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TaPRA and Showtown, Blackpool are delighted to announce the 2022 TaPRA Fellowship scheme designed to provide a funded research opportunity for a post-doctoral early career researcher (ECR) who [...]

The shortlists for three of the 2022 TaPRA prizes have now been announced: TaPRA Postgraduate Essay Prize 2022 Shortlist The TaPRA Postgraduate Essay Prize aims to recognise and support excellent [...]

Registration for the TaPRA Annual Conference 2022 at the University of Essex (12–14 September) is now open. This is a hybrid conference, so you can register either as an in person OR online [...]

The release of the REF 2021 results has been followed this week by the publication of the overview reports for Main Panel D and Sub-panel 33. These offer a substantial evidence base demonstrating [...]

SCUDD and TaPRA congratulate the UK drama, theatre and performing arts research community on the results of REF 2021. Over 3,700 individual outputs by 1,700 researchers were assessed in the [...]

The submission date for abstracts for our 2022 conference, hosted by the University of Essex, has been extended to 1 April 2022 due to the upcoming UCU strike action. More information about the [...]

TaPRA 2022 prizes deadline extended for Early Career Researcher prize and Transformative Research prize The deadline for nominations in these two categories has been extended to midnight UK time [...]

Nominations are now open for TaPRA Chair, Vice-Chair, and Conference Officer The following elected Executive Committee members will complete their terms of office in September 2022: Roberta Mock [...]

We are excited to welcome nominations for election to three roles on TaPRA’s Executive Committee: •    Two PG (Postgraduate) Representatives: it is anticipated that one role will formally [...]

INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT FROM A COALITION OF DANCE, PERFORMANCE AND THEATRE ASSOCIATIONS REGARDING THE PLANNED CUTS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON. In October 2020, the [...]