Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans
Conjoint Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci (Drama)
Career Summary
Biography
Michael Ewans (MA Oxford, PhD Cambridge) was originally appointed to a Lectureship in Classics at the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1973. On the foundation of the Department of Drama in 1974 he was invited to lecture in that discipline both on the Greek theatre and on modern drama and opera since Ibsen and Wagner. He transferred full-time to become Associate Professor and Head of Drama in 1981, and began his series of three three-year cycles of productions of Greek tragedy and comedy, in his own new translations and in a half-size replica of the original performance space, in 1983 with Aeschylus’ Libation Bearers. Subsequently he was a Visiting Professor in the interdisciplinary University Professors’ Program at Boston University in 1986-7, Warden – the first administrator and academic program developer – of the Central Coast (now Ourimbah) Campus 1989-1993, and Assistant Dean (Research) in charge of developing postgraduate research programs in Music 1995-2009. Between 1998 and 2004 he directed a series of chamber operas for the then Faculty of Music, before returning to the Greek theatre and directing three comedies by Aristophanes in 2005-9. His last project before retirement was a production in 2011 of his own translation of Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck (this translation was also used by Omnibus Theatre in London for their centenary production of the play in 2013).
Michael Ewans is now a Conjoint Professor in the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Before retiring from the Chair of Drama in 2011 he specialized in directing plays and chamber operas, translating Greek tragedy and comedy, and writing books and articles which explore how operas and dramas work in the theatre. He is the author of Janácek’s Tragic Operas (1977), Wagner and Aeschylus: the ‘Ring’ and the ‘Oresteia’ (1982), Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck (1989), and Opera from the Greek: Studies in the Poetics of Appropriation (2007). He has also published a complete set of accurate and actable translations of Aeschylus and Sophocles in four volumes with theatrical commentaries (1995-2001), followed by two volumes of comedies by Aristophanes, also in his own new translations with theatrical commentaries (2011-12). He has written chapters on the reception of classical drama into opera for the Wiley-Blackwell Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama (2017) and the Brill Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus. His book Performing Opera: a practical guide for singers and directors was published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama in 2016. And also in 2016 he was the translator of Euripides' original play, Dramaturg and Assistant Director for Carl Caulfield's new play Hecuba Reimagined. This was professionally produced by Stray Dogs Theatre Company in October 2016. He was editor and contributor to the Antiquity volume of A Cultural History of Comedy, published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama in 2020. Since then he has published Euripides: 'Medea' translation and theatrical commentary (Routledge, 2022). This was based on his professional production of the play with Stray Dogs Theatre Company in 2020, which was followed by a professional production of Aristophanes' Lysistrata in 2020, which has been the subject of an article in Practitioners' Voices in Classical Reception Studies. A new book, Staging Ancient Greek Plays: a Practical Guide, is currently in the press with Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.
Michael Ewans is currently the supervisor for a Classics higher degree student working on the reception of the myth of the Amazon Queen Penthesilea.. He was elected in 2005 to a Fellowship of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Research Expertise
I am an expert on the ancient Greek theatre - both tragedy and comedy, with a special interest in translation and staging - and on opera,with particular reference to twentieth-century operas and to performance.
Teaching Expertise
Since retirement I have taught two undergraduate courses, Greek Tragedy and Myth and Fairy Tale.
Administrative Expertise
I have served as head of my main discipline of Drama, as Warden (academic program developer) at the Central Coast (now Ourimbah) Campus, as Assistant Dean (research) in the former Faculty of Music, and as Drama Performance Co-ordinator. My principal committee work has been in the area of research and research training.
