Lectures and Speeches at International Conferences and Symposia

Concluding Colloquium
5 December 2018
tfm | Department for Theatre, Film- and Media Studies at the University of Vienna / Austria

Statement concerning the article "Spiel der Masken – Ariane Mnouchkine und das Eigenleben ihrer Figuren"
Diskurs. Theater anders denken. Book launch and discussion Erinnern – Erzählen – Erkennen
28 May 2018
Schauspielhaus Leipzig in cooperation with the Institute for Theatre Studies of Leipzig University / Germany

Theater von, für und mit
Series of lectures "Participate! Partizipative und performative Formen der Gegenwart" at the tfm | Deparment of Theatre, Film and Media Studies
22 May 2017
tfm | Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies, University Vienna / Austria

Wenn es uns alle angeht. Einblicke in theateranthropologische Studien zu Mnouchkine, Bene und Grotowski
11th Research Day of tfm | Deparment of Theatre, Film and Media Studies
13 March 2017
tfm | Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies, University Vienna / Austria

"Il mare è un buco". Elfriede Jelinek e "La Maggioranza Silenziosa"
Symposium under the patronage of the Austrian Cultural Forum of Rome "L'Austria e il Mediterraneo. Peregrinazioni e sconfinamenti tra realtà e immaginario"
8 to 9 Novembre 2016
Ex Convento di Santa Teresa Ragusa Ibla, SDS di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, University of Catania (Ragusa/Ibla) / Italy

Magari lo fosse stata - Le Dernier Caravansérail (Odyssées 2003), creazione collettiva del Théâtre du Soleil
Conference "Aspetti dell'Ulissismo intellettuale dall'Ottocento a oggi" (within the framework of the research project FIR 2014 (C76ADB) "Intellectual Ulyssisism Between the 19th and the 21st Centuries")
20 to 21 October 2016
DISUM - SDS di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, University of Catania (Ragusa Ibla) / Italy

Spiel der Masken - Ariane Mnouchkine und die Seelen ihrer Figuren
Interdisciplinary Symposium "Visible - Invisible: 'Gespensterfelder' oder Vom Wissen kultureller Praktiken"
21 to 24 October 2015
Institute of Theatre Studies, Leipzig University / Germany

Putting on a Phrygian Hat. About the relation between religion and Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil
Evening Lecture at the Summer School "Concepts of Holiness: Performing Radicality: The Return of the Religious"
14 July 2015
Institut of Film and Theatre Studies and Cultural Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz / Germany

Grottesco, orribile e estremo. Penthesilea, Heinrich von Kleist e Carmelo Bene
Series of lectures "Fantastico e grottesco nella letteratura tedesca"
18 to 20 May 2015
Department of Lingue e Letterature Straniere, University of Catania (Ragusa Ibla) / Italy

Ferry Radax als (Selbst)Darsteller (Statement)

Book Launch with Discussion "Ferry Radax. Vision, Utopie, Experiment"

2 December 2014
NÖ Landesbibliothek, St. Pölten / Austria

Da/sein und Theater/Wissenschaft

XII. Internat. Congress of the Society for Theatre Studies "The Epistemes of Theatre"

25 to 28 September 2014
Department of Theatre Studies, Ruhr University Bochum / Germany

Al di là, jenseits. Carmelo Bene auf der Bühne
Forschungsatelier / Workshop of the trinational master degree programme "Medienkulturanalyse. Theater- und Medienkulturen im transnationalen Raum" / «Analyse des Pratiques Culturelles: Cultures scéniques et médiatiques dans l'espace transnational»
30 to 31 May 2014
Institut Français Autriche, Vienna / Austria

Un Hype per il teatro post-migrante
Hyblean days of study II – Felix Austria? Nuove tendenze della letteratura austriaca
21 to 22 May 2014
Ex Convento di Santa Teresa, Ragusa Ibla (Sicily) / Italy

Presentation and discussion of the research project (Re)Presenting Theatrical Concepts of Being focused on the first contact with and at the theatre of A. Mnouchkine, C. Bene and J. Grotowski
in the frame of G. Baumbach's doctoral and habilitation colloquium
13 December 2013
Institute of Theatre Studies, Leipzig / Germany

Akteur Carmelo Bene (Lecture according to the article in the book)

Book Launch "Akteure und ihre Praktiken im Diskurs"

29 November 2012
Bibliotheca Albertina, Leipzig / Germany

Possen von Gin/i Müller – ein arlecchineskes Prinzip heute
Symposium "Theater und Theatralität in Wien und Neapel seit dem 17. Jahrhundert"

