Marlis Erica Schweitzer (born 1975) is a Canadian theatre and performance historian. She is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre at York University.
Marlis Schweitzer | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Dan Evans |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA, BFA., University of Victoria PhD, 2005, University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Becoming fashionable: actresses, fashion, and the development of American consumer culture, 1893-1919. (2005) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | York University |
Personal life edit
Schweitzer and her husband Dan have two children together.[1]
Career edit
After earning her PhD, Schweitzer accepted the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania.[2] The following year, Schweitzer was the recipient of the 2007 Richard Plant Award from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR) for her article "Stepping on Stiletto: Kaleidoscope, CAPP, and Controversy."[3] In 2009, Schweitzer published "When Broadway Was the Runway: Theater, Fashion, and American Culture" which was named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.[4] The book, published through the University of Pennsylvania Press, examined consumer capitalism and the theater, department store, and fashion industries.[5][6] The book would also go on to be a Freedley Award Finalist in 2010.[7] During the following academic term, 2009–10, Schweitzer accepted a John W. Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress.[8] This was followed by a short-term fellowship with the Folger Shakespeare Library.[9]
From 2013 until 2016, Schweitzer was a general editor for Theatre Research in Canada. She left the journal in 2016 to accept a role as President of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research.[10] From 2016 until 2018, Schweitzer served as president of the CATR.[11] In her role as president, Schweitzer co-edited "Performance Studies in Canada" in 2017 with Laura Levin which was published through the McGill–Queen's University Press.[12] This book would earn her the 2018 Patrick O'Neill Award from CATR.[13] She also published "Transatlantic Broadway: The Infrastructural Politics of Global Performance" through Palgrave Macmillan.[14] In her last year as president, she received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant to fund a two-day event supporting Playing with History: A Performance-Based Historiography Symposium.[15] She also launched her own podcast called Scene Change.[16]
In 2019, Schweitzer was elected a Member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.[17] She also sat on the Cambridge University Press Prize committee board and was appointed editor of Theatre Survey, a theatre historical journal.[18] As of 2019[update], Schweitzer is Chair of the Department of Theatre at York University.[19]
Selected publications edit
The following is a list of selected publications:[20]
- When Broadway was the runway: theater, fashion, and American culture (2011)
- Transatlantic broadway: the infrastructural politics of global performance (2015)
- Performance studies in Canada (2017)
References edit
- ^ "Performing Objects and Theatrical Things" (PDF). p. 11. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Marlis E. Schweitzer". wolfhumanities.upenn.edu. 23 October 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Richard Plant Award/ Le prix Richard Plant". catracrt.ca. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Prizes & Awards". upenn.edu. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Mary W. Blanchard (June 2010). "When Broadway Was the Runway: Theater, Fashion, and American Culture. By Marlis Schweitzer". Journal of American History. 97 (1): 209–210. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Kathryn Edney (January 28, 2010). "When Broadway was the Runway: Theater, Fashion and American Culture by Marlis Schweitzer". Popular Culture. 43 (1): 201–202. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00737_4.x.
- ^ "Freedley Award Finalists, 2001-Present". tla-online.org. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Saladini, Robert. "News from the John W. Kluge Center". loc.gov. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Marlis Schweitzer". folger.edu. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "New General Editor Announcement". tricrtac.ca. June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "History". catracrt.ca. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Kailin Wright (Winter 2017). "Concepts of Vancouver: Poetics, Art, Media Special". Canadian Literature: 160–161. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Patrick O'Neil Award". catracrt.ca. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Berkin, Nicole (January 2017). "Transatlantic Broadway: The Infrastructural Politics of Global Performance. By Marlis Schweitzer". Transnational Theatre Histories. 58 (1). Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Six York University professors receive SSHRC Connection grants". yfile.news.yorku.ca. July 8, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Spotlight on Faculty: Marlis Schweitzer". theatre.ampd.yorku.ca. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Six York University professors elected to the Royal Society of Canada". yfile.news.yorku.ca. September 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Committees & Appointments". astr.org. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Royal Society of Canada Class of 2019" (PDF). rsc-src.ca. p. 35. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ "Schweitzer, Marlis". worldcat.org. Retrieved October 11, 2019.