irish drama, theatre and social justice, and theatre directing. She has also published on postcolonial African and Caribbean theatre in French and English. With a background is as a linguist and director, she enjoys researching issues of translation for performance, and edited Moving Target: Theatre Translation and Cultural Relocation (2000). She is founding editor of Performing Ethos: an international journal of ethics in theatre and performance (2008).
Carole-Anne is currently Senior Academic Advisor for Drama to PALATINE, the subject centre for Drama, Dance and Music, and until 2007 was Chair of the Standing Conference of University Drama Departments (SCUDD).