SCHEDULE
‘Crisis, Migration and Performance’ Symposium
11-12 March 2016
Moore Institute
Hardiman Research Building
G010 and G011
Day One
8:30-9: Registration and coffee
9-9:30- Opening Address:
(Room G010)
Jason King and Charlotte McIvor (National University of Ireland, Galway),
‘Crisis, Migration and Performance: Where We Stand in Europe and Beyond’
9.30-11.00: Panel Session 1:
Panel 1.1: ‘Performances of Power: Gender, Sexualities and Migration’
Chair: Miriam Haughton
(Room G010)
Carol Campbell (George Mason University), ‘Burdened at Best: The Precarious Journey of US Migrants'
Elizabeth Gibson (George Mason University), ‘Mobilizing Vulnerability: Representations of Migrant Transwomen and Human Rights Discourse'
Rachel Lewis (George Mason University), ‘A Kafkaesque State: Lesbians, Theatre, and Asylum'
Panel 1.2: ‘Performing Irishness, Embodying Diaspora’
Chair: Marianne Ní Chinneide
(Room G011)
Paul Moore (University of Sydney), 'Home: The child’s experience of migration, embodied landscapes and imaginary states'
Andrew O’Báoill (National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘"Drink until you're Irish": tradition and cultural appropriation at the University of Illinois'
Russell Brown (University of Limerick), ‘’The Transatlantic Origins of the Irish Jig: a Case Study in Performance Historiography’
11.00-11.30: Coffee
11.30-13.00: Panel Session 2
Panel 2.1: Medias, Migration, Performance
Chair: Muireann O’Cinneide
(Room G010)
Ajibade Olusola (Obafemi Awolowo University),‘Ọmo Britiko: Portrayal of Migration and Postcolonial Lives in Nigerian Home Video’
Yana Meerzon (University of Ottawa), 'Exilic Solo Performances: Staging Body in a Movement/Logos Continuum'
Sara Martín Ruiz (Universidad de Zaragoza), ‘Forced to Migrate, Forced to Illegality: Literary Representations of Irish Immigration Law'
Simon Piasecki (Liverpool Hope University), 'The Wealth of Moral Sentiments: Altruism and Peril in Performance'
Panel 2.2: ‘Testing the Limits of Applied Theatre in Working with Migrants’
Chair: Marina Ní Dhubháin
(Room G011)
Taiwo Afolabi (University of Victoria, British Columbia), ‘“Refugee” and “Refuge”: The Relationship of Language to migration and performance'
Anita Hallewas (University of Victoria, British Columbia), ‘Furthering the Global Maltreatment: Contemporary Refugee Theatre in Australia’
Michael Finneran (University of Limerick), ‘Applied theatre, citizenship and social change'
13.00-14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: Panel Session 3
Chair: Rachel Parry
(Room G010)
Panel 3: ‘Staging Migration and Crisis in Germany and Austria’
Vicky Angelaki (University of Birmingham), ‘“We have come, and yet we are not there”: Performances of Migration and Refugees in Elfriede Jelinek’s Die Schutzbefohlenen’
Anika Marschall (University of Glasgow), ‘The Dead Are Coming: Performing agency for Refugeeness as a non-refugee independent theatre collective’s body’
Steve Wilmer (Trinity College, Dublin), ‘Refugees on the Berlin Stage'
15.30-16.00: Coffee
16.00-17.30: Keynote 1
Chair: Charlotte McIvor
(Room G010)
Alison Jeffers (University of Manchester),
'Civil listening and hospitable stages: the role of participation in refugee theatre practices'
Day Two
10.00-11.30: Panel Session 4
Panel 4.1: ‘Performing the Refugee: The Space of the Camp and the Role of Humanitarianism’
Chair: Christina Wilson
(Room G011)
Alexis Bushnell (National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘Staging Crisis: Refugee Camp Architecture in Performance'
Justine Nakase (National University of Ireland, Galway), 'Acting Aid: The Humanitarian Performances of Angelina Jolie Pitt and Christina Noble'.
