We are proud to announce that the ATD Lectorate received an overall Excellent rating after its visitation on October 9. Congratulations to our lector Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca and the team of the ATD Lectorate!
The Lectorate’s work was ranked as Excellent across 3 of the 4 standards (Profile, Quality and Impact) and Satisfactory on the 4th standard (Organization). The visitation was executed by an independent panel of experts. It is an acknowledgment of the important work the lectorate does. We would like to thank everyone involved for their contributions to the lectorate and to the visitation. Students, teachers, researchers, alumni, colleagues from the work field and staff all across AHK have made this wonderful work possible. We look forward to learn more from our lectorate in how performance can contribute to transformation towards a more just, regenerative and caring world.
The Lectorate of the Academy of Theatre and Dance is the research department of the ATD. The professorship is led by the Lector, Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, together with a core staff team and associate researchers. The Lectorate conducts values-led practice research in performance focussed on the intersecting themes of social justice and access; climate and regeneration; care, wellbeing, grief & loss.
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The Lectorate would like to thank: Maartje Hermsen in the AHK Research Centre and Lieke van Hoogenhuijze (Head of Policy, ATD) for their support in the preparation of the accreditation; to Stëfan Schäfer who designed all the materials; Taka Taka who guided the curation of the site-visit; Marilixe Beernink who coordinated the preparation process; Elioa Steffen for her amazing work on our website; and Udo Akemann and Hargo Haagsma for technical support. Thanks and congratulations to the core team of the Lectorate who worked very hard for this result: Anthony Heidweiller, Dwayne Toemere, Emilie Gallier, Rajni Shah, Taka Taka, Stëfan Schafer, Sofia Ornellas Pinto, Gwenoële Trapman, Marijke Schaap, Marijn de Langen, and Sanne Kersten. Thanks also to all our partners, colleagues and students who contributed to the installations and/or showed up to take part in the conversations on the day, including associate researchers, shy*play, Dorothy Blokland, Joy Brandsma, Carly Everaert and Mira Thompson, Flavia Pinheiro and Paula Montecinos, Toni Kritzer, and Kai Hazelwood; partners and participants: LatinX Charm, Coco Duivenvoorde, Claudia Flameling-Reinhard and Francia Misha Bustamante Blanco; and dear educational partners: Damar Lamers and Berthe Spoelstra.
