Clare Finburgh Delijani - Curriculum Vitae#
QUALIFICATIONS
- 1987 - 1991 BA Hons French and German, University of Manchester. First class; Distinction in oral exam
- 1993 - 1994 MA French Modern Literature and Linguistics, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, France. Distinction Full scholarship
- D.E.A. (equivalent to M.Phil.) French Modern Literature and Linguistics, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, France Distinction. Full scholarship
- 1995 - 1999 PhD French, University College London. British Academy 3-year full studentship
- 1999 Diploma in Learning and Teaching Methodology and Practice, Royal Society of the Arts. Distinction
LANGUAGES
- Fluent Catalan, English, French, Spanish
- Advanced Farsi and German
- Basic Dhivehi
SIGNIFICANT TEACHING ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2009 University of Essex Excellence in Teaching Award (£1000)
- 2016 - 2017 Design and delivery of MA European Theatre, University of Kent: 1 semester at the University of Kent, 1 semester in Paris during the Festival d’Automne theatre season
- 2012 - 2015 Design and delivery of “Theatre without Borders” undergraduate module on the politics and aesthetics of transnational European theatre and performance
- 2003 - 2009 Design and delivery of “European Theatre” undergraduate module on the history of European theatre from the Renaissance to today
RESEARCH GRANTS
- 2016 - 2018 AHRC (UK) and Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), £200 000. Principal Investigator. Reviewing Spectacle: The Pasts, Presents and Futures of the Situationist International and Contemporary Performance.https://research.kent.ac.uk/reviewingspectacle
- 2014 Institut Français, London. £600 to bring French speakers to the symposium on the German director Thomas Ostermeier, co-organised by Clare Finburgh Delijani and Peter Boenisch
- 2013 Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, 3200€. Translation of a play-text from French into English
- 2009 French Embassy London Burgess Translation Grant, £1200.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
- Frequent invitations to give talks and papers, and to contribute to round table discussions:
- Belgium: Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg/Théâtre royal flamand de Bruxelles
- France: Festival d’Avignon (Nouvelles Écritures dramatiques européennes; Recontres Recherches Création), théâtre de l’Échangeur, théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, théâtre National de Strasbourg, théâtre de la Ville.
- UK: Barbican, Bush, Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, Citizens Theatre Glasgow, Common Guild Glasgow, Finborough, Hampstead, HOME Manchester, Institut Français, Nottingham Contemporary, Print Room, Royal National Theatre, Soho.
- Belgium: Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg/Théâtre royal flamand de Bruxelles