معرفی
Associate Professor Jonathan W Marshall is the Coordinator of Postgraduate Research at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. A historian by training, he has built an internationally recognised profile as an interdisciplinary scholar whose work traverses performance studies, medical humanities, sound art, visual culture, and First Nations performance.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy – Arts, University of Melbourne, 2003
- Master of Arts in History, University of Melbourne, 1999
- Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History, University of Melbourne, 1995
- Bachelor of Arts: History, University of Melbourne, 1995
Research Interests
Marshall’s scholarship is distinguished by its breadth and critical depth. He interrogates late-nineteenth-century neuropathology and hysteria as performative phenomena, examines the global resonances of Japanese butoh and Suzuki theatre, and explores Australian First Nations performance in dialogue with landscape, memory, and decolonisation. Additional strands include avant-garde music, sound art, digital media, and the intersections between visual culture and live performance.
Publications & Creative Outputs
From the 2016 monograph Performing Neurology: The Dramaturgy of Dr Jean-Martin Charcot to the forthcoming 2025 Brill volume Butoh and Suzuki Performance in Australia: Bent Legs on Strange Grounds, 1982–2023, Marshall has produced an extensive body of refereed work spanning books, book chapters, journal articles, and critical reviews. His writings appear in TDR: The Drama Review, Stanislavski Studies, Australasian Drama Studies, Performance Research, and other leading outlets. He is a frequent contributor to The Conversation, Limelight, and Seesaw magazines, and was a contributing editor for RealTime Australia (1998-2017).
Honours & Recognition
- 2008 Faculty of Education and Arts award, Edith Cowan University, for “building bridges” between schools and staff
- 2014 Runner-up, Marlis Thiersch Prize, Australasian Drama Studies Association, for excellence in theatre research
Research Supervision & Mentoring
As Principal or Associate Supervisor, Marshall has guided more than 30 doctoral and master’s candidates through projects ranging from Noongar performance and butoh praxis to sound design in video games and feminist dramaturgy. Current supervisions include investigations into ecriture féminine, techno minimalism, and developmental drama for children’s wellbeing.
Research Grants & Industry Engagement
- AusStage 7: The international breakthrough – ARC Linkage Infrastructure, 2021-2022, AUD 22,000
- Curating the Performing Arts: Improvisation as a mechanism to engage diverse and local communities – Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & ECU, 2017-2021, AUD 9,000
- AusStage Phase 6: Visualising Venues in Australian Live Performance Research – ARC Linkage Infrastructure, 2017-2018, AUD 46,000
