The UCLA Center for Performance Studies (CPS) brings together faculty, staff, artists, and students from across UCLA and beyond for whom an intellectual and/or artistic focus on the performance paradigm can be a valuable mode of analysis or encounter. Since its founding in 2005 by Professor Emerita Sue-Ellen Case, CPS has received the support of the Deans of the School of Theater, Film, and Television, the School of Arts and Architecture, the College of the Humanities, and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor. Today, CPS hosts significant research projects by faculty and students, organizes seminar series, and sponsors a biannual graduate conference organized by UCLA graduate students. Our mission is to dynamize performance studies and build communities around cutting edge intellectual and interdisciplinary work. We welcome inquiries from any UCLA affiliates and community partners interested in participating.