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As a doctoral student Šimon Peták had done field research at different European universities which offered studies in theatre dramaturgy. His aim was to understand various approaches to the teaching of dramaturgy. Between 2019 and 2021 he conducted the research of two MA dramaturgy study programmes at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), at ATW and Choreography and Performance study programmes at Justus-Liebig University Giessen (Germany), and at Theatre Academy of Uniarts Helsinki (Finland). He discussed several topics which had emerged from his research at these different institutions and which seemed crucial when thinking about the ways in which to study and teach dramaturgy, e.g., the role of the original author’s work in education of future dramaturgs; the relation between an extracurricular theatrical creation and the curriculum; the role of the ‘canon’ (i.e., a stable set of authors or works that are repeatedly presented to students as important and are expected to be known); and the relations between the construction of the student’s dramaturgical identity during their studies and dramaturgy jobs existing in theatre institutions of a given country. The lecture mainly drew on his observations of courses, interviews with students, teachers, and particular graduate programmes and on the conclusions which he reached as a spectator of their artistic work. His own fresh experience of a teacher of dramaturgy at The Theatre Faculty of Janáček Academy of Performing Arts Brno (Czechia) was also included at appropriate parts of the lecture.