Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) workshop
Dr. Aurélien Bellucci is an ERC postdoctoral fellow in the project on “Theatre and Gentrification in the European City” (THEAGENT). A native of Metz, he was trained in modern literature at Sorbonne Université and in social sciences at Sciences Po before receiving his PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University. His dissertation is entitled Democratic Performances: How Theater Creates the People (ACLA honorable mention 2024), it compares different traditions of people’s theaters in Europe, China, and India, and it is based on fieldwork with theater makers and audiences. Part of his research was published in The Brecht Yearbook and New Theatre Quarterly. Aurélien is also an associate scholar at Harvard’s Asia Center and a lecturer at Miami University Dolibois European Center.
The speaker
Dr. Aurélien Bellucci
Researcher at the American University of Paris.
Programme
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13.30 – 14.00
Welcome coffee
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14.00 – 14.10
Introduction by Prof. Claus Vögele, Head of IAS
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14.10 – 15.30
“Theatre and Democracy in Europe and Asia Today” followed by Q&A
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15.30 – 17.00
Coffee break and networking