Collaborations
I research in three areas; the translation and staging of Greek tragedy and comedy; the expressionist theatre and opera of the period 1905-30 in Europe; and opera, with particular reference to operas based on Greek epic and tragedy, and to the staging of operas from Gluck and Mozart to Britten and Tippett. My most recent book examines how composers illuminate their texts through music, and how in their turn directors and singers use postures, gestures and facial expressions to illuminate both text and music.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Cambridge - UK
- Master of Arts, University of Oxford - UK
Keywords
- Expressionist Theatre
- Greek Drama
- Opera
- drama in performance
Languages
- French (Fluent)
- Greek (Fluent)
- Latin (Fluent)
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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360403 | Drama, theatre and performance studies | 100 |
Professional Experience
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/7/2011 - | Conjoint Professor | Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia |
1/1/2009 - 30/6/2011 | Professor | Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia |
1/1/1996 - 1/1/2009 |
Associate Professor of Music and Drama Faculty of Music |
University of Newcastle School of Drama, Fine Art and Music Australia |
1/9/1986 - 1/6/1987 | Visiting full Professor, University Professors Program | Boston University United States |
1/1/1981 - 1/12/1995 |
Associate Professor of Drama Drama Department |
University of Newcastle School of Drama, Fine Art and Music Australia |
Membership
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2005 - | Membership - Australian Academy of the Humanities | Australian Academy of the Humanities |
Invitations
Participant
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2006 |
Biennial conference on Greek Drama Organisation: International Theatre Institute, Cyprus Branch Description: invited lecture |
2004 |
Biennial Conference on Greek Drama Organisation: International Theatre Institute, Cyprus Branch Description: invited lecture |
1996 |
Prof Geoff Borny Organisation: ANU Description: Australasian Drama Studies Association |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (9 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2022 | Ewans M, Euripides' Medea Translation and Theatrical Commentary, Routledge, 98 (2022) | ||||
2021 | Ewans M, A Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity, Bloomsbury Publishing, 248 (2021) | ||||
2016 |
Ewans M, Performing Opera. A Practical Guide for Singers and Directors, Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, 352 (2016) [A1]
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Nova | |||
2012 | Ewans MC, Aristophanes: Acharnians, Knights, and Peace, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 304 (2012) [A1] | Nova | |||
2010 | Ewans MC, Aristophanes: Lysistrata, The women's festival, and Frogs. Translated and with theatrical commentaries by Michael Ewans, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, USA, 324 (2010) [A2] | ||||
2007 | Ewans MC, Opera from the Greek: Studies in the Poetics of Appropriation, Ashgate Publishing, Surrey, 213 (2007) [A1] | Nova | |||
2004 |
Ewans MC, Halton R, Phillips JA, Music Research: New Directions for a New Century, Cambridge Scholars Press, Amersham, 451 (2004) [A3]
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2000 | Ewans MC, Ley G, McCart G, Sophocles; Three Dramas of old Age, J M Dent, London and Vermont, 381 (2000) [A3] | ||||
1999 | Ewans MC, Ley GH, McCart G, Sophocles: four dramas of maturity, Everyman Classics (J M Dent London/Charles E Tuttle Vermont), London and Vermont (1999) [A1] | ||||
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Chapter (8 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2019 | Ewans MC, Johnson M, 'Wesley Enoch s Black Medea', Antipodean Antiquities Classical Reception Down Under, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, UK 73-86 (2019) [B1] | Nova | |||
2018 |
Ewans M, 'Aeschylus and Opera', Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus, BRILL, Leidon 205-223 (2018) [B1]
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Nova | |||
2016 | Ewans MC, 'Greek Drama in Opera', A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, West Sussex 464-485 (2016) [B1] | Nova | |||
2013 | Ewans MC, 'Wagnerism in Moravia: Janácek's first opera, 'Sárka'', Wagner in Russia, Poland and the Czech Lands, Ashgate, Farnham 119-135 (2013) [B1] | Nova | |||
2010 | Belina A, Ewans MC, 'Taneyev's Oresteia', Ancient Drama in Music for the Modern Stage, Oxford University Press, Oxford 258-284 (2010) [B1] | Nova | |||
2008 | Ewans MC, 'Iphigenie en Tauride and Elektra: 'Apolline' and 'Dionysiac' Receptions of Greek Tragedy into Opera', A Companion to Classical Receptions, Blackwell Publishing, Malden 231-246 (2008) [B1] | Nova | |||
2005 | Ewans MC, 'Agamemnon's influence in Germany: Goethe, Schiller and Wagner', Agamemnon in Performance 458 BC-AD 2004, Oxford University Press, Oxford 107-118 (2005) [B1] | Nova | |||
2002 | Ewans MC, 'Performance-based Research into Greek Drama', Greek and Roman Drama; Translation and Performance (Beitrage zum antiken Drama und seiner Rezeption Band 12), J B Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 58-78 (2002) [B1] | Nova | |||
