Una Chaudhuri
Professor of English, Drama; Professor, Environmental StudiesPh.D. 1982 (English and comparative literature), M.Phil. 1977, M.A. 1975, Columbia; M.A. 1973 (English literature), B.A. 1971, Delhi (India).
Office Address: 19 University Pl, 518 New York, New York (US) 10003
Email:
Phone: (212) 998-8815
Fax: (212) 995-4019
Areas of Research/Interest
Modern Drama; theatre history; performance theory; animal studies; eco-criticism
Affiliated with other departments or programs
Professor, Environmental Studies
External Affiliations
Association for Theatre in Higher Education, American Society for Theatre Research, Modern Language Association, American Theatre Wing, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, New York Animal Studies Group
Fellowships/Honors
HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) Animals and Society Courses Award for the best established course, 2005 (for “Topics in Performance Studies: Animal Rites”); ATHE (American Theatre in Higher Education) Award for Excellence in Editing (2003); ASTR (American Society for Theatre Research) Honorable Mention, Barnard-Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History (1995); New York University’s Distinguished Teaching Medal (1993); Golden Dozen Teaching Award, New York University (1988); Mellon Foundation Presidential Research Fellowship (1986-87); Curricular Development Challenge Fund Grant, New York University (1986-87); Curricular Development Challenge Fund Grant, New York University (1991-92); Presidential Fellowship, Columbia University (1976-77)
Publications
Land/Scape/Theater (co-edited with Elinor Fuchs). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2002.
Rachel’s Brain and other Storms: The Performance Scripts of Rachel Rosenthal. Edited and with Commentaries by Una Chaudhuri. London: Continuum. 2001.
Staging Place: The Geography of Modern Drama. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 1995.
No Man's Stage: A Semiotic Study of Jean Genet's Major Plays. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press. 1986.
Guest-editor, special issues of journals:
TDR: The Journal of Performance Studies, special issue on Animals and Performance, March 2007.
Theater, special issue on Ecology and Theatre, 1994.
