Daniel Bandmann: The Shakespearean actor who sought a career makeover in India in the 19th century
One of the earliest globe-trotting actor-managers, Bandmann generally like Indians but not theatre critics.
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One of the earliest globe-trotting actor-managers, Bandmann generally like Indians but not theatre critics.
E-Mail A new, federally funded, international research center at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich will study globalization from an unusual angle. It will consider the complexities of worldwide networks of mutual dependency in terms of the dynamics of "dis:connectivity". On the surface, globalization promises more of everything - more speed, more efficiency, more internationalism - an inexorably increasing degree of networking and concentration. "But this is an overly simplistic view," says Roland Wenzlhuemer, Professor of Modern and Contemporary history at LMU. "Globalization...