Gerald Köhler (theater scholar)

Gerald Koehler

Gerald Köhler (born April 5, 1959 in Wuppertal ) is a German theater scholar and research assistant at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater at the University of Cologne as well as the curator of the graphic collection of the theater studies collection at the University of Cologne . Köhler is best known for his research on the director Gustav Rudolf Sellner .

Life

After graduating from high school Adolfinum in Moers in 1977 and working as a contract soldier, Gerald Köhler began studying at the University of Cologne in October 1979. In 1993 he completed his studies with a master's thesis "Gustav Rudolf Sellner and his collaboration with visual artists" . Since 1993 he has been a research assistant at the Theater Studies Collection at the University of Cologne, where he is curator of the Collection of Graphics. In addition to archival activities , his area of ​​responsibility includes the curatorial preparation and support of exhibitions at home and abroad. He has also been teaching at the University of Cologne since 1993, where he received his doctorate in 1999 with his thesis “The Instrumental Theater of Gustav Rudolf Sellner” (1999, published 2002).

In the 2015 summer semester, Köhler achieved above-average results in the subject evaluation. His outstanding commitment to teaching was particularly rated very well.

In the current coverage of the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Köhler presents parts of the theater studies collection.

Gerald Köhler is married and has a son and a daughter.

Publications (selection)

• Elmar Buck, Joachim Geil, Gerald Köhler (eds.): Gustav Rudolf Sellner, director and general manager, 1905–1990: An exhibition of the theater studies collection of the University of Cologne. Cologne 1996.
• Gerald Köhler: 'Everyone is waiting for the light' For electrical lighting on the theater stage. In: R. Spilker (Ed.): Be absolutely modern. Electricity and Zeitgeist around 1900. Rasch Universitätsverlag, Osnabrück 2001. ISBN 978-3-935326-54-4 .
• Gerald Köhler: The Instrumental Theater of Gustav Rudolf Sellner. Teiresias Verlag, Cologne 2002. ISBN 978-3-934305-40-3 .
• Elmar Buck, Gerald Köhler, Torsten Schmidt (eds.): Rudolf Schock & the Roelens: the tenor and the fräulein. Catalog for the exhibition of the theater studies collection of the University of Cologne, Schloss Wahn. Theater studies collection, Cologne 2005.
• Gerald Köhler: “The picture was in constant motion” on Kandinsky's “Pictures at an Exhibition” . In: Erik Stephan for the Jena Municipal Museums (ed.): Point and line to area. JenaKultur, Jena 2009, pp. 149–178.
• Gerald Köhler: Son of Man instead of Son of God. To the sacred stage of the Expressionists. In: Association August-Macke-Haus (ed.): Christ on the Rhine and Ruhr. On the rediscovery of the sacred in modern times, 1910–1930. Bonn 2009, pp. 88–118.
• Gerald Köhler: Pain becomes space here. Expressionist theater as a total work of art. In: Claudia Dillmann, Ralf Beil (Hrsg.): Gesamtkunstwerk Expressionismus. Art, film, literature, theater, dance and architecture 1905 to 1925. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-7757-2712-9 .
• Gerald Köhler: “Bohemia. A desert area by the sea ”/“ Bohemia. A desert country near the sea ”Topographical blur as guarantee for scenic quality. In: Petra Hesse, Peter W. Marx (Eds.): A Party for Will! A journey into the Shakespeare universe. Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2014. ISBN 978-3-943881-94-3 .
• Gerald Köhler: "Call for murder, and unleash the war dog" / "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" The type of the "eternal soldier" in Shakespeare / The type of the "eternal soldier" within Shakespeare. In: Petra Hesse, Peter W. Marx (Eds.): A Party for Will! A journey into the Shakespeare universe. Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2014. ISBN 978-3-943881-94-3 .
• Gerald Köhler: Soviet October theater in a stage model. In: David Ludwig (Ed.): The material model. Object stories from scientific practice. Fink, Paderborn 2014, pp. 107–113.

Web links

• Gerald Köhler at the Institute for Media Culture and Theater at the University of Cologne
• Theater Studies Collection Cologne
• Author page on Theater der Zeit

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ksta.de/koeln/theaterwissenschaft-schaedlinge-befallen-wertvolle-masken,15187530,12028358.html
2. ↑ http://tws.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/12519.html?&L=0
3. ↑ http://www.ksta.de/porz/sote-rudolf-schock-theaterwissenschaftliche-sammlung-wahn,15187570,31392060.html