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The Stanislavsky Research Centre
The Stanislavsky Research Centre was launched at The University of Leeds in January 2019.
Based at the University of Leeds, the Centre is co-hosted by the School of Performing Arts, University of Malta. The SRC is a unique international initiative created to provide a home for both academic and practice/performance-based research based upon the work and legacy of Konstantin Stanislavsky.
Originating in the pioneering scholarship of the late Professor Jean Benedetti, an internationally renowned authority and author of major books on Stanislavsky’s work, the Centre hosts and promotes a series of lectures, workshops, study days, symposia, short courses and other events throughout the year. The Centre develops new and innovative research projects and offers support and supervision to researchers and research students world-wide.
Under the guidance of a distinguished international Advisory Board, and the Honorary Patronage of Professor Anatoly Smeliansky, the Centre is linked to the annual symposium, The S Word, which has presented major events in the UK, USA, Czech Republic, Malta and Greece, and develops and contributes important scholarly publication via the journal Stanislavski Studies and the book series Stanislavsky And...(both published by Taylor and Francis).
Paul Fryer (Founder and Co-Director)
Stefan Aquilina (Co-Director)
Posts
Meredith Rogers on Stanislavsky and Place
Some thoughts from Meredith Rogers for the book launch of Stanislavsky and Place, edited by Jonathan Marshall and David Shirley; part of the Stanislavsky and…...
Stanislavsky and the Digital - report on our 2026 symposium.
THE S WORD: STANISLAVSKY AND THE DIGITAL by Zuzana Jurechová and Evi Stamatiou London, 17-19 June 2026 The greatest joy of organising a conference is...
Our Advisory Board
Anatoly Smeliansky (Honorary Patron)
Stefan Aquilina (University of Malta)
Marie-Christine Autant-Mathieu (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,Paris)
Andrei Malaev Babel (Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory)
Sharon Marie Carnicke (University of Southern California)
David Chambers (Yale University)
Kathy Dacre (Rose Bruford College, UK)
Hilary Halba (University of Otago)
Jan Hancil (Akademie múzických umění, Prague)
Sharon Mazer (Auckland University of Technology)
Bella Merlin (University of California, Riverside)
Jonathan Pitches (University of Leeds)
Dassia N. Posner (Northwestern University)
Laurence Senelick (Tufts University)
Siri Scott (University of Notre Dame)
Maria Shevtsova (Goldsmiths, University of London)
David Shirley (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University)
Evi Stamatiou ((University of East London)
Sergei Tcherkasski (Russian State Institute for Performing Arts, St. Petersburg)
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