Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme
Christopher Balme is professor emeritus of theatre studies and co-director of the Research Centre global dis:connect (www.globaldisconnect.org) at LMU Munich. His publications include Decolonizing the Stage: Theatrical syncretism and postcolonial drama, (Clarendon Press 1999); Pacific Performances: Theatricality and Cross-Cultural Encounter in the South Seas (2007); Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies (2008); The theatrical public sphere (2014) and The Globalization of Theatre 1870-1930: The Theatrical Networks of Maurice E. Bandmann, (2020). He is principal investigator of the DFG-funded research network „Configurations of Crisis“ and the ERC Advanced Grant ‘"Developing Theatre: Building Expert Networks for Theatre in Emerging Countries after 1945“.