In 2019, it was our long-time contributor Alisan Funk who curated the series Adventures in Circus Research for CircusTalk, bringing us articles from circus academics around the world. Alisan was recently appointed Head of the Bachelor of Circus and Assistant Professor of Circus at DOCH-University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm, Sweden. We would like to congratulate her on this new post and thank her for her work with us over the years! Understandably, Alisan’s new post doesn’t leave her much time for writing for CircusTalk, so we sadly say farewell for now and welcome our new academic content curator, ...