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Globalization in Cylinders (2016-2017)

Project Title Globalization in Cylinders: Recording Asian Sounds on the European Stage, 1890-1910 Research Fellowship (2016-2017) Funded by the International Research Center »Interweaving Performance Cultures« Project Summary In September 1900, Carl Stumpf, professor of psychology, recorded the guest performance of a Siamese music theatre group in Berlin on an Edison cylinder… Continue reading

Sounding Modernities (2010-2014)

Sounding Modernities: Theatre and Music in Manila and the Asia Pacific, 1869-1946 Doctoral Project (2010-2014) Ludwig Maximilians Universität München Funded by: the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/German Research Foundation (DFG) “Global Theatre Histories” Summary The arrival of modernity is often hailed in visual terms, but not as much as with the heraldry of its concomitant… Continue reading