This online course led by interdisciplinary theatre and performance scholar, educator, and artist Dr Nesreen Hussein explores creative practices since the January 2011 Egyptian revolution, and how they have been negotiated by Egyptian artists, cultural practitioners, and activists as forms of resistance, grassroots activism, or political expression.

Drawing on examples from the performing arts, media, visual arts, and cultural preservation, the course unpacks some of the dynamics of ‘subversive’ creative practices that emerged since 2011, and their role in shaping understandings of place, citizenship, and collective agency, and by implication, reactivating the public sphere.

Emphasising collective learning and imagining, together we will explore the notions of ‘revolution’ and ‘revolutionary continuation’, often held in the illegible or the invisible, and trace their potential manifestations today. The course will be delivered through six weeks of live online sessions that weave between theory and examples of practice, viewings, readings, collective discussions, offline activities, and conversations with guest artists and cultural practitioners in Egypt.

The course is suitable for adult participants, and is open to artists, scholars, educators, cultural practitioners, activists, from all backgrounds and levels of experience. Prior knowledge is not essential, but active, critical, and exploratory engagement is expected.

This course is based on an ongoing book project in development, so the material presented is evolving and not for redistribution. Classes will not be recorded but class resources will be shared via the Teachable platform.

💻6 weeks of live online classes
📆Wednesdays 10 June – 5 July
⏰6-8pm BST
🎟️£225/£187.50

Find out more and book your place here.