Julius Heinicke is Professor and Holder of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim and honorary professor at the University of Toronto, Canada and the University of the Arts Belgrade, Serbia. Currently, he leads Work Packages in the EU Horizion Research Projects IN SITU, D@rts and Intracomp. From 2017-2020, he was Professor in “Cultural Studies” at Coburg University and directed the Science and Culture Centre. After studying cultural and performance studies, he completed his PhD at the Humboldt University in Berlin on theatre, art and politics in Zimbabwe.
Current publications
• Heinicke, Julius: The Glocal Self: Cultural Policy Concepts Between Heritage and Future Using the Example of Berlin’s Humboldt Forum. In: Wulf, Christoph (Ed.): Handbook on Intangible Cultural Practices as Global Strategies for the Future, Springer: 2024
• Heinicke, Julius et al. (Ed.) (2024): Handbuch Kulturpolitik, Springer: Wiesbaden.
• Heinicke, Julius: „Reconfiguring Postcolonial Cultural Policy“, in Igweonu, Kene: Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance, London / New York: Routledge, 2024, Chapter 9.
• Heinicke, Julius: „Creating Counter Public Sphere(s): Performances in Zimbabwe between Mugabe and Western NGOs”, in: Seda, Owen; Ravengai, Samuel (Ed.): Theatre from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe: Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2022, 131-147.
• Heinicke, Julius (Sub.-Ed.): Applied Performance in Western Europe, in: Prentki, Tim; Breed, Ananda (Ed.): The Routledge Companion to Applied Performance Volume 1. London / New York: Routledge, 2021.
