Persoonlijk profiel
Expertise
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.
Vingerafdruk
- 1 Soortgelijke profielen
Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
Projecten
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FWOTM1084: Representing Blackness’: Metatheater en genre remediëring in 21ste-eeuwse Afrikaans-Amerikaanse toneelstukken
Thomas, J. (Mandataris) & Hauthal, J. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/21 → 31/10/25
Project: Fundamenteel
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Metatheaters of race in twenty-first-century African American playtexts
Thomas, J., 2025, 353 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: 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 sep. 2024, In: Journal of Contemporary Drama in English. 12, 2, blz. 369-373 5 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: 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 mrt. 2024, Music and its Narrative Potential. Van Nerom, C., Peeters, A. & Bouckaert, B. (reds.). Brill, blz. 161-179 18 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: 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. (reds.). Palgrave Macmillan, blz. 287-307 21 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: 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, blz. 1-8 8 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Prijzen
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Fulbright Diversity Award
Thomas, J. (Recipient), 22 mrt. 2023
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fulbright Grant for Graduate Studies and (Pre)Doctoral Research
Thomas, J. (Recipient), 22 mrt. 2023
Prijs: Fellowship awarded competitively
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FWO grant for a short research visit abroad
Thomas, J. (Recipient), 28 jan. 2022
Prijs: Fellowship awarded competitively
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FWO grant for participation in a conference abroad
Thomas, J. (Recipient), 11 mei 2023
Prijs: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activiteiten
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Gender Anxieties? Re-Assesments from a Literary and Cultural Studies Perspective
Pirker, E. U. (Organiser), Van Hove, H. (Organiser), Scibiorska, M. (Organiser), Thomas, J. (Organiser), Honinx, M. L. (Organiser) & Coene, G. (Chair)
28 nov. 2025Activiteit: Participation in conference
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Recentring Form(s) in and of the Margins
Thomas, J. (Chair)
25 apr. 2024Activiteit: Participation in conference
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Representing Blackness: Metatheater and Genre Remediation in 21st-Century African American Plays
Thomas, J. (Speaker)
2 mei 2024Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Research Day of the Centre d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Etudes Postcoloniales - Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings
Bekers, E. (Organiser), Munos, D. (Organiser), Ledent, B. (Chair), Hauthal, J. (Participant), Sepp, A. (Participant), Castilleja, D. (Chair), Scibiorska, M. (Participant), Van Hove, H. (Participant), Van Dijck, C. (Participant), Brusselaers, T. (Participant), Thomas, J. (Participant), Wang, Y. (Participant), Wang, Y. (Participant) & Boutarbouche, H. (Participant)
21 jun. 2024Activiteit: Participation in conference
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Eszter Vass
Hauthal, J. (Host) & Thomas, J. (Host)
10 dec. 2024Activiteit: Hosting an academic visitor
Knipsels
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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
2 Mediabijdrages
Pers / media: !!Other
Scriptie
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A Posthumanist Perspective on Cultural Industry Representations in Selected Plays by Sam Shepard
Thomas, J. ((PhD) Student), Collard, C. (Promotor), 2020Scriptie/Masterproef: Master's Thesis