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Jade Thomas holds an MA in English and German Literature from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She is the recipient of both the BAAHE Thesis Prize, and the Multilingual Master Award for Literary Studies for her MA thesis on the posthumanist dimensions in the theater of American playwright Sam Shepard. As of November 2021, she is a fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) affiliated to VUB. Her PhD project is called “Representing Blackness: Metatheater and Genre Remediation in 21st-Century African American Plays” and scrutinizes playtexts by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Aleshea Harris, and Michael R. Jackson.
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Projects
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FWOTM1084: Representing Blackness: Metatheater and Genre Remediation in 21st-Century African American Plays
Thomas, J. (Mandate) & Hauthal, J. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/21 → 31/10/25
Project: Fundamental
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Metatheaters of race in twenty-first-century African American playtexts
Thomas, J., 2025, 353 p.Research output: Thesis › PhD Thesis
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Emma Willis. Metatheatrical Dramaturgies of Violence: Staging the Role of Theatre. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, xiii + 226 pp., €116.59 (hardback), €116.59 (paperback), €93.08 (Epub, PDF).
Thomas, J., 30 Sept 2024, In: Journal of Contemporary Drama in English. 12, 2, p. 369-373 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Queering the Musical Theater Tradition: Narrative Metareferentiality in Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop
Thomas, J., 25 Mar 2024, Music and its Narrative Potential. Van Nerom, C., Peeters, A. & Bouckaert, B. (eds.). Brill, p. 161-179 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Twenty-First-Century Retreats from Realism: Genre Crossings Between Poetry and Drama in born bad, The Lamplighter, and Is God Is
Bekers, E., Hauthal, J. & Thomas, J., 14 Nov 2024, Women Experimenting in Theatre: Early Modern to Contemporary. Aughterson, K. & Philips, D. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 287-307 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Conference Report: Experimental Writing in English (1945-2000): The Anti-Canon, Palace of the Academies, Brussels, 15-16 September 2022
Thomas, J., 15 Aug 2023, In: Journal for British and Irish Innovative Poetry. 15, 1, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Fulbright Diversity Award
Thomas, J. (Recipient), 22 Mar 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fulbright Grant for Graduate Studies and (Pre)Doctoral Research
Thomas, J. (Recipient), 22 Mar 2023
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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FWO grant for a short research visit abroad
Thomas, J. (Recipient), 28 Jan 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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FWO grant for participation in a conference abroad
Thomas, J. (Recipient), 11 May 2023
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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Representing Blackness: Metatheater and Genre Remediation in 21st-Century African American Plays
Thomas, J. (Speaker)
2 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Recentring Form(s) in and of the Margins
Thomas, J. (Chair)
25 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Representing Blackness: Metareferentiality in 21st-Century African American Drama
Thomas, J. (Speaker)
28 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Eszter Vass
Hauthal, J. (Host) & Thomas, J. (Host)
10 Dec 2024Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Conference Opening - Recentring Form(s) in and of the Margins: The Politics of Self-Reflexivity
Van den Bossche, K. (Speaker), Thomas, J. (Speaker) & Hauthal, J. (Speaker)
24 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press/Media
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"Schrijven is als koken": Een gesprek met Passa Porta directeur en VUB Arts and Humanities Fellow Ilke Froyen
Van Puymbroeck, B. & Thomas, J.
4/06/21
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Press/Media: Other
Thesis
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A Posthumanist Perspective on Cultural Industry Representations in Selected Plays by Sam Shepard
Thomas, J. ((PhD) Student), Collard, C. (Promotor), 2020Student thesis: Master's Thesis