Karian Schuitema (University of Westminster), ‘Passive Bystanders or Active Participants? Children’s engagement with migration and crisis'
Panel 4.2: ‘Form as Tactic: Migration as Performance Dramaturgy’
Chair: Thomas Conway
(Room G010)
Eva Maria Kubin and Veronika Hudetz (Universitat Salzburg), ‘Autobiographical Narration by Migrants as Performance’
Marilena Zaroulia (University of Winchester), ‘A view from a distance: Performing the “European” (Migrant) Crisis in Britain'
Angeline Young (University of Arizona), ‘Migration, Performance and Understanding Refugee Experience'
11.30-11.45: Coffee
11.45-13.15: Keynote 2
Chair: Jason King
(Room G010)
Emma Cox (Royal Holloway, London), 'Processional Aesthetics: Performing Irregular Transit in Europe'.
13.15-14.15: Lunch
14.15-15.45: Panel Session 5
Panel 5.1: ‘Migration, Labour and Moving Bodies’
Chair: Ciara L. Murphy
(Room G011)
Claire Conceison (MIT), ‘Laughter is the Best Medicine: The Plight of China’s Migrant Population in Meng Jinghui’s Two Dogs’ Opinions on Life'
Aoife Connolly (National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘The Algerian War, European Settler Migration and Post-Independence Performativity’
Urmila Palit (Jahangirnagar University), ‘Understanding European Migrant Crisis through the Elements of Bengali Theater'
Panel 5.2: ‘Archiving Asylum: Repertoires of Protest, Protesting Through Art’
Chair: Justine Nakase
(Room G010)
Anne Mulhall (University College, Dublin/Anti-Racism Network) and Vukasin Nedeljkovic (Dun Laoghaire Institute of Technology/Asylum Archive), ‘Asylum Archive: performative encounters and the performativity of protest in the contemporary migration management apparatus’
15.45-16.00: Coffee
16.00-18.00: Roundtable Panel
Chair: Charlotte McIvor
(Room G010)
Ceara Conway, Visual Artist and Singer, creator of Making Visible, The People’s History
Michael Chanda and Aisling McCormick, Discovery Gospel Choir
Maud Hendricks and Bernie O’Reilly, Outlandish Theatre Platform, creators of Between Land and Water
Gary Keegan and Feidlim Cannon, Brokentalkers, creators of This Beach
John Scott, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, creator of Fall and Recover in partnership with Centre for Care of Survivors of Torture
18.00: Closing Wine Reception, followed by recommendations for local pub with live music
‘Crisis, Migration and Performance’ Symposium
11-12 March 2016
Moore Institute
Hardiman Research Building
G010 and G011
Day One
8:30-9: Registration and coffee
9-9:30- Opening Address:
(Room G010)
Jason King and Charlotte McIvor (National University of Ireland, Galway),
‘Crisis, Migration and Performance: Where We Stand in Europe and Beyond’
9.30-11.00: Panel Session 1:
Panel 1.1: ‘Performances of Power: Gender, Sexualities and Migration’
Chair: Miriam Haughton
(Room G010)
Carol Campbell (George Mason University), ‘Burdened at Best: The Precarious Journey of US Migrants'
Elizabeth Gibson (George Mason University), ‘Mobilizing Vulnerability: Representations of Migrant Transwomen and Human Rights Discourse'
Rachel Lewis (George Mason University), ‘A Kafkaesque State: Lesbians, Theatre, and Asylum'
Panel 1.2: ‘Performing Irishness, Embodying Diaspora’
Chair: Marianne Ní Chinneide
(Room G011)
Paul Moore (University of Sydney), 'Home: The child’s experience of migration, embodied landscapes and imaginary states'
Andrew O’Báoill (National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘"Drink until you're Irish": tradition and cultural appropriation at the University of Illinois'
Russell Brown (University of Limerick), ‘’The Transatlantic Origins of the Irish Jig: a Case Study in Performance Historiography’
11.00-11.30: Coffee
11.30-13.00: Panel Session 2
Panel 2.1: Medias, Migration, Performance
Chair: Muireann O’Cinneide
(Room G010)
Ajibade Olusola (Obafemi Awolowo University),‘Ọmo Britiko: Portrayal of Migration and Postcolonial Lives in Nigerian Home Video’
Yana Meerzon (University of Ottawa), 'Exilic Solo Performances: Staging Body in a Movement/Logos Continuum'
Sara Martín Ruiz (Universidad de Zaragoza), ‘Forced to Migrate, Forced to Illegality: Literary Representations of Irish Immigration Law'
