Alexander Weinstock

Alexander Weinstock has researched and taught at various universities (University of Cologne, Universidad de Sevilla, UC Berkeley, University of Hamburg) at the interface of literature and theater studies. During this time, his two studies “Das Maß und die Nützlichkeit. Zum Verhältnis von Theater und Erziehung im 18. Jahrhundert” (Bielefeld 2019) and, together with Martin Jörg Schäfer, ”Theatre in Handwriting. Hamburg Prompt Book Practices, 1770s-1820s” (Bielefeld 2024).
He is a lecturer in the Master's program “Theories and Practices of Professional Writing” at the University of Cologne. His first volume of poetry, “Die Gefährdung der Jugend”, was published by edition neje tieden in 2023 and is now available in a third edition.
He has been working as a dramaturge and audience developer at the Theater an der Ruhr since 2023, as a dramaturge and author for the RUHRORTER group since 2015 and as a dramaturge for the reading series “Tatort Mittelmeer” by SOS Humanity presented at the Deutsches Theater and the Thalia Theater, among others, since 2020. He has been developing inclusive theater projects with deaf and hearing teenagers and young adults at the Studios für kulturelle Bildung Brühl since 2022.