The 1st International Symposium on Contemporary Asian Theatre will take place from Dec. 8 to 9 at the University of Göttingen. The symposium theme is „Between Asia and Europe, Between Local Specificity and Global Recognition.“ It consists of keynotes, panels, a roundtable, an online artist forum, a drama reading, and workshops. Welcome to Hannah Vogt Hall, Wilhelmspl. 3, 37073 Göttingen, or join us digitally.

The Symposium Program

Dec. 8th, Thursday
09: 00 AM – 09: 05 AM, Welcome Speech, Introduction to the Symposium
09: 05 AM – 09: 50 AM, Keynote Speech 1: Nick Rongjun Yu
09: 50 AM – 10: 10 AM, Coffee Break
10: 10 AM – 11: 50 AM, Thematic Session 1: “Global Recognition,” Prof. Octavian Saiu (Moderator), Amelie Deuflhard, Nurkan Erpulat, Ming Poon, Aine Nakamura, ZHAO Miao
12: 00 PM – 13: 30 PM, Lunch Break
13: 30 PM – 15: 00 PM, Online Artist Forum: “a ‘Common Room’ for Europe-based Asian Artists: Contemporary, Collaboration, Community,” 20 artists of Indian, Iranian, Chinese, and South Korean origins will attend the forum, and a webpage will be set up to introduce their artistic works.
15: 00 AM – 15: 30 AM, Coffee Break
15: 30 PM – 16: 30 PM, Workshop 1: “Virtual Reality and Theatre Workshop on the Play Copenhagen,” coordinated by Jing Wang Thomas with participants from the Uni. of Cambridge and the Uni. of Göttingen
16: 30 AM – 17: 30 AM, Workshop 2: „Theatre Archive and the Materiality: Digital Restoration and The Visual Rebirth of the 1980s Chinese Theatrical Art,” coordinated by Xiaoxin Wang-Erb from the University of Heidelberg
18: 00 PM – 20: 00 PM, Dinner

Dec. 9th, Friday
09: 05 AM – 09: 50 AM, Keynote Speech 2: “Theatre of Hybrid: Bridging Cultures, Aesthetics and Disciplines” by Assoc. Prof. Deepan Sivaraman
09: 50 AM – 10: 10 AM, Coffee Break
10: 10 PM – 11: 50 PM, Thematic Session 2: “Local Specificity,” Prof. Xavier Le Roy, Kyoko Iwaki, Xiaoyi Liu, Dan Thy Nguyen, Scarlet Yu, WANG Chong
11: 50 PM – 13: 30 PM, Lunch Break
13: 30 PM – 14: 30 PM, Roundtable Discussion: Yumin Ao (Moderator), Amelie Deuflhard or a Damaturge from Kampnagel, Nurkan Erpulat, Kyoko Iwaki, Xiaoyi Liu, Ming Poon, Aine Nakamura, Dan Thy Nguyen, Xavier Le Roy, Octavian Saiu, Deepan Sivaraman, WANG Chong, Ronja von Wurmb-Seibel, Nick Rongjun Yu, Scarlet Yu, ZHAO Miao, and the coordinators for Artist Forum
14: 30 PM – 15: 00 PM, Drama Reading: The Will written by GUO Shixing
15: 00 PM – 15: 30 PM, Coffee Break
15: 30 PM – 16: 30 PM, Workshop 3: “Finding the Communal through Transborder Art – Voice, Bodies, Stories,“ coordinated by Aine Nakamura from the University of Berkeley
16: 30 PM – 17: 15 PM, Keynote Speech 3: “From the Silk Road to the Bridges of Culture and Back: Theatre Festivals, Artistic Exchanges, and Cultural Diplomacy in Post-Pandemic Times” by Prof. Octavian Saiu
17: 15 PM – 17: 20 PM, Ending Remarks, Yumin Ao