Legitimising Theatre in the Postcolony: Six Myths
A Conversation in the Humanities in Session seminar series at the Centre for Humanities Research, part of the Advanced Research Seminar.
Legitimising Theatre in the Postcolony: Six Myths
Date: Thursday 1 August 2024
Venue: The CHR’s Iyatsiba Lab,
66 Greatmore Street, Woodstock
(enter via Regents Road)
Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Speaker
Christopher Balme
Director Centre Global Dis:Connect, LMU Munich
Christopher Balme is Director of the Kathe Hamburger Research Centre Global Dis:Connect at LMU, Munich where he has held the chair in theatre studies until October 2022. He was born and educated in New Zealand, where he graduated from the University of Otago. He has lived and worked in Germany since 1985, with positions at the universities of Würzburg, Munich and Mainz. From 2004 to 2006 he held the chair in theatre studies at the University of Amsterdam. From 2007 to 2010 he was dean of the Faculty of History and Art at the University of Munich. His current research interests focus on the legacy of modernism in the globalisation of the arts; theatre and the public sphere; and the relationship between media and performance.
