Sheetala Bhat
Assistant Professor
Office: Atkinson 640
Email: bsheetal@yorku.ca
Sheetala is a theatre researcher, artist, and playwright. She specializes in South Asian theatre and politics, South Asian diasporic theatre in Canada, and Indigenous theatre in Canada. Her articles have been published in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Theatre Research in Canada, and the Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts. She is the author of Performing Self, Performing Gender: Reading the Lives of Women Performers in Colonial India.
Sheetala is working on two book projects: a comparative study of cultural performances of love as anti-colonial resistance in India and in Indigenous theatre in Canada, and a new project on the interconnections between settler colonialism and performances of Hindu nationalism in Canada.
She is currently the co-convenor of the Performance and Migration working group at the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), and at the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR).
Degrees
PhD, Western UniversityMA, Manipal University, India
Research Interests
- Robert Lawrence Prize, Canadian Association for Theatre Research - 2022
- Helsinki Prize, International Federation for Theatre Research - 2020
- Carl F. and Margaret E. Klinck Prize, Western University - 2022
- David G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar Award, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - 2019
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2025 | AP/EN4140 3.0 | A | Contemporary Drama | ONLN |
| Summer 2025 | AP/EN2015 3.0 | M | What Does Race Have to Do With It? | ONLN |
Sheetala is a theatre researcher, artist, and playwright. She specializes in South Asian theatre and politics, South Asian diasporic theatre in Canada, and Indigenous theatre in Canada. Her articles have been published in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Theatre Research in Canada, and the Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts. She is the author of Performing Self, Performing Gender: Reading the Lives of Women Performers in Colonial India.
Sheetala is working on two book projects: a comparative study of cultural performances of love as anti-colonial resistance in India and in Indigenous theatre in Canada, and a new project on the interconnections between settler colonialism and performances of Hindu nationalism in Canada.
She is currently the co-convenor of the Performance and Migration working group at the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), and at the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR).
Degrees
PhD, Western UniversityMA, Manipal University, India
Research Interests
Awards
- Robert Lawrence Prize, Canadian Association for Theatre Research - 2022
- Helsinki Prize, International Federation for Theatre Research - 2020
- Carl F. and Margaret E. Klinck Prize, Western University - 2022
- David G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar Award, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - 2019
All Publications
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2025 | AP/EN4140 3.0 | A | Contemporary Drama | ONLN |
| Summer 2025 | AP/EN2015 3.0 | M | What Does Race Have to Do With It? | ONLN |
