About the prize

This prize, awarded jointly by DramaHE and TaPRA, celebrates a single piece of short-form research in the public domain from scholars at any stage of their career from Black and Global Majority heritages  that makes a significant contribution to our understanding of performance and its broader interventions, be they disciplinary, cultural, political or otherwise. In addition to research led by individuals, the prize welcomes collaborative work and cross-border work on any topic. We define Global Majority as people who experience racism under white supremacy.

 This named award is titled after a living Black and Global Majority  dance, drama, theatre and performance scholar for cycles of five years. In its first five years, the award will be titled “Lynette Goddard Award for Research Excellence”, agreed with the permission of Professor Lennox Goddard.

Criteria

• Originality – What is new/innovative about the work?
• Quality – What is the quality and rigour of the investigation?
• Contribution – What new insights does the work offer to dance, theatre and performance studies?
• TaPRA core values – How does the work align with values outlined in the TaPRA manifesto?

Submission

1.  One of the following:

• An article (PDF of published version)
• A chapter (PDF of published version)
• A short-form book up to 30,000 words (pdf of published version)
• Online record of performance as research artefact (please supply a URL and password if appropriate), and, if thought useful, written framing or context (up to 500 words).

2. A 300-word statement making the case for how the work submitted meets the purpose of the prize. The statement will not be used as part of the judging process, but it may be used for promotional purposes.

Prize: Invitation to present as part of a collective sharing at the TaPRA or the DramaHE conference following the award and costs associated with attendance covered up to £200. Membership of TaPRA for a year, normally the year following the award.

Nomination

Only current TaPRA members or individuals at institutions that are members of DramaHE can submit nominations for this prize (this includes self-nominations). Nominations must be seconded by a current TaPRA member or an individual at a DramaHE-affiliated institution, who is from a different institution than the nominator. Nominators who are not the nominee must be from a different institution than the nominee. You may not nominate or second more than one person for this prize in any given year. The nominee does not need to be a member of TaPRA or part of a DramaHE-affiliated institution, or be working in the UK. Nominees may only be nominated for one piece of work in any given year.

Regulations

This prize is intended to celebrate research excellence from scholars at any stage of their career from Black and Global Majority heritages , whose work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of performance and its broader interventions, be they disciplinary, cultural, political or otherwise. The award exists to recognise work by Black and Global Majority scholars.

The work submitted must be published or made available in the public domain recently, within three years leading up to the nomination deadline. Co-authored works may be submitted for this award and will be considered as a joint submission.  The same piece of work cannot be submitted for this prize more than once.

 Winners of this prize may not enter a second time.