Biography

Laura Cull is Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies and Director of Postgraduate Research for the School of Arts. 

She is author of 'Theatres of Immanence: Deleuze and the Ethics of Performance' (forthcoming with Palgrave in November 2012); editor of 'Deleuze and Performance' (Edinburgh University Press, 2009); and co-editor with Karoline Gritzner of “On Philosophy and Participation” (Routledge, 2011): an issue of the journal Performance Research. Laura has also published a number of articles and book chapters on a variety of topics but particularly on the implications of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze for theatre and performance. 

Laura is also Secretary of the professional association, Performance Studies international (PSi) and in 2008 she founded the PSi Performance & Philosophy working group of which she was Chair from 2008-2012. She is now one of the founding convenors of Performance Philosophy – a new professional association for researchers interested in the intersection of performance and philosophy (http://performancephilosophy.ning.com/ )