Donia Mounsef

Areas of interest

Intermediality, visual culture and violence, trauma theory, gender and feminist performance, and post-dramatic theatre.

Education

• PhD, French and Theatre, UBC
• MA, French, University of Alberta

Biography

Donia Mounsef is Professor of drama and Études théâtrales at the University of Alberta dept. of Drama and Faculté Saint-Jean. A performance theorist and dramaturge, she is the author of "Chair et révolte dans le théâtre de Bernard-Marie Koltès" (l'Harmattan, 2005) and the co-editor of “The Transparency of the Text” (Yale French Studies, 2007). She publishes widely on intermediality, visual culture and violence, trauma theory, gender and feminist performance, and post-dramatic theatre. Her work appeared in "Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism," "Yale French Studies," "Esprit Créateur," "Yale Journal of Criticism," "Women and Performance Journal," "Féminismos," "Alt-Theatre," "Prague Journal of English Studies," "Journal of Global Studies and Contemporary Art," "Kryton," etc. She is currently working on a book length study on "Transmediality and Biopolitics: En-Acting Digital Mediation in the Performing Arts."