Institute of Theatre Studies

M.A. Lara Morgan

Research Assistant / Doctoral Student

E-Mail
lara.morgan@unibe.ch
Office
Büro 196, 1. Stock
Postal Address
University of Bern
Institute of Theatre Studies
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
by arrangement

Research Focus

  • Theater and performance tradition in the Arab world 
  • Theater history of the Arab world 
  • Arab theater and performance aesthetics 
  • Political theater in the Arab world 
  • Theater censorship in the Arab world 
  • Decolonial theater practices in the Arab theater space  

Lara Morgan was born in 1997 in the United Arab Emirates and grew up in Lower Saxony, Germany. After her abitur, she moved to Bern and completed her Bachelor's degree at the Institute for Theater and Dance Studies (Major) and the Institute for Art History (Minor) at the University of Bern. In her bachelor's thesis, she explored the themes of representation and stereotyping strategies in the comedy Homohalal by Ibrahim Amir at Vienna's WERK X theater. Subsequently, Lara Morgan completed her Master's degree at the mentioned institutions. Her master's thesis is entitled “Performing Identity: Reimagining Heritage in Contemporary Middle Eastern Theatre and Performance” and covers the theater space of the Arabian Peninsula and asks questions about Arab concepts of identity that emerge on stage. Since October 2024, Lara Morgan has been doing her doctorate at the Institute of Theater Studies in the field of contemporary theater and works as a research assistant. In addition to her academic work, Lara Morgan is also involved in the Swiss/Arabic independent scene at Studio Moroni and participates in productions at the Schlachthaustheater and the Dampfzentrale in Bern.

Morgan, Lara: Reimagining Black Gold Nostalgia in the Arabian Gulf: Monira Al Qadiri’s Alien Technology II. In: Hindelang, Laura und Radwan, Nadia (Hrsg.): Nostalgia and Belonging in Art and Architecture from the MENA Region. A Collection of Essays, o.O. 2021, https://www.manazir.art/application/files/3916/3403/4395/Morgan_Nostalgia_and_Belonging_in_Art_and_Architecture_from_the_MENA_Region.pdf.  

Morgan, Lara: Repräsentation und Stereotypisierung. Eine Analyse der Komödie HOMOHALAL von Ibrahim Amir. In: Hochholdinger-Reiterer, Beate; Portmann, Alexandra und Thurner, Christina (Hrsg.): Berner Arbeiten zur Theater- und Tanzwissenschaft (BATT): Vol. 14., Bern 2022, https://www.theaterwissenschaft.unibe.ch/forschung/publikationen/reihen/batt/index_ger.html

External activities

  • Member of Gesellschaft für Theaterwissenschaft GTW
  • Member of the International Federation for Theatre Studies IFTR
  • Member of Manazir Platform for Study of Visual Arts, Architecture and Heritage in the MENA Region