Nesreen Hussein
Lecturer in Contemporary Theatre
Performing Arts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, Middlesex University, London
Contemporary theatre and performance, Objects and materiality, Performance and politics, Performance and activism, Theatre and postcolonialism, Theatre, art and performance in Egypt and MENA region after the ‘Arab Spring’., Visual arts and performance, Devising and adaptation
Nesreen Hussein is a lecturer, researcher, and performance maker. Her current research focuses on performance, politics, and activism, in relation to issues of agency, identity and belonging. She has published widely on this topic, in addition to delivering a number of conference papers and invited talks internationally. In 2011, she was awarded the Helsinki Essay Prize and the New Scholars’ Prize from the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) for her essay ‘Patagonia: Rearticulating an Experience as a Site of Estrangement.’
Nesreen joined the Department of Performing Arts at Middlesex University in July 2013 as a Lecturer in Contemporary Theatre Theory and Practice. Previously, she was a Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at the University of Kent where she joined a few monthmore...
PhD in Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London. 2011
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, Royal Holloway, University of London. 2010
MRes in Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London. 2006
BFA in Scenography and Interior Architecture. Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.