Eury Chang’s latest peer-review article, entitled “Queering Genre and Tragic Communitas in Minh Ly’s Ga Ting (Family),” was included in the Q2Q: Queer Canadian Theatre & Performance anthology published by Playwrights Canada Press. His article examined how Ly’s characterizations expanded notions of the contemporary tragedy, offering an intersectional approach to understanding familial grief and loss. The book was co-edited by Peter Dickinson, C.E. Gatchalian, Kathleen Oliver and Dalbir Singh, and first released at Queen’s University this summer during the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research, before its official public launch in Toronto at the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. For more information: https://www.playwrightscanada.com.
Eury Chang’s most recent book chapter, entitled “Cross-Cultural Currents in Vancouver’s Kokoro Dance and Co. ERASGA Dance,” was featured in Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance published by the University of Wisconsin Press. His chapter examined how theatrical dance connects the moving body to landscapes, reconfiguring human relations with nature. Edited by Yutian Wong, the book was first released as a limited-edition hardcopy and widely available in paperback starting December 2018. Eury’s chapter was the only contribution by a Canadian scholar that analyzed the work of two prominent Vancouver-based companies. For more information: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5505.htm
Eury Chang
Biography:
Eury Colin Chang is a Vancouver-born artist-scholar and PhD Candidate in the Department of Theatre and Film. Eury obtained his first degree in the School of Communication at SFU (Joint studies in Theatre & Contemporary Arts) and worked as a dramaturge, arts manager and writer/editor before coming to UBC to embark on his dissertation. His current research—A History of Asian Canadian Theatre: 1971-2018—is being funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, UBC’s Four Year Fellowship, and the Public Scholars’ Initiative (Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). As a pedagogue, Eury has declared teaching specialties in Shakespearean Tragedy and Western Theatre Theory. His articles and reviews can be found in journals (Theatre Research in Canada, Canadian Literature) and anthologies published by Playwrights Canada Press, the University of Wisconsin Press, and Arsenal Pulp Press. Eury remains active in the professional theatre community, serving as Chair of the recent Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards “New Script Jury.”
Supervisor: Dr. Siyuan Liu
Committee Members: Dr. Kirsty Johnston, Dr. Virginie Magnat
Teaching: THTR 325B 001 (Lecture): History of Canadian Theatre
Location: Vancouver, Term 2 (Jan 02, 2019 to Apr 04, 2019)
This course focuses on contemporary English-language plays produced between 1980 and 2018. Our Made-in-Canada course examines award-winning plays from Toronto and Vancouver, many characterized by artistic innovation and intercultural exploration. Discussions revolve around professional theatre created by Canadian theatre artists of Asian heritage/descent, the impact of multiculturalism and the necessity of diverse representation onstage. Students are given opportunities to participate in staged readings and asked to engage critically with play texts, videos, and assigned readings. Attendance at live theatre is also highly encouraged.
Links:
UBC Theatre and Film Profile:
The Source Profile: http://thelasource.com/en/2018/05/28/asian-canadian-theatre-a-study-long-overdue/
UBC Public Scholar’s Profile: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/chang-eury-colin
UBC Public Scholar’s Blog: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/psi/blog/17/eury-chang