25 to 26 May 2012
Department of Romance Studies, Vienna / Austria

transcattolico, transnazionale, queer e politico. Il teatro di Gin/i Müller

Conference: Convegno internazionale "Teatro austriaco contemporaneo"

17 to 18 April 2012
Auditorium di Santa Teresa, Sala Falcone-Borsellino, Ragusa Ibla (Sicily) / Italy

Was heißt Video-Theater? 

workshop in the framework of the Book Launch "Der Mond ist ein Franzose
"
18 to 19 November 2011
Kunsthalle Wien, Ursula Blicke Videolounge, Museumsquartier, Vienna / Austria

(Re‐)Präsentation theatraler Konzepte des Daseins. Schauspielerische Erkundungen von Ariane Mnouchkine, Carmelo Bene und Jerzy Grotowski

3th Research Day of tfm | Department of Theatre-, Film- and Media Studies
4 October 2011

depot – Raum für Kunst und Diskussion, Vienna / Austria

Happy Art zwischen Graz und Wien. Aufgeführt von und mit Wolfgang Bauer (together with Thomas Antonic)

Symposium "Totaler Change!" Theater-Avantgarde der Wiener und der Grazer Gruppe

14 April 2011

kunsthaus muerz, clix & walter buchebner saal, Mürzzuschlag / Austria

Das röhrende Er und fiepsende Sie. Notate zur Auflösung des Subjekts (am Beispiel des Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards)

X. Internat. Congress of  the Society of Theatre Studies "Theater und Subjektkonstitution"

28 to 31 October 2010
Department for Theatre Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz / Germany

Contribution and Discussion about Theatre-Translations on the occasion of Dramatic Translation "Don Juans Frauen übersetzen sich in Szene"

in the framework of the Symposium "Übersetzen im Mittelmeerraum. Konstruktion und Dekonstruktionen von 'Okzident' und 'Orient'", organised by Biennale EST – Europa Spazio di Traduzione (Napels, Paris, Vienna) in Vienna from 12 to 15 November, University of Vienna

15 November 2009

Volkstheater, Rote Bar, Vienna / Austria

Warum sticht der Bube die Dame nicht? Oder: Joe Berger als Aktionist.

Symposium "Joe Berger: Hirnhäusl. Denken Sie!"

22 October 2009

Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, Vienna / Austria

One Hamlet Less & others. Carmelo Bene’s variations.

International Conference "Hamlet-Transfer. Stage, Language, Politics"

3 to 5 October 2008

Theatermuseum Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf / Germany

Freemason, Mozart’s Contemporary, and Theatre-Director on the Edge: Franz Kratter and Der Friede am Pruth (The Treaty of Prut, 1799). Cataloguing Komplex Mauerbach, Vienna.
International Symposium in Two Acts. 
"Ottoman Empire and European Theatre. From the Beginning to 1800. I. Sultan III Selim & Mozart", Don Juan Archiv Wien in Cooperation with the Internationale Theaterinstitut der UNESCO – Centrum Österreich and Österreichische Kulturforum in Istanbul

24 to 25 May 2008

Gesellschaft für Musiktheater, Vienna / Austria

Experimentelles Theater

"Theatergespräche" - Theatre Talks and Discussion specially including the audience, Internationale Theater Institut der UNESCO – Centrum Österreich, CR – Cultural Research and Gesellschaft für Musiktheater

31 May 2007

Gesellschaft für Musiktheater, Vienna / Austria

The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards’ way (back) to storytelling

Symposium: Sempozyum / Symposium "Tiyatroda Anlatinin Yeri / The place of narrative in theatre"
4. Uluslararasi Tiyatro olimipyatlari Istanbul / 4th International Theatre Olympics
 (May 11 Mayis – June 6 Hziran)

26 to 27 May 2006

Fransiz Kütlür Merkezi, Istanbul / Turkey

Drawing conclusions – asking questions and holding a dialogue – of three-year travelling cultural dialogue fostered by "Tracing Roads Across"

Forum Team Member of Living Traces. Performing as a Shared Reality, International Symposium of Tracing Roads Across

12 to 13 April 2006

Fondazione Pontedera Teatro, Pontedera / Italy

Grenzgänge und Grenzüberschreitungen aus der Sicht einer Theateranthropologin (am Beispiel des Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards)

lalish intercultural dialogues 2005 – "grenzgänge, grenzüberschreitungen"

