Profile

Education

1983: State Doctorate – University of Paris III. Thesis: ‘Marivaux in Performance.’

1974: Doctorate of the Third Cycle (PhD) – University of Lyon II. ‘Problemes de semiologie theatrale’ (Problems with semiotics in the theatre)

1973: Ecole Normale Superieure de Saint-Cloud (1968-1973), German and Modern Literature.

1971: Masters in Modern Literature and Languages – University of Paris X.

1970: Masters in German – University of Paris X.

1969: Licence (first degree) in German and Modern Literature and Languages – University of Paris X.

Employment

1987 to date: Professor of Theatre Studies, University of Paris VIII.

1984-1987: Maitre de Conferences (Reader) at the Institute of Theatre Studies, University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle.

1980-1984: Course director at the American Universities in Paris (Middlebury College and the University of California).

1976-1984: Assistant at the Institute of Theatre Studies of the University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Selected International Activity

2004 Visiting Professor, University of Mainz.

2003 Visiting Professorship in South Korea (Korean National University of the Arts)

2002:Visiting Professorship at the University of California (San Diego, Irvine).

2001: Conferences in Buenos Aires and doctoral courses in Cordoba.

1998:Workshops, lectures and conference papers on contemporary French dramaturgy at Universities of Santiago (Chile), Mendoza, Cordoba and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

1998 Visiting Professor, University of Bochum.

1992: Stiftungsprofessor der Stadt Bochum.

1990: Visiting professor, University of Munich.

1985-1998: Conferences in Bratislava, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Bern, Moscow, Helsinki, Bristol, Madrid, Seville, Aberystwyth, Tokyo, Seoul, Cardiff, Mainz, Taipei

1985: Visiting Professor, Department of Experimental Theatre, University of Giessen, Germany. Lectures and seminars in German.

1983: Visiting Professor, Department of Performance Studies, New York University. Seminars in English on the theory of theatre.

1980: Visiting Professor, University of California (San Diego)