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Michael Bachmann joined Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow in January 2015. Before that, he was a Junior Professor of Theatre and Comparative Media Studies at the University of Mainz, Germany, from 2010 to 2014. He has taught theatre performance studies at various universities, including Cologne, Berne, and Vienna. A Visiting Scholar at the Walter Benjamin Kolleg in Berne in 2009, he also held a Visiting Professorship in Historiography and the Theory of Theatre in Vienna in 2011. He completed his PhD in Performance Media Studies at Mainz. His research interests focus on 19th and 20th-century contemporary European performance with an interdisciplinary approach. He specifically examines the relationship between theatre and other arts, including radio, film, literature, and digital media. His publications include a book titled "Der abwesende Zeuge" (2010), which analyzes Holocaust representation in various media. His forthcoming book discusses the concept of inwardness in 1800s European subjectivity. Bachmann’s work has received grants and he supervises PhD projects related to his research areas. He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, covering topics such as race performance, postcolonial dramaturgies, and contemporary dramaturgical practices. He has received several awards for his teaching and research contributions, and serves on various academic committees related to theatre studies.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies, teaching various undergraduate and postgraduate courses.