Shefali Banerji, BA (Hons) M.A.
Shefali Banerji
Banerji, S. (2026). Spoken Word Theatre and its DIY Potential: Rose Condo’s The Empathy Experiment and In the Works’ The 900 Club. In J. Novak, S. Banerji, M. Krebs, P. Middleton, T. Narang, C. Palzer, M. Pfeiler, S. Sengupta, H. Thomas, & E. Timms (Eds.), Contemporary British Poetry Performance in Context – The Event of Poetry Palgrave Macmillan.







Performing Explicitness, Performing Identity in Spoken Word Theatre

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

24 Oct 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Listening to Poetry: Rethinking Sound in Literary Criticism

Lajta-Novak, J. (Speaker), Bolle-Debessay, R. (Speaker), Palzer, C. (Speaker) & Banerji, S. (Speaker)

3 Oct 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


By Diaspora, Off the Page: Migration, Gender, Poetry Performance in the UK

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

4 Jun 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Intermedial Ways of Witnessing: Tragedy in Spoken Word Theatre in the UK

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

16 Jul 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Spoken Word Theatre in the UK

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

19 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Emergence of Digital Spoken Word Theatre in the UK

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

3 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Poetry Off the Page: Literary History and Spoken Word, 1965-2020

Lajta-Novak, J. (Speaker), Banerji, S. (Speaker) & Palzer, C. (Speaker)

26 Apr 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Of Safe Spaces and Moments of Solidarity: Digital Poetry Performance in the Times of Pandemic

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

26 Mar 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Beyond Borders and Binaries: Intermediality and Queerness in Jasmine Gardosi’s 'Dancing to Music You Hate'

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

11 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


“Making a difference": Marginalised Identities, Spoken Word Poetry and Environmental Justice in the UK

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

7 Jun 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


"So where are you from?": The Unbelonging of Place Meets the Unbelonging of Form in Roger Robinson’s 'Shadow Boxer'

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

2 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


“Your Daughter's Face Is a Small Riot”: The Performance of Identity in Warsan Shire

Banerji, S. (Speaker)

18 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Department of English and American Studies

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1090 Wien
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shefali.banerji@univie.ac.at