Nic Leonhardt

Nic Leonhardt studied Theatre Studies and Audiovisual Media, German Philology and Art History at the Universities of Erlangen-Nürnberg and Mainz. In her PhD-thesis, Piktoral-Dramaturgie (Pictorial Dramaturgy), she explored the interplay of Visual Culture and Theatre in 19th Century Germany (1869-1899). She worked as a research assistant and associate instructor at the University of Mainz, and the University of Music in Köln, and received grants from the University of Mainz, the DAAD, and the Fulbright Commission. Nic Leonhardt is currently holding a position as research assistant at the University of Music and Theatre, Leipzig.
Her research interests and publications include theatre and media history, visual culture, popular culture, censorship, acting theory, and telenovelas. She is currently working on a book on stereography.