Aydin Alinejad
IT & TransferLab
Aydin Alinejad studied theatre at the LMU Munich. He has conceived screenplays, worked in the gaming industry and supports global dis:connect with IT and digital workflows. In addition, Aydin is a creative mind who assists staff and fellows in communicating their research.
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Aydin Alinejad
IT & TransferLab
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Aydin Alinejad studied theater at the LMU Munich. He realized screenplays, worked in the games industry and supports global dis:connect with IT and digital workflows. In addition, Aydin is a creative mind who assists staff and Fellows in communicating their research.
Christopher Balme
Director
Christopher Balme held the chair in theatre studies at LMU Munich until October 2022. He was born and educated in New Zealand, where he graduated from the University of Otago. He has lived and worked in Germany since 1985, with positions at the universities of Würzburg, Munich and Mainz. From 2004 to 2006 he held the chair in theatre studies at the University of Amsterdam. From 2007 to 2010 he was dean of the Faculty of History and Art at the University of Munich.
His current research interests focus on the legacy of modernism in the globalisation of the arts; theatre and the public sphere; and the relationship between media and performance.
Christopher Balme
Director
Christopher Balme held the chair in theatre studies at LMU Munich until October 2022. He was born and educated in New Zealand where he graduated from the University of Otago. He has lived and worked in Germany since 1985 with positions at the universities of Würzburg, Munich and Mainz. From 2004 to 2006 he held the chair in theatre studies at the University of Amsterdam. From 2007 to 2010 he was dean of the Faculty of History and Art at the University of Munich.
His current research interests focus on the legacy of modernism in the globalization of the arts; theatre and the public sphere; the relationship between media and performance.
Burcu Dogramaci
Director
Burcu Dogramaci, born in Ankara, is professor of art history of 20th century and contemporary art at the LMU Munich. She earned her doctorate in 2000 and completed her habilitation in art history at the University of Hamburg in 2007 with a thesis on German-speaking architects and sculptors in Turkey after 1927. She received the fellowship of the Aby M. Warburg Prize (2006), was awarded the Kurt-Hartwig-Siemers Research Prize (2008) and the Teaching Prize by the Bavarian State Ministry (2014). She leads the ERC Consolidator Project, “Relocating Modernism: Global Metropolises, Modern Art and Exile (METROMOD)” (2017–2023). Her research areas are: exile, migration and flight, art, urbanity and architecture, photography, textile modernism and live art.
Burcu Dogramaci
Director
Burcu Dogramaci, born in Ankara, is Professor of Art History of 20th century and contemporary art at the LMU Munich. She earned her doctorate in 2000 and completed her habilitation in art history at the University of Hamburg in 2007 with a thesis on German-speaking architects and sculptors in Turkey after 1927. She received the fellowship of the Aby M. Warburg Prize (2006), was awarded the Kurt-Hartwig-Siemers Research Prize (2008) and the Teaching Prize by the Bavarian State Ministry (2014). She leads the ERC Consolidator Project, “Relocating Modernism: Global Metropolises, Modern Art and Exile (METROMOD)” (2017–2023). Her research areas are: exile, migration and flight, art, urbanity and architecture, photography, textile modernism, live art.
Sophie Eisenried
Art cooperation
Sophie Eisenried is a curator, art scholar, and author. At gd:c she works as a research associate for art cooperation and communication. She is interested in intersectional art theories and institutional critique(s), the women’s movement, global protest and strike histories and the associated artistic-activist practices, as well as theories of space appropriation. In her dissertation, she is working on autonomous, feminist counter/publics since the 1970s.
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Sophie Eisenried
Art cooperation
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Sophie Eisenried is a curator, art scholar, and author. At gd:c she works as a research associate for art cooperation and communication. She is interested in intersectional art theories and institutional critique(s), the women’s movement, global protest and strike histories and the associated artistic-activist practices, as well as theories of space appropriation. In her dissertation, she is working on autonomous, feminist counter/publics since the 1970s.