Simon Piasecki (Liverpool Hope University), 'The Wealth of Moral Sentiments: Altruism and Peril in Performance'
Panel 2.2: ‘Testing the Limits of Applied Theatre in Working with Migrants’
Chair: Marina Ní Dhubháin
(Room G011)
Taiwo Afolabi (University of Victoria, British Columbia), ‘“Refugee” and “Refuge”: The Relationship of Language to migration and performance'
Anita Hallewas (University of Victoria, British Columbia), ‘Furthering the Global Maltreatment: Contemporary Refugee Theatre in Australia’
Michael Finneran (University of Limerick), ‘Applied theatre, citizenship and social change'
13.00-14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: Panel Session 3
Chair: Rachel Parry
(Room G010)
Panel 3: ‘Staging Migration and Crisis in Germany and Austria’
Vicky Angelaki (University of Birmingham), ‘“We have come, and yet we are not there”: Performances of Migration and Refugees in Elfriede Jelinek’s Die Schutzbefohlenen’
Anika Marschall (University of Glasgow), ‘The Dead Are Coming: Performing agency for Refugeeness as a non-refugee independent theatre collective’s body’
Steve Wilmer (Trinity College, Dublin), ‘Refugees on the Berlin Stage'
15.30-16.00: Coffee
16.00-17.30: Keynote 1
Chair: Charlotte McIvor
(Room G010)
Alison Jeffers (University of Manchester),
'Civil listening and hospitable stages: the role of participation in refugee theatre practices'
Day Two
10.00-11.30: Panel Session 4
Panel 4.1: ‘Performing the Refugee: The Space of the Camp and the Role of Humanitarianism’
Chair: Christina Wilson
(Room G011)
Alexis Bushnell (National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘Staging Crisis: Refugee Camp Architecture in Performance'
Justine Nakase (National University of Ireland, Galway), 'Acting Aid: The Humanitarian Performances of Angelina Jolie Pitt and Christina Noble'.
Karian Schuitema (University of Westminster), ‘Passive Bystanders or Active Participants? Children’s engagement with migration and crisis'
Panel 4.2: ‘Form as Tactic: Migration as Performance Dramaturgy’
Chair: Thomas Conway
(Room G010)
Eva Maria Kubin and Veronika Hudetz (Universitat Salzburg), ‘Autobiographical Narration by Migrants as Performance’
Marilena Zaroulia (University of Winchester), ‘A view from a distance: Performing the “European” (Migrant) Crisis in Britain'
Angeline Young (University of Arizona), ‘Migration, Performance and Understanding Refugee Experience'
11.30-11.45: Coffee
11.45-13.15: Keynote 2
Chair: Jason King
(Room G010)
Emma Cox (Royal Holloway, London), 'Processional Aesthetics: Performing Irregular Transit in Europe'.
13.15-14.15: Lunch
14.15-15.45: Panel Session 5
Panel 5.1: ‘Migration, Labour and Moving Bodies’
Chair: Ciara L. Murphy
(Room G011)
Claire Conceison (MIT), ‘Laughter is the Best Medicine: The Plight of China’s Migrant Population in Meng Jinghui’s Two Dogs’ Opinions on Life'
Aoife Connolly (National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘The Algerian War, European Settler Migration and Post-Independence Performativity’
Urmila Palit (Jahangirnagar University), ‘Understanding European Migrant Crisis through the Elements of Bengali Theater'
Panel 5.2: ‘Archiving Asylum: Repertoires of Protest, Protesting Through Art’
Chair: Justine Nakase
(Room G010)
Anne Mulhall (University College, Dublin/Anti-Racism Network) and Vukasin Nedeljkovic (Dun Laoghaire Institute of Technology/Asylum Archive), ‘Asylum Archive: performative encounters and the performativity of protest in the contemporary migration management apparatus’
15.45-16.00: Coffee
16.00-18.00: Roundtable Panel
Chair: Charlotte McIvor
(Room G010)
Ceara Conway, Visual Artist and Singer, creator of Making Visible, The People’s History
Michael Chanda and Aisling McCormick, Discovery Gospel Choir
Maud Hendricks and Bernie O’Reilly, Outlandish Theatre Platform, creators of Between Land and Water
Gary Keegan and Feidlim Cannon, Brokentalkers, creators of This Beach
John Scott, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, creator of Fall and Recover in partnership with Centre for Care of Survivors of Torture
18.00: Closing Wine Reception, followed by recommendations for local pub with live music