Faculty

BELARIE ZATZMAN

BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (OISE)
Associate Professor: Theatre Studies
Department of Theatre, York University

bzatzman@yorku.ca

Belarie Zatzman’s research focuses on drama and education, theatre for young audiences and arts education. She has published extensively and works internationally in fine arts and Holocaust education. She has been invited to conduct workshops and presentations across Canada and abroad, in such as venues the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People (formerly Young Peoples Theatre), Toronto; Stratford Festival, Ontario; Toronto District Board of Education; Faculty of Education, University of Toronto; Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre of Toronto of UJA Federation; Council of Dance and Drama in Education (CODE); Educational Theatre Association of America; and National Drama, London, England.

Personal Website

Selected Publications:

"The Monologue Project: Drama as a Form of Witnessing" in Booth and Gallagher, eds. How Theatre Educates, University of Toronto Press (in press)

"Mapping Distance: Contemporary Responses to Holocaust Education through the Fine Arts" in Lerner, L., ed. Afterimage: Evocations of the Holocaust in Contemporary Canadian Arts and Literature, Concordia University, 2002

"Sign Language" in Creating a Theatre in Your Classroom and Community in Warren, B., ed. Toronto: Captus University Press, 3rd Edition, 2002

"Drama Activities and the Study of the Holocaust" in Teaching and Studying the Holocaust, Totten, S., & Feinberg, S., eds. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2001

"Holocaust Stories" in Booth, D. and Neelands, J., eds. Writing in Role. Hamilton: Caliburn Publishers, 1998.