Pedagogy and Education

Abhishek Majumdar is Program Head of Theater and Arts Professor of Theater at New York University Abu Dhabi, a Global Network Fellow of NYU, and since 2025 Artist in Residence at the Segal Center, City University of New York. He has held the B.V. Karanth Theatre Fellowship at Ninasam Heggodu and a Visiting Fellowship in the Department of English at the University of Delhi, and led a masterclass at the Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

His research covers political philosophy, dramaturgy, performance making, experimental film, opera, climate change, the study of religion, philosophy of science, caste politics and South Asian classics. Teaching and practice are not separate: Water Station and Kavan were both developed at NYU Abu Dhabi with students working alongside professional artists, and Dweepa is taught in universities in the UK and the US.

Through Nalanda Arts Studio he offers workshops on devising with music, protest poetry, voice, and Ambedkarite thought in cultural practice.