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Journal article (23 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | |||||
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2022 |
Ewans M, 'Nature in Berg s Wozzeck', Musicology Australia, 43 61-77 (2022) [C1]
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Nova | ||||||
2021 |
Ewans M, 'Interpretation and performance: The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten and Myfanwy Piper', Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, 14 259-279 (2021) [C1]
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Nova | ||||||
2021 | Ewans M, 'The dramatic structure of Zemlinsky's 'Eine Florentinische Tragödie'', Journal of Music Research Online, 12 (2021) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2020 | Ewans M, 'Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle', Journal of Music Research Online, 11 (2020) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2019 |
Ewans M, 'Die klingende Ferne; Walter Braunfels Opera Die Vögel after Aristophanes Birds', Classical Receptions Journal, 11 355-371 (2019) [C1]
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Nova | ||||||
2019 |
Ewans M, 'Carl Caulfield: Hecuba Reimagined', JOURNAL OF ADAPTATION IN FILM & PERFORMANCE, 12 49-64 (2019) [C1]
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Nova | ||||||
2019 |
Ewans M, 'Kaspar Holten's production of Szymanowski's King Roger: A test of 'fidelity'', STUDIES IN MUSICAL THEATRE, 13 317-332 (2019) [C1]
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Nova | ||||||
2015 | Ewans MC, ' Gluck the modernist: Pierre Audi s production of the Iphigénie operas ', Studies in Musical Theatre, 9 161-174 (2015) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2014 | Ewans MC, ' Two Landmarks in Wagner Production: Patrice Chéreau s Centenary Ring (1976) and Nikolaus Lehnhoff s Parsifal (2004) ', Context: Journal of Music Research, 39 25-35 (2014) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2014 |
Ewans M, 'Ancient comedy and reception: essays in honor of Jeffrey Henderson, edited by S. Douglas', Comedy Studies, 5 216-221 (2014) [C3]
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2014 |
Ewans M, 'The resolution of Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw', Comedy Studies, 5 148-154 (2014) [C1]
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Nova | ||||||
2013 |
Ewans M, 'J. Leonhardt, S. Leopold, M. Meier Wege, Umwege und Abwege. Antike und Oper in der 1. Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Pp. 127. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2011. Paper, 32. ISBN: 978-3-515-09928-8', The Classical Review (New Series), 63 284-286 (2013) [C3]
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Nova | ||||||
2012 | Ewans MC, Phiddian R, 'Risk-taking and transgression: Aristophanes' Lysistrata today', Didaskalia, 9 1-1 (2012) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2011 | Ewans MC, 'Theorising Performance. Greek Drama, Cultural History and Critical Practice', Classical Review, 61 377-379 (2011) [C3] | |||||||
2009 | Ewans MC, 'Brecht at the opera', Comparative Drama, 43 116-118 (2009) [C3] | Nova | ||||||
2009 | Ewans MC, 'Ancient Rome in early opera', Comparative Drama, 43 282-284 (2009) [C3] | Nova | ||||||
2008 |
Ewans MC, 'Comic business: Theatricality, dramatic technique, and performance contexts of Aristophanic comedy', Classical Review, 58 363-364 (2008) [C3]
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Nova | ||||||
2008 | Ewans MC, 'Mask and performance in Greek tragedy: From ancient festival to modern experimentation', Journal of Hellenic Studies, 128 191 (2008) [C3] | Nova | ||||||
2007 | Ewans MC, 'Iphigenie's power in Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris', Text and Presentation, 2006 35-42 (2007) [C1] | |||||||
2007 |
Ewans MC, 'Found in translation: Greek drama in English (Book review)', New Theatre Quarterly, 23 427 (2007) [C3]
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2003 | Ewans MC, 'Michael Tippett: Music and Literature', A Journal of Music Research, 81 (2003) [C3] | |||||||
2000 | Ewans MC, 'Dominance and Submission, Rhetoric and Sincerity; Insights from a Production of Sophocles' 'Electra'', Helios, 27 123-136 (2000) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
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Review (3 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2020 | Ewans M, 'Collard, C Colloquial Expressions in Greek Tragedy (2020) | ||
2016 | Ewans MC, 'Benjamin Lazarus: Humanist Comic Elements in Aristophanes and the Old Testament (2016) | ||
2005 | Ewans MC, ''Janacek and his World' ed. Michael Beckermann', Context : a journal of music research (2005) [D2] |
Conference (5 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2012 | Ewans MC, Gibb D, 'Aristophanic elements in 'South Park'', The 18th AHSN Annual Colloquium on "Varieties of Humour and Laughter", Canberra, ACT (2012) [E3] | ||
2011 | Ewans MC, 'Aristophanic elements in Monty Python's Life of Brian', 17th Australiasian Humour Studies Network (AHSN) Colloquium on 'Time, Place and Humour' Abstracts, Hobart, Tas (2011) [E3] | ||
