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Puppetry International Research (PIR) is a global, interdisciplinary, academic journal dedicated to puppetry and the allied areas of masks, performing objects, and material performance. Its mission is to foster scholarship on puppet theatre and related arts as practiced in the past and present around the world and deepen historical and theoretical understanding of the field. Its empirical, analytical, and theoretical peer-reviewed articles, as well as critical book, performance, and exhibition reviews, and field reports aim to strengthen puppetry studies as an academic discipline. The journal welcomes submissions from scholars and reflective practitioners from all related disciplinesA project of UNIMA-USA, growing out of the peer-review section of its acclaimed magazine Puppetry International, PIR publishes twice a year on the CUNY Academic Commons.


For an article to be considered for our upcoming Winter and

Summer issues, contact Claudia Orenstein, Editor: PIRresearchjournal@gmail.com


PIR accepts submissions for peer-review on an ongoing basis.


Book Review Editor: Skye Strauss

Performance Review Editor: Colette Searls

Exhibition Review Editor: Jungmin Song

Read Volume 1, No 1

Read Volume 1, No 2

This project is supported in part by an award from

the National Endowment for the Arts.

Issue 1 photo: Paripurna Art Company from Bona (Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia) under I Made Sidia performed an episode portraying the Death of Kumbakarna for the 2025 UNIMA Congress. (Photo: Claudia Orenstein)

Issue 2 photo: Dracula-Lucy’s Dream. Plexus Polaire and Puppentheater Halle (Photo: Jerzy Doroszkiewicz)

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