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Social Movements, Performance and Democratic Practices (Indo-Canadian Dialogue): A Conference

Conference Schedule (Canadian Standard Time)

Day 1: March 25th, Thursday (CST: 10 am–1 pm; IST: 7:30 pm–10:30 pm; UK time: 2- pm–5pm)

Session I (CST: 10 am- 11:30 am): Key Note

Welcome Address by Dr. Prachi Kaul, Director, SICI

Key Note: De-Centering Leftist Theatre across Cultures: With Brecht from the GDR to India, by

Joerg Esleben, Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Ottawa

Respondents:

Anuradha Kapur, School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University, New Delhi

Prateek, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan

Session II (CST: 11: 30 am – 1 pm): Alternative Routes of Performance Exchanges

Speakers:

Milija Gluhovic, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of TV

Sumangala Damodaran, Development Studies, Ambedkar University, New Delhi

Ameet Parameswaran, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Day 2: March 26th Friday (CST: 10 am–1 pm; IST: 7:30 pm–10:30 pm; UK time: 2- pm–5pm)

Session I (10 am – 11:30 am): Politics & Poetics of Everyday Life: Biography, Gender, Political Engagement

Speakers:

Silvija Jestrovic, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of TV

Urmimala Sarkar, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Session II (11: 30 am - 1 pm): Theatre/Performance and the Affective Registers of the Political

Speakers:

Yana Meerzon, Department of Theatre, University of Ottawa, Canada

Mallarika Sinha Roy, Centre for Women’s Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Anika Marschall, School for Communication and Culture, Aarhus University

 

Day 3: March 27th, Saturday (CST: 9:30 am–1 pm; IST: 7:00 pm–10:30 pm; UK time: 1:30 pm–5pm)

Session I (9:30 am- 11:30 am): Theatre/Performance and the Space(s) of Resistance

Speakers:

Dragan Todorovic, Writer and Multimedia artist; Faculty of Creative Writing, University of Kent

Bishnupriya Dutt, Theatre and Performance Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Anupama Roy, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Adrian Kear, Performance Arts, Wimbledon College of Arts, UK

Session II (11:30 am – 1 pm): From Disasters to Pandemics: Aesthetics and Politics of Performance

Nivedita Menon, Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Dialogue with Artist: Conversation with Rahul Varma, Playwright, Artistic Director, Teesri Duniya Theatre, Canada, conducted by Yana Meerzon and Ameet Parameswaran

 

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