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C. AUSTIN HILL

Education

Ph.D. 2013 Theatre History, Literature, Criticism.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. Columbus, Ohio.
Advisor: Joy H. Reilly, PhD
Dissertation: “We've All To Grow Old”: Representations of Aging As reflections of Cultural Change on the Celtic Tiger Irish Stage.

Master of Arts. 2010. Theatre Studies.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. Columbus, Ohio.
Advisor:  Joy Reilly, PhD
Thesis: “But It Was Changing”, “And Now I Can’t Go Back”: Reflections of a Changing Ireland in the Work of Conor McPherson.

B.A. 2008. Theatre Studies. University of Utah. Cum Laude

B.A. 2008. Speech Communication. University of Utah.  Cum Laude


RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am trained in the history of Western theatre, classical to modern.  I specialize in Irish drama, culture, and society broadly construed.  My methodologies range from historiography and cultural studies to semiotics and deconstructionism.  My interests include:


  • Twentieth and twenty-first century Irish drama
  • British, American, and European theatre history
  • Postcolonialism in Ireland and elsewhere
  • European and American political theatre
  • Religion and theatre
  • Folklore and theatre
  • Technology and online pedagogy
  • Directing
  • Dramaturgy
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