Julia Peetz, PhD, is an author and academic in London, UK.
Her work addresses questions of political representation, democracy, and performance – particularly in the context of the U.S. presidency and in Anglo-American relations. Currently, Julia is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Warwick.
Sole-authored monograph
Edinburgh University Press, 2023
Combines theoretical argument and original interviews with leaders in U.S. presidential speechwriting
Proposes a new perspective on the contemporary rise of mainstreamed populism by exploring features of populist-style politics through the lens of distrust
Interdisciplinary exploration of the role and function of performance in representative democracy that fully integrates politics and theatre/performance perspectives
Focuses on U.S. presidential politics since Watergate, whilst contextualizing recent developments through historical case studies from the French Revolution to early and turn-of-the-century American presidents
Presents protest as a complex, variegated and geographically extensive field
24 contributions explore aspects of both left-wing and right-wing protest
Covers protests in the United States, Latin America, China & Hong Kong, Poland, Italy, India, Iran, the UK, Germany, South Africa, and more
Partial Focus on digitisation and gamification of protest
Double issue of Performance Research, 2023