Klaus Siebenhaar

Klaus Siebenhaar (born 1952) is a German university lecturer, publisher and cultural manager. In addition to his academic career at the FU Berlin, where he was director of an institute of Communication Science and Applied Cultural Studies from 1988, Siebenhaar worked for several publishing houses and theatres as an editor and publisher. He then founded his own publishing house, , as well as the Institute for Culture and Media Management (IKMW) at the university.

Career Siebenhaar was born in Siegen, and grew up in Kassel. Siebenhaar came under criticism because it was suspected that a person who had received professorship had donated to the institute, citing the case of Bernhard Lorentz, whose foundation paid 160,000 euros between 2009 and 2011.

Other activities From 1973 to 1975, Siebenhaar worked at the Staatstheater Kassel as an assistant stage director, and from 1977 to 1983 at Propyläen Verlag Berlin as an editor. From 1981 to 1983, he directed the research project and exhibition "Das war ein Vorspiel nur... 50 Jahre Bücherverbrennung" (with Walter Huber and Hermann Haarmann) at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. From 1990 to 2001, Siebenhaar worked at Deutsches Theater in Berlin in the artistic management and headed public relations and marketing. (with Achim Müller), B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2017, Auftrag Publikum. Der Hochkulturbetrieb zwischen Audience Development und Ereignisästhetik, B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2016, Das kuratierte ich. Jugendkulturen als Medienkulturen im 21. Jahrhundert (with Steffen Damm, Sirkka Jendis, Moritz Müller-Wirth), B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2012, (ed.) Culture First! Culture Management in China – Second Edition (with Uwe Nitschke), B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2011 (publ.) Leadership – Vom Führen in modernen Zeiten, B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2010 (publ.) Audience Development oder Die Kunst, neues Publikum zu gewinnen, B&S Siebenhaar Verlag, Berlin 2009 Lichtenbergs Schaubühne. Imaginarium und kleines Welttheater (Habilitationsschrift), VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Opladen 1994, (publ.) Kulturmanagement. Wirkungsvolle Strukturen im kommunalen Kulturbereich, Gütersloh 1993 (publ.) Das poetische Berlin. Metropolenkultur zwischen Gründerzeit und Nationalsozialismus, Wiesbaden 1992 Kultur & Management, Berlin 1992 (ed.) Carl Einstein. Werke, Berliner Ausgabe (with Hermann Haarmann), 5 vol., Berlin 1992–1996 (ed.) Alfred Kerr, Werke in Einzelbänden, vol. III: Essays. Theater, Film (with Hermann Haarmann), Berlin 1991 (ed.) Einakter und kleine Dramen der zwanziger Jahre, Stuttgart 1988 (ed.) "Das war ein Vorspiel nur ..." Bücherverbrennung Deutschland 1933: Voraussetzungen und Folgen (with Hermann Haarmann and Walter Huder), Berlin 1983 Klänge aus Utopia. Zeitkritik, Wandlung und Utopie im expressionistischen Drama (Dissertation), Agora Verlag, Berlin/Darmstadt 1982,