Digitale Theaterforschung

Video coming soon. Vortrag vom 11. November 2025 The starting point for this presentation lies in Benjamin’s attempt to write a habilitation-thesis on the theme of “language and logic.” The original framework for the pursuit of this theme collapsed when Benjamin re-read Heidegger’s habilitation-thesis. Starting anew, Benjamin conceives a new framework that revolves around a formal distinction between knowing (Wissen) and cognition (Erkenntnis): whereas the latter, associated with logic, is subject to critique, the former, […]

Vortrag vom 8. Juli 2025 “The greatest act of cowardice on the part of any man is to keep silent. It is therefore incumbent on every one of us to speak out aloud. It is my wish that this play would shock to the very core those who blandly remain tongue-tied.” (Note to the Director) – Sony Labou Tansi The lecture examines ways of understanding “difference” and “repetition” as a space of resistance reflecting the […]

Vortrag vom 24. Juni 2025 After thousands of remounted performances and cascades of critiques, many preceding scholarships have demonstra- ted a development in understanding Madama Butterfly as a story epitomizing the imagined orient formulated within the framework of the so-called “Spaghetti Eastern” Italian operas. By situating the Orientalist view of Madama But- terfly as a historical counterpoint, I will discuss in this talk how Japanese playwright-director Ichihara Satoko challen- ges the political violence of Puccini’s […]