2009 | Ewans MC, 'Opera: The bridge between music and drama', Proceedings of the 32nd National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia: BRIDGES, Newcastle, NSW (2009) [E3] | ||
2006 | Ewans MC, 'Aristophanes and History: the Politics of Lysistrata, Thesmophoriazousai (The Women's Festival) and Frogs', Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Ancient Greek Drama, Droushia-Paphos, Cyprus (2006) [E1] | Nova | |
2005 | Ewans MC, 'Conquering Destiny in Enescu's Oedipe', 8th International Symposium on Ancient Greek Drama, Cyprus (2005) [E2] | ||
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Creative Work (6 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2022 | Ewans M, Johnson M, Bedford C, Aristophanes: Lysistrata, Newcastle Theatre Company Theatre, Lambton, Newcastle (2022) | ||
2022 | Ewans M, Johnson M, Bedford C, Aristophanes: Lysistrata, Newcastle Theatre Company Theatre, Lambton, Newcastle (2022) | ||
2016 | Ewans M, Caulfield C, Hecuba Reimagined, Civic Playhouse, Newcastle (2016) | ||
2006 | Ewans MC, The Women's Festival by Aristophanes, Drama Studio, Callaghan, University of Newcastle (2006) [J1] | Nova | |
2005 | Ewans MC, Aristrophanes, Lysistrata, Drama Studio (2005) [J1] | Nova | |
1998 | Ewans MC, "Elektra" by Sophokles, Performing Art Newcastle (PAN), Newcastle (1998) [J2] | ||
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 17 |
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Total funding | $48,869 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20111 grants / $1,494
Music in Greek Drama; History, Theory and Practice, University of California Santa Cruz, 27 - 29 May 2011$1,494
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2011 |
Funding Finish | 2012 |
GNo | G1100552 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20071 grants / $4,079
The acting style for principal roles in modern professional productions of aristophanes$4,079
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Pilot Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2007 |
Funding Finish | 2007 |
GNo | G0187778 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20061 grants / $2,074
Comparative Drama 30 March 10 1 April 2006$2,074
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2006 |
Funding Finish | 2006 |
GNo | G0186145 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20042 grants / $9,330
Creating experimental operas$9,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2004 |
Funding Finish | 2004 |
GNo | G0183369 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
SIMS (Symposium of the International Musicological Society) 2004, 11-16 July 2004, Melbourne$330
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2004 |
Funding Finish | 2004 |
GNo | G0184115 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20031 grants / $430
Defining the Doctorate 2 to 4 October 2003$430
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2003 |
Funding Finish | 2003 |
GNo | G0183606 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20011 grants / $3,000
Musicological Society of Australia Annual Conference from 2 October 2002 to 6 October 2002$3,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Conference Establishment Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2001 |
Funding Finish | 2001 |
GNo | G0181677 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20001 grants / $890
Greek and Roman Drama Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ.$890
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2000 |
Funding Finish | 2000 |
GNo | G0180419 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
19991 grants / $2,400
Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association Dallas Texas, USA$2,400
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1999 |
Funding Finish | 1999 |
GNo | G0179082 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
19982 grants / $8,225
Greek Tragedy Staging Project.$6,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1998 |
Funding Finish | 1998 |
GNo | G0177330 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
International Society for the Classical Tradition 4th Meeting, Germany 29 July - 2 August 1998$2,225
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1998 |
Funding Finish | 1998 |
GNo | G0179789 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
19973 grants / $9,512
Janacek piano music project.$4,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Catherine Davis, Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 1997 |
Funding Finish | 1997 |
GNo | G0176667 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Greek tragedy staging project$2,700
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1997 |
Funding Finish | 1997 |
GNo | G0176621 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Crossing the Stages: the Production, Performance and Reception of Ancient Theatre, Saskatoon, Canada, 23-26 October 1997$2,312
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1997 |
Funding Finish | 1997 |
GNo | G0179458 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
19963 grants / $7,435
