International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation - IICSI

Ajay Heble Announced as U Michigan Scholar-In-Residence

Learn more about the virtual roundtable discussions he is curating this fall

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Thinking Spaces The improvisation reading group and speaker series

Watch recordings of our 2020-21 Thinking Spaces lectures in our research library!

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CfPs Papers, fellowship application deadlines, residencies and more.

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ImprovNotes IICSI's monthly newsletter

CfPs, features on IICSI projects, news related to improvisation research and performance & more!

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Visit our online Research Library of films, interviews, think pieces, articles, and more!

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IICSI Tweets

Tomorrow (Nov. 30 at 1pm), you're invited to join IICSI team member Ellen Waterman for the online launch of a new r… https://t.co/JN5wVAoEDf8 hours ago
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Critical Studies in Improvisation

CSI-ECI is an open-access, peer-reviewed, electronic, academic journal.

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The ImprovLab

Designed by Diamond-Schmitt Architects The ImprovLab will be our Institute’s research and performance facility at the…

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AUMI

Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) software interface and iOS App are new musical instruments that enable…

AUMI - Adaptive Use Musical Instrument

Apply Now: MA / PhD in Critical Studies in Improvisation

Come research—and practice—arts-based community-making with us in the Fall of 2022!

The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) is a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on improvised creative practices.

The Institute's mandate is to create positive social change through the confluence of improvisational arts, innovative scholarship, and collaborative action.

Research Partners

International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
IICSI House, 9 University Avenue East, Guelph, ON, N1H 1M8
Tel: 519-824-4120 Ext. 53885 | [email protected]

Send mail to: 042 MacKinnon Building
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
improv@uoguelph.ca