I am very delighted to announce that my text “Change is a Constant: Festivals in ‘Hybrid’ times and Spaces” has been published in the very first issue of the full open access Global Media Journal, Indian edition, (Vol. 14, Issue 1, June 2022). The text is based on my keynote address within the framework of…… Continue reading New article out: “Change is a Constant: Festivals in ‘Hybrid’ Times and Spaces”
On Friday, 19 August 2022, 10am (local time), I will give a talk on “Theatre Across Oceans, or: How to Write a Shared History of Theatre at the Turn of the 20th Century”. The lecture is on invitation of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Ghana. I will speak about my recent…… Continue reading Theatre Across Oceans, or: How to write a Shared History of Theatre – Public Talk at the University of Ghana, 19 August, 2022
Monday, November 29- 3pm (Brazil), 7pm (Germany) Rio de Janeiro – via Zoom Sign up in advance at: https://tinyurl.com/TheatreAcrossOceans* The lecture will be held via Zoom in English, and will have consecutive translation.
I am delighted to announce that my latest monograph, Theatre Across Oceans. Mediators of Transatlantic Exchange (1890-25) was just published with Palgrave Macmillan. The book allows the reader to enter and understand the infrastructural ‘backstage area’ of global cultural mobility during the years between 1890 and 1925. Located within the research fields of global history…… Continue reading new book out: Theatre Across Oceans. Mediators of Transatlantic Exchange (1890-1925)
Exactly sixty years ago, on 13 August 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected. It was not just any architectural structure, but was specifically intended to seal off the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from the western part of the city of Berlin and the surrounding areas. The Wall was 167.8 km long –a stone wall of ideological and political significance for…… Continue reading 13 August 1961: And the Wall is built after all – Theatrescapes podcast episode on the Berlin Wall and its Impact on Theatre
Ocean Flower Performing Arts Centre (under construction, photo by Sun Xiaoxue) Für das Centre for Global Theatre History habe ich die chinesische Theatermanagerin und -forscherin Sun Xiaoxue interviewt. Sun arbeitet als Managing Director am Aufbau des Ocean Flower Island Performing Arts Centre und ist für die kommenden Monate DAAD-Stipendiatin, um an ihrer Studie über die deutsche…… Continue reading Lernen und Forschen in Selbst-Reflexion. Ein Interview mit Sun Xiaoxue
Theatrescapes. An new audio podcast on the Global Theatre Histories of Theatre by the Centre for Global Theatre Histories Das Centre for Global Theatre History, dessen Direktorin ich gemeinsam mit Christopher Balme bin, kommt mit einem neuen Format daher: Zum Juni 2021 launchen wir unseren Audio-Podcast: Theatrescapes. Theatrescapes greift diejenigen Themen auf, die die Forscherinnen…… Continue reading Die Welt am Mikro für die Welt: Neuer Podcast “Theatrescapes” bringt globale Theatergeschichte nahe
Theater und Kultur-Einrichtungen leben und schulen Offenheit und dürfen nicht geschlossen werden. (aktuelles Plakat der Schauburg, München) Theater muss sein, Kunst muss sein, Kultur muss sein. Das vergangene Jahr hat den gesamten kulturellen Sektor international gebeutelt, malträtiert und “herausgefordert”, wie man Neudeutsch im zynischen Euphemismus unserer Leistungsgesellschaft so sagt. Wenn Geschäfte schließen, ist das tragisch,…… Continue reading Kulturgut bewahren muss sein – Die drohende Schließung der Theater-Sammlung des V&A ist ein fatales Signal
The second issue 2019 of the Journal of Global Theatre History is now available online. It is dedicated to the theme Developing Theatre and Philanthropy and gathers contributions from Christopher Balme, Jan Creutzenberg and myself. All three articles address case studies of promoting theatre practice and education through the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1950s and…… Continue reading GTH Journal (2, 2019) out now – Focus on Philanthropy and Developing Theatre
I feel honoured for having been invited as a keynote speaker of the conference Indigenous Languages, Traditional Music and Dance within an Intercultural Performance/ Langues autochtones, musiques et danses traditionelles au sein de performances interculturelles in Gannat (Auvergne, France). The conference, organized by Vikrant Kishore (Australia) and Etienne Rougier (France) takes place along with the…… Continue reading Keynote «Mediating Cultural Meanders: Dance, Narration, Music», Gannat, France, 25-28 July, 2019
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