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.
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
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
There is hardly any context of learning and further education, in which the format of the workshop would not be common. Whether in the private sector, in the arts, in the academia or in theatre: workshops are popular as a format and form of learning in limited time and space. From an intensive preoccupation with…… Continue reading Working Paper “The Workshop. On the Genesis of a Global Form”
At this year’s annual conference of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) at the Shanghai Theatre Academy in Shanghai, China, I will be sharing a panel on the Rockefeller Foundation’s philanthropic initiatives in the field of theatre after 1950 together with Christopher Balme (LMU Munich), and Jan Creutzenberg (Seoul). In my talk “Far-Flung |…… Continue reading IFTR 2019 in Shanghai – Talk on Severino Montano and his Arena Theatre in Manila
Seit ich Farsi lerne, steigt mein Interesse an der iranischen Kultur und Geschichte mit jedem Tag. Im Gespräch mit iranischen Freunden erwähnten diese die Geschichten von Mullah Nasreddin, und ich begann, sie zu lesen. (Noch auf Deutsch, aber in der Hoffnung, sie auch in naher Zukunft im Original zu lesen). Wenn der Protagonist der humoristischen…… Continue reading Mullah Nasreddin – Text & Audio
Brazil, Japan, Syria: The latest issue of the Journal of Global Theatre History takes its readers to different corners of the world, their theatre cultures and transnational exchanges about eras and genres. The chapters explore central facets of global theatre history and theatre in a global context: the influence of Western aesthetics and aspects…… Continue reading Online Journal of Global Theatre History – Latest Issue Focuses on Brazil, Japan, and The Levant
The Routledge Handbook of Transregional Studies was published just in time for the end of the year. In a chapter of this handbook edited by German historian Matthias Middell, I describe the approaches and methodological challenges of Global Theatre History. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Forrest Kilimnik (Leipzig Centre for Area Studies),…… Continue reading New chapter out on Global Theatre History (in Middell (Ed.): Routledge Handbook of Transregional Studies)
Nic Leonhardt 