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Robert Henke

Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature Director of Graduate Studies MA in Performance Studies

Washington University in St. Louis

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Arts & Sciences

Classics

Robert Henke is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature Director of Graduate Studies MA in Performance Studies at Washington University In St. Louis.

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Robert Henke

Washington University in St. Louis

Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature Director of Graduate Studies MA in Performance Studies

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Orality and Literature in the Commedia Dell’Arte. Oxford University Press eBooks (2025)

Robert Henke

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Shakespeare and Early Modern Italian Theater: Scripts, Scenarios, and Stories. Bloomsbury Publishing, Arden Shakespeare Series (2024)

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The Commedia Dell’Arte. The Oxford Handbook of Italian Literature (2024)

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Performing Commedia Dell’arte, 1570-1630. Theatre Journal (2022)

music historyart historymusical analysistheatredramaturgyhistorical danceperformance artmusicologypublic performancehistory of arttheatre studies

Quand Les Spectatrices Font Le Spectacle: Offensives FéMinines Sur Les Places De Marché, Dans Les Tavernes Et Dans Les ThéâTres à Ciel Ouvert De La PremièRe Modernité. La Spectatrice!: Les femmes au spectacle de l’Antiquité à nos jours, CNRS Editions (2022)

contemporary theatreoffensives fémininesfrench civilizationfrench studiestheatredramaturgyfrenchles placesradical aestheticshistory of arttheatre studies

Contemporary Adaptation of the Medieval Mystery Play, Entitled “the Covid Mysteries,”. (2021)

playwritingcontemporary dramamedieval mystery playliterary historycontemporary adaptationtheatredramaturgyvictorian literatureliteraturecovid mysteries

Representations of Need and Want. The Cultural History of Poverty at the Dawn of the World Economy (1450-1650) (2021)

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Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces. Theatre Journal (2021)

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Genre Decorum as Precondition of Renaissance Genre Bending. The Italianist (2020)

philosophy of musicaestheticsmusic historyart researchart historygenre decorumcontemporary fictionmusicologynew genres

Literati and Peddlers: The Commedia Dell’arte and the German Idea of World Literature. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Literature (2020)

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Robert Henke

Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature Director of Graduate Studies MA in Performance Studies

Washington University in St. Louis

Affiliations

Arts & Sciences

Classics

Robert Henke is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature Director of Graduate Studies MA in Performance Studies at Washington University In St. Louis.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Robert Henke

Washington University in St. Louis

Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature Director of Graduate Studies MA in Performance Studies

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Orality and Literature in the Commedia Dell’Arte. Oxford University Press eBooks (2025)

Robert Henke

cultural studiesliterary studiesliterary theoryhumanitiesliterary historynarrativecultural historycomparative literatureliteratureliterary criticism

Shakespeare and Early Modern Italian Theater: Scripts, Scenarios, and Stories. Bloomsbury Publishing, Arden Shakespeare Series (2024)

The Commedia Dell’Arte. The Oxford Handbook of Italian Literature (2024)

visual artsfilmvisual culturescreen mediumdigital artperformance artvideo installations

Performing Commedia Dell’arte, 1570-1630. Theatre Journal (2022)

music historyart historymusical analysistheatredramaturgyhistorical danceperformance artmusicologypublic performancehistory of arttheatre studies

contemporary theatreoffensives fémininesfrench civilizationfrench studiestheatredramaturgyfrenchles placesradical aestheticshistory of arttheatre studies

Contemporary Adaptation of the Medieval Mystery Play, Entitled “the Covid Mysteries,”. (2021)

playwritingcontemporary dramamedieval mystery playliterary historycontemporary adaptationtheatredramaturgyvictorian literatureliteraturecovid mysteries

Representations of Need and Want. The Cultural History of Poverty at the Dawn of the World Economy (1450-1650) (2021)

reasoning about actionautonomyhuman conditionhuman decision processmotivationcognitive sciencerepresentation analysispsychological sciencecuriositybehavioral decision making

Visual Experiences in Cinquecento Theatrical Spaces. Theatre Journal (2021)

contemporary theatrevisual cultureinteractive arttheatreperformance artvisual experiences

Genre Decorum as Precondition of Renaissance Genre Bending. The Italianist (2020)

philosophy of musicaestheticsmusic historyart researchart historygenre decorumcontemporary fictionmusicologynew genres

Literati and Peddlers: The Commedia Dell’arte and the German Idea of World Literature. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Literature (2020)

world literatureliterary studiesliterary theoryvisual cultureliterary historytextual practicepoeticsgerman ideacomparative literatureart theoryart criticismliteratureliterary criticismcultural texts

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