11 June 2005

lalish theaterlabor – forschungszentrum für theater und performance-kultur, Vienna / Austria

The idea of ensemble (Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards)

Intervention – Open seminar von Tracing Roads Across

11 to 17 November 2004

Red House – Centre for Culture and Debate, Sophia / Bulgaria

Ästhetik des Stolperns und … es wird nicht gelacht (bei Carmelo Bene)

VII. Internat. Congress of  the Society of Theatre Studies "Komik – Ästhetik. Theorien. Vermittlungsstrategien."

4 to 7 November 2004

Theater der Jugend, Vienna / Austria

Das Grotowski-Erbe zelebrierende Workcenter von Thomas Richards (Pontedera)

Invited Talk at the course "Körpertheater/Regietheater von Antonin Artaud bis Carmelo Bene" of ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Johanna Borek

18 June 2004

Department of Romance Studies, Vienna / Austria

Das gleiche Theater für andere

Panel Discussion
26 May 2004

Depot, Vienna / Austria

das dokumentarische und die dokumentation aus der sicht einer theaterwissenschafterin

Event "buchpräsentation, MATERIALRAuM, diskussion, musik" of theatercombinat

27 to 30 Jänner 2004

künstlerhauspassage, Vienna / Austria

Nomadische Aspekte des Fo-Theaters in den Arbeiterbezirken Wien

Conference "Das Verbindende der Kulturen / The Unifying Aspects of Culture / Les points communs des cultures"

7 to 9 November 2003

Austria Center, Vienna / Austria

Presentation of the research-project started the year before (specially the FWF-project Experimental theatre in Austria from 1945–1983 and the work of the documentation-team of The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards’ project Tracing Roads Across) –
as well as
Presentazione della ricerca iniziata l’anno passato (specialmente il FWF - progetto Teatro esperimentale in Austria da 1945 a 1983 e il lavoro del "Documentation team" del progetto Tracing Roads Across del Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards
texte / parole – geste / gesticulation – image / spectacle: Rèunion du groupe de recherche sur "Spectacle vivant et sciences de l’homme"

1 to 4 October 2003

Gümüslük Acadamy, Gümüslük / Turkey

Aspects for interests – a perspective of an documentation-team-member

Focal Points – Open conference of Tracing Roads Across

5  August 2003

Topkapi Sarayi, Istanbul / Turkey

No audience - witnesses are wanted (Kein Publikum - Zeugen sind gefragt)

Opening International Symposium "Performing Through – Tradition as Research at the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards" of Tracing Roads Across

28 to 29 June 2003

Theater des Augenblicks, Vienna / Austria

Zeitgenössisches Theater und kulturpolitische Trends in Skandinavien

Lecture at and moderation of the Symposium at the 
Festival "kontext : europa, theaterimpulse aus skandinavien"

28 April 2001

Theater des Augenblicks, Vienna / Austria

Tradition / Traduction / Transmission

Réunion du groupe de recherche sur "Spectacle vivant et sciences de l’homme"

26 to 30 October 2000

Facoltà della Lettera e Filosofia, Palazzo Manzoni, Perugia / Italy

Theatrical performance in WWW
Conference "Process in Theatre, Art and Literature"

22 to 24 September 2000

Cultural Capital City Bergen / Norway

Der Mohr im Mor. Praktizierte Interkulturalität auf dem Theater
Lecture and Book Launch at the Serie of Lectures about "Theorie und Praxis der Interkulturalität" (Franz M. Wimmer)

11 January 2000

IWK, Vienna / Austria

Kulturseminare 
"Kulturwissenschaft – transdisziplinär, transnational, online"
Multimedia Presentation at the 5th Anniversary of the formation of INST

15 November 1999

Altes Rathaus, Vienna / Austria

Superare il corpo attoriale – "Riccardo III" di Carmelo Bene

Conference "Il Corpo del Teatro"

13 to 14 Oktober 1999

DAMS, Bologna / Italy

Interkulturelle Erscheinungsformen auf dem Theater im Wandel zu einer transkult. Theaterform
Conference "Internationale Kulturwissenschaften – International Cultural Studies – Etudes culturelles internationales"

15 to 19 September 1999

UNESCO, Paris / France

Theater und Interkulturalismus

Serie of Lectures about "Theorie und Praxis der Interkulturalität" (Franz M. Wimmer)

12  December 1995

IWK, Vienna / Austria