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Tracy C. Davis
Field:
Focus Areas:
Curation and Museum Studies, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gender Diversity and Equality, Performing Arts, Research Methods, Social Activism
Contact:
Media Relations Contact:
Stephen J. Lewis
School of Communication, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Ethel M. Barber Professor of Performing Arts
About
Areas of Focus
- 19th century British theater history
- Historiography
- Economics and business history of theater
- Performance theory
- Gender and theater
- Research methodology
- Museum studies
- Cold War civil defense
Work/Research
- Focusing on the perpetuation and evaluation of performance in late-Georgian and Victorian London as an explicit practice carried out to improve oral communication, the efficacy of political lobbying and ultimately shaping legislation and foreign policy.
- Writing and editing numerous books, articles and reviews about theatre and theatre history. Her books include “Uncle Tom's Cabins: The Transnational History of America's Most Mutable Book” (Univ. of Michigan Press, 2018) and “The Economics of the British Stage, 1800-1914” (Cambridge University Press, 2000).
- Consulting on historical matters for theater, film and television.