Monday 13 May 2013

Culture in Crisis – Programme Schedule

We are delighted to announce the confirmed schedule for Culture In Crisis, the seventh interdisciplinary colloquium for postgraduate students organised by the Sociology of Theatre and Performance. 

To book your place at the colloquium, please email stpr.group@gmail.com


Friday 31 May 2013 
Goldsmith University of London
Programme of Events

Location: Ben Pimlott Lecture Theatre                                                                     

9:00 – 9:45
Registration and Check-In

9:45 – 9:55
Introduction and Opening Remarks

 Session One

10:00 – 10:15
Angels Miralda Tena
PhD Critical and Historical Studies
Royal College of Art
Changing of the World as Condition of Contemporary Culture

10:15 – 10:25
Question and Answer session led by Philippa Burt

10:30 – 10:45
Kyoko Iwaki
PhD Department of Theatre and Performance
Goldsmiths, University of London
Social Media as a Form of Witness Art after the Fukushima Crisis

10:45 – 10:55
Question and Answer session led by Philippa Burt

11:00 – 11:15
Swen Steinhauser
PhD Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
University of Leeds
Im/Possibilities of response: Walter Benjamin’s precarious stance at the crossroads of crisis

11:15 – 11:25
Question and Answer Session led by Philippa Burt

11:30 – 11:45
Coffee Break

 Session Two

11:45 – 12:00
Jonas Leonhard Tinius
PhD Division of Social Anthropology
University of Cambridge
Patronage and Crisis: German theatre and cultural politics

12:00 – 12:10
Question and Answer session led by Arabella Stanger

12:15 – 12:30
Stuart Cartland
PhD Faculty of Arts
University of Brighton 
Identity in crisis/ as crisis?  Identity, crisis, discourse and the use of immigration

12:30 – 12:40
Question and Answer session led by Arabella Stanger

12:45 – 13:00
Stephanie O’Connor
MA Christian Theology
Heythrop College
Utilitarianism: The Crisis of Education

13:00 – 13:10
Question and Answer session led by Arabella Stanger

13:15 – 14:15
Break for Lunch

14:15 – 15:15
Panel Discussion
‘Encountering crisis: strategies and interventions for the present’?
Panellists TBC
Led by Rebecca McFadden, Goldsmiths, University of London

15:15– 15:30
Coffee Break

Session Three

15:30 – 15:45
Manette Kaisershot
PhD Political Economy
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
The Effects of the Global Financial Crisis and Why it is a Human Rights Issue

15:45 – 15:55
Question and Answer session led by Kyoko Iwaki

16:00 – 16:15
Tim Jeeves
PhD Theatre Studies
University of Lancaster 
The work of Kim Noble as Illustration of the Transgressive Potentialities of Generosity

16:15 – 16:25
Question and Answer session led by Kyoko Iwaki

16:30 – 16:50
Ruth Maclennan
PