Edward Scheer

Professor Edward Scheer is a faculty member at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW), specializing in Performance Studies and Visual Culture. His research focuses on interdisciplinary explorations of performance art, aesthetics, and multimedia dramaturgy.

He has led two Australian Research Council (ARC) funded Discovery projects: Towards an Experimental Humanities (with Brannigan and Muecke) and New Media Dramaturgy (with Eckersall and Grehan). His scholarly work is published in journals such as TDR, PAJ, Parkett, and Performance Research, alongside catalog essays for institutions like the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Documenta (12).

Key publications include:

• William Yang: Stories of Love and Death (New South Press, 2015) with Helena Grehan
• The Dumb Type Reader (MTP Press, 2016) with Peter Eckersall
• Scenario: New Work from the iCinema Project (UNSW Press and ZKM, 2011)
• Multimedia Performance (Palgrave, 2012) with Rosie Klich
• The Infinity Machine: A Study of Mike Parr's Performance Art (Schwartz City Press, 2010)

He co-founded the journal Performance Paradigm and served as President of Performance Studies international (Psi) from 2007-2011. His academic leadership includes a membership in the ARC College of Experts (2013-2015) and former chairmanship at Sydney's Performance Space.