Dr. Helen Gilbert 

Australian scholar of Indigenous performance across the world 

September 19, 2018 

Dr. Helen Gilbert from Royal Holloway at the University of London is an Australian scholar of Indigenous performance across the world, and was the lead researcher and organizer of Indigeneity in the Contemporary World, a large transnational and interdisciplinary project from 2009-14 (funded by European Research Council) that focused on Indigenous performance across the Americas, the Pacific, Australia and South Africa. This project culminated in EcoCentrix: Indigenous Arts, Sustainable Acts, a massive interdisciplinary exhibition which brought images, objects, sounds, performances and live art installations by over 40 international artists to London in 2013.

See more about Dr. Helen Gilbert’s research. 

The Orion Lecture Series in Fine Arts is presented through the generous support of the Orion Fund in Fine Arts, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria.