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Gero Tögl completed his doctoral thesis "The Bayreuth Enterprise 1848 - 1914 with a successful defense at the institute for theatre studies, LMU university of Munich, in January 2015.
Born 1984 in Graz/Austria, Gero Toegl studied Dramaturgy, Communication Studies, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at Ludwig-Maximilians-University from which he graduated in July 2009. From September 2006 to July 2007 he visited King’s College London as a Socrates/Erasmus-student, and in October 2013 the University of California, Berkeley as Visiting Student Researcher via the "LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities" program.
Gero Toegl worked for Pathos Transport Theatre Munich 2004-2012 as a Dramaturg and Assistant Director. He completed internships at Schauspielhaus Graz and Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel. In academia, he has been teaching at LMU Munich, Theatre Studies Department (since 2010), the Bavarian Theatre Academy (winter 2012), as well as at the private Acting School DAS-Zerboni in Munich (since 2015).
His research interests concern theatre history in the context of media theory, Actor-Network-Theory, Computer Game Studies, and the institutional history of the Bayreuth Festival. He is member of the editorial office of the Journal of Global Theatre History (GTHJ).
Research Projects
DFG-Reinhart-Koselleck-Projekt „Global Theater Histories. Modernization, public spheres and transnational theatrical networks 1860-1990” (Prof. Dr. Christopher Balme)
LMUexchellent Projekt „ Theatrescapes. Theatrescapes. Mapping Global Theatre Histories.” (Dr. Nic Leonhardt)
Publications
Thesis
Tögl, Gero (2015): The Bayreuth Enterprise. 1848-1914. Dissertation. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München. Theaterwissenschaft.
Tögl, Gero (2009): Konstruktion und Erfahrung von Welten. Die Erscheinungen der Martha Rubin als Beispiel für die Remediatisierung des Theaters durch die Neuen Medien. Diplomarbeit. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München. Theaterwissenschaft.
Essays
Tögl, Gero (2012): "This place is not much of a fucking holiday!" Simulation und Freiheit in Sandbox Games am Beispiel von Grand Theft Auto IV. In: Jörg von Brincken (Hg.): Emotional Gaming. Gefühlsdimensionen des Computerspielens. 1. Aufl. München: epodium (Intervisionen, 10), S. 153–169.
Tögl, Gero (2011): Remediating Theatre: From Grand Theft Auto to The Ruby Town Oracle. In: Jörg von Brincken (Hg.): Fictions, Realities. New forms and interactions. München: Meidenbauer (Fiction and Reality, 2), S. 21–38.
Reviews
Tögl, Gero (2015) zu: Bernd Buchner: Wagners Welttheater. Die Geschichte der Bayreuther Festspiele zwischen Kunst und Politik. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2013. In: HSozKult
Tögl, Gero (2014) zu: Katharina Pewny: Das Drama des Prekären. Über die Wiederkehr der Ethik in Theater und Performance. Bielefeld: Transcript 2011. In: Forum Modernes Theater 2011 [2014] (26), S. 233–235.