Ben Kamis
Managing editor
Ben Kamis is the managing editor at global dis:connect. He supervises the publications and supports staff and fellows in the publication of research. His background is in the field of international relations, and he has previously served as editor at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Frankfurt.
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Ben Kamis
Managing editor
Veronika Proske
Communication
Veronika Proske is the fellow liaison at global dis:connect. She obtained her PhD in medieval history at the LMU with a study of diplomacy in Renaissance Italy. Before joining global dis:connect, she headed the Information Center of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Budapest.
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Veronika Proske
Communication
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Veronika Proske is the fellow liaison at global dis:connect. She obtained her PhD in medieval history at the LMU with a study of diplomacy in Renaissance Italy. Before joining the centre, she headed the Information Center of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Budapest.
Laura Ritter
Managing director
Laura Ritter is the managing director at global dis:connect. She obtained her PhD in history at the University of Freiburg with a study on the Russian emigration in Germany after the Russian Revolution. Before joining global dis:connect, she was the coordinator of the Basel Graduate School of History at the Department of History at the University of Basel from 2018 to 2022.
Laura Ritter
Managing Director
Laura Ritter is global dis:connect’s managing director. She obtained her PhD in history at the University of Freiburg with a study on the Russian emigration in Germany after the Russian Revolution. Before joining the centre, she was the coordinator of the Basel Graduate School of History at the Department of History at the University of Basel from 2018 to 2022.
Isabella Schüler-Pfeuffer
Fellow liaison
Isabella Schüler-Pfeuffer is the fellow liaison at global dis:connect. She obtained her PhD in modern history at the LMU with a political biography of Franz Anton Graf von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, a leading statesman of the Habsburg Monarchy during the Vormärz period. Before joining global dis:connect, she worked as administrative coordinator at the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences / Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe (KFG) Universalism and Particularism in European Contemporary History at LMU Munich.
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Isabella Schüler-Pfeuffer
Fellow liaison
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Isabella Schüler-Pfeuffer is the fellow liaison at global dis:connect. She obtained her PhD in modern history at the LMU with a political biography of Franz Anton Graf von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, a leading statesman of the Habsburg Monarchy during the Vormärz period. Before joining global dis:connect, she worked as administrative coordinator at the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences / Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe (KFG) Universalism and Particularism in European Contemporary History at LMU Munich.
Ophelia Wach
Event manager
Ophelia Wach is the event manager at global dis:connect. She obtained her Master’s degree in “Politics and Technology” at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) with a thesis on the development of novel male contraceptives. Before joining global dis:connect, she was coordinator of a doctoral program at TUM. She is curious about the relationship between society and technology, as expressed in political movements, artwork and the system of science. As co-founder of the initiative “100 Voices – One Planet”, she is invested in communicating climate impacts globally.
Ophelia Wach
Event manager
Ophelia Wach is the event manager at global dis:connect. She obtained her Master’s degree in “Politics and Technology” at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) with a thesis on the development of novel male contraceptives. Before joining global dis:connect, she was coordinator of a doctoral program at TUM. She is curious about the relationship between society and technology, as expressed in political movements, artwork and the system of science. As co-founder of the initiative “100 Voices – One Planet”, she is invested in communicating climate impacts globally.
Roland Wenzlhuemer
Director
Roland Wenzlhuemer is professor of modern history at LMU. His work and research focuses primarily on colonial and global history. He investigated the socio-cultural transformation of colonial agrarian economies (Ceylon), researches the emergence and significance of global infrastructures (telegraphy), is interested in transitions and transits in global connections (intercontinental shipping) and deals with the theory and methods of global history.
Roland Wenzlhuemer
Director
Roland Wenzlhuemer is Professor of Modern History at LMU. His work and research focuses primarily on colonial and global history. He investigated the socio-cultural transformation of colonial agrarian economies (Ceylon), researches the emergence and significance of global infrastructures (telegraphy), is interested in transitions and transits in global connections (intercontinental shipping) and deals with the theory and method of global history.
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