 Gerry Harris (academic)

Geraldine Mary "Gerry" Harris (born 1957) is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Lancaster and former Director of Palatine, the Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music.Her early research was in female performers in 19th Century French Popular Theatre specifically "Le Music Hall" and "Le Cafe-concert" but her interest in feminism and the aesthetics and politics of subjectivity and identity has subsequently expanded into the field of contemporary experimental performance.