Acting as a Profession. Historical Conjunctures of Human Differentiation in Actor Training, Artist Marketing, and Theatres in the 20th Century (D04*)

• Subject Area: Theatre and Media Studies
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 442261292

This subproject investigates the significance of human differentiation for the selection and formation of personnel in actor training, artist marketing, and theaters during the professionalization of acting in the 20th century. It examines various time periods in the light of shifting political, economic, and social conditions: the Weimar Republic, the National Socialist era, and the divided Germany up to reunification.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1482: Studies in Human Differentiation
• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Friedemann Kreuder; Dr. Hanna Voss