Michael Gissenwehrer
Fellow
Growing up directly under the shadow of the iron curtain between the West (provided we agree that East Austria is western) and the Eastblock nations (Hungary) – the manned look-out tower stood at the bottom of the garden at the edge of the cornfield - Michael Gissenwehrer cultivated an early interest in East/West relations. Michael graduated from Vienna University with a phD in Theatre and studied in Taiwan and the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing completing theses on the training of Beijing Opera and Chinese propaganda theatre . He has taught at Bayreuth and Mainz Universities as well as Vienna and now Munich where he holds the position of Professor of Theatre Research with particular focus on performative traditions and events in different cultures in terms of theatre buildings and performance space in Greek, Roman, Renaissance theatre as well as Shakespeare. Alongside this historical approach, Michael is currently involved in research on contemporary German, English and Chinese drama.
Growing up directly under the shadow of the iron curtain between the West (provided we agree that East Austria is western) and the Eastblock nations (Hungary) – the manned look-out tower stood at the bottom of the garden at the edge of the cornfield - Michael Gissenwehrer cultivated an early interest in East/West relations. Michael graduated from Vienna University with a phD in Theatre and studied in Taiwan and the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing completing theses on the training of Beijing Opera and Chinese propaganda theatre . He has taught at Bayreuth and Mainz Universities as well as Vienna and now Munich where he holds the position of Professor of Theatre Research with particular focus on performative traditions and events in different cultures in terms of theatre buildings and performance space in Greek, Roman, Renaissance theatre as well as Shakespeare. Alongside this historical approach, Michael is currently involved in research on contemporary German, English and Chinese drama.
