A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF GORAN STEFANOVSKI’S GUEST LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS & JURY MEMBERSHIP
2018 Masterclass after receiving an honorary doctorate from the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, 22nd October 2017 Live, Die, Repeat: Adaptation of Hamlet for a production at The Yugoslav Drama Theatre In Belgrade, Research Presentation at the Canterbury Christ Church University Centre for Practice-Based Research, 23 May (video below)
2017 Mini Book Fair, Fulham Library, Public talk and presentation on the adaptation of Hamlet for the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade, 25 February
2016 Sofia Scriptwriting Workshop, Opening Presentation for the Summer Scriptwriting Camp, International Academy of Scriptwriting, Sofia, The French Institute, 24 July
2016 Тинтин на Балканот, (“Tintin in the Balkans”), presentation at the EU Info Centar, Skopje, Macedonia, 14 April
2015 Промоција на Собрани Драми Книга 4, Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ohrid. (Book launch of the Collected Plays, Vol. 4 published by Tabernakul, Skopje, with the author’s presentation of the development of the three plays), 19 August 2015 From First Idea to First Night, presentation given at the Canterbury Christ Church University, Centre for Practice-Based Research, on the development of the play Figurae Veneris Historiae), 21 November (video below)
2015 Од прва идеја до премиера, presentation at the LGBTI Support Center, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian version of From First Idea to First Night) 2015 Tintin in the Balkans, Practice-Based Research Performance, Centre for Practice-Based Research at School of Media, Art and Design, Canterbury Christ Church University, 8 June (video below)
2014 Malta Playwriting Workshop, Course in Scriptwriting for Theatre, a collaboration between Arts Council Malta, School of Performing Arts at the University of Malta and St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, 27 Nov – 1 Dec
2014 Scriptwriting Workshop for students of the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, Ljubljana and Faculty of Philosophy in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The workshop was held in the context of the 44th festival of Slovenian National Drama, organised by Prešernovo Gledališče in Kranj, 24-29 March
2013 New Drama Festival, Bratislava, presentation and workshop of A Little Book of Traps, Bratislava, Slovakia 13-18 May 2012 Maribor Twelve. In 2012, Maribor, as the Cultural Capital of Europe, hosted exceptional and leading personalities from various fields, ranging from arts to philosophy. The common criterion was that all guests must be leading international representatives in their fields. The umbrella theme was “The Art of Future”. Amongst others were Charles Simić, Jan Fabre, Tzvetan Todorov, Garry Kasparov and Hans Magnus Enzensberger. The talk was broadcast live on the internet and was televised by the Slovenian National Television. The full version of the talk is available on the web. https://www.maribor2012.eu/en/nc/project/prikaz/113549/
2012 Free Word, London, UK, Opening speech at the launch of the book “Resetting the Stage : Public Theatre Between the Market and Democracy” by Dragan Klaić, organised by Rose Fenton, 29 November
2012 Денови на македонска култура во Велика Британија, round table to celebrate the launch of the 130 books of Macedonian Literature in English Translation and the performance in Macedonian of Henry VI, Part III at the Globe Theatre, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL London, UK, 14 May
2012 Mediathèque Hélène Berr, Paris, France, Public Talk, 10 March
2010 Табернакул Тројцата четворни, book launch for Venko Andonovski, Ferid Muhić and Goran Stefanovski, Macedonian National Theatre, Skopje, 22 December
2010 Days of Macedonian Culture, 16-28 November, London, Literature talk with Nikola Madžirov and Joanna Labon, moderated by Goran Stefanovski
2010 (IM) Personal Narratives – Laboratory on Dance and Dramaturgy, Scriptwriting workshop, organised by Intercult, Stockholm, Sweden, and Lokomotiva, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, 15 – 20 October
2009 Mala knjiga zamki, Workshop of A Little Book of Traps with students from Theatre and Film Academies at the Arts Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia, 31 May
2009 Scriptwriting workshop for international students at the Macedonian Language Seminar, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, 13-14 August
2008 Guest literary lecture to the students of the Macedonian Language Seminar, Ohrid, Macedonia, 13 August
2007 Scriptwriting workshops at the Scriptwriting Department of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje, Macedonia, 11 and 13 April
2007 Lecture on social issues, identity and cultural politics at the American University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 3 April
2007 Lecture on scriptwriting at The Faculty of Philology at the University of Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia, 30 March
2007 A short text “Bare Wires” to open the International Meeting of Drama Schools in Skopje, Macedonia, 27 March
2007 University of Nottingham, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, Research Seminar: “Tales from the Wild East: Balkan Theatre and Exile”, 12 March
2006 Zagreb: Scriptwriting masterclass and workshop for the Year 2 and 3 students of Scriptwriting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. By Invitation of Dr Sibila Petlevski, Head of Department and Sergej Pristas, Pro-Vice Dean of School, June
2004 Trycicle Theatre, London. Playwriting masterclass
2003 Member of jury of CINELINK international feature screenplay competition
2000 Judge of a national playwriting competition for the Stagecraft Theatre Company, Canterbury
1993 Speaker at the Platform on Theatre and War held at the National Theatre, London, December
1993 Speaker at The Guardian Platform on Theatre in the War Zone, Edinburgh Festival, August
1990 Lecture on playwriting to postgraduate students at the American Repertory Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA
1990 Masterclass in dramaturgy at Harvard University Drama Department, Cambridge, Massachussetts, USA
1986 Lecture on Macedonian Drama at the Yugoslav Studies Seminar, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
1983 and 1998 Member of Jury for Belgrade International Theatre Festival (BITEF), Serbia 1978 and 1979 Member of Jury for Yugoslav Theatre Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia