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The TaPRA Outstanding Research Contribution Prize
This prize is for exceptional research and is made to a distinguished scholar of international standing who has made a significant contribution to the development of theatre and performance as a scholarly field through a body of work.
PRIZES
2023
WINNER
Lynette Leni Goddard
Their sustained focus on gender, sexuality, race and identities on stage has meant a powerful legacy of engaging, politically significant research that influences social and political directions in contemporary theatre scholarship and is widely used in curricula; indeed the focus on Black British theatre as a genre is itself a contribution that has been widely taken up. Modelling anti-racism as a pedagogy and practice, their work reiterates a politics of writing that ensures anti-racist language – e.g. through citational practices that avoid quoting racist language, thus providing models for researching difficult topics without reiterating outdated terminologies. A collaborative scholar, and genuinely engaging leader in theatre and performance studies, Lynette is the outstanding researcher that we nominate as the Performance Identity and Community working group.
NOMINATED
Claire Cochrane
Konstantinos Thomaidis
2022
WINNER
James Thompson
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Nomination
Only current TaPRA members can submit nominations for our awards or elections. Each nomination requires a seconder, who must also be a current member.
TaPRA 2025 at Warwick
Our 2025 conference will be hosted in partnership with the University of Warwick, 27-29 August 2025
TaPRA 2025 at Warwick
Our 2024 conference will be hosted in partnership with the University of Warwick.
