Dr Julie Shearer
Lecturer - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Biography
Julie has recently joined the staff at UNE from Trinity College in Dublin where she taught Shakespeare, Irish Theatre and subjects in Performance. She has a PhD from Trinity College, a MA from University College Dublin and a BA (Hons) from QUT. Previous to her academic career Julie was a professional actor and theatre-maker performing with, amongst others, Bell Shakespeare, the Queensland State Theatre Company and the Riverina Theatre Company.
Qualifications
PhD (Trinity College, Dublin), MA, BA (Hons)
Teaching Areas
Theatre & Performance
Research Interests
Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, Political theatre, Contemporary Irish and Australian theatre, Actor Training.
Her current research project is Wide Open: The Landscape of Contemporary Australian Political Theatre.