Antigone video Production Loan$3,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Internal Research Support |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1996 |
Funding Finish | 1996 |
GNo | G0176314 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Greek Tragedy staging project$2,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Project Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1996 |
Funding Finish | 1996 |
GNo | G0175706 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Intern. Symposium on Ancient Greek Drama, Cyprus, 7-10 September, 1996$1,935
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1996 |
Funding Finish | 1996 |
GNo | G0176475 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2023 | PhD | Athena's Gaze: The Crime and Punishment of Sexual Violence | PhD (Classics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2023 | PhD | The Amazon Queen Penthesilea from Antiquity to Modernity: A Classical Reception Study | PhD (Classics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | Il Demetrio (1779) by Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781): a Critical Edition | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | Two Escape Tragedies in Translation and Performance: Euripides’ Iphigenia among the Taurians and Helen | PhD (Classics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Aeschylus as Oral Performance: Rhythm, Structure, and Meaning in the Persians | PhD (Classics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2015 | Masters | Rhetorical Concepts and Mozart: Elements of Classical Oratory in His Drammi per Musica | M Philosophy (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2011 | PhD | A Study of Vocal Technique and its Practical Application to Repertoire that Demonstrates the Development of Music Theatre in the Western World | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Masters | Love and Death in Art Song and Opera from 1810 to 1947 | M Creative Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2008 | PhD | Contemporary Guitar Repertoire: A Performer's Examination of Preparation and Performance | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2008 | PhD | Tempo Indications of Mozart: An Analytical Study of Performance Practice in the Twentieth Century as it Relates to The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2007 | Masters | Spinto Repertoire and the Development of the Spinto Voice Towards the Spinto Voice - A Musical and Personal Journey | M Creative Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2007 | Masters | Russian Vocal Repertoire and Parallels in the International Literature | M Creative Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2007 | PhD | The role of the Violin in Expressing the Musical Ideas of the Romantic Period and the Development of Violin Techniques in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2007 | PhD | A Composer's Journey | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2006 | Masters | Gerald English | M Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2006 | PhD | The opera performer as actor: An Australian perspective | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2006 | Masters | Ripple and its Relation to Current Postcolonial Playwriting | M Creative Arts (Drama) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2006 | Masters | Didjeridu Journey | M Creative Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2006 | PhD | The Music of Nigel Butterley 1950-2001 | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2006 | PhD | Viola Vives | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2005 | Masters | 88 Keys...No Doors. Beginner to intermediate level jazz piano education: the Australian perspective | M Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2005 | PhD | Renewing the Musical Tradition in an Australian Cathedral - Developments in Liturgical Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2004 | PhD | Performance Practices in Italian Music for Female Voice 1800-1850 | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2004 | Masters | Developing Stage Craft and Vocal Technique | M Creative Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2004 | Masters | Beyond A Beautiful Voice | M Creative Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2003 | PhD | Beyond Sacred and Maninya - Developments in the Music of Ross Edwards Between 1991-2001 | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2003 | PhD | An examination of Max Brod's German performing versions of the works of Leos Jan¿cek | PhD (Music), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2002 | Masters | The Sacred Road to Mozart. A Study of Early Music Techniques from East and West and the Transition to Baroque and Classical Period Repertoire | M Creative Arts (Music) [R], College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
News
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Conjoint Professor Michael Ewans
Position
Conjoint Professor
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
College of Human and Social Futures
Focus area
Drama
Contact Details
michael.ewans@newcastle.edu.au | |
Mobile | 0434902350 |
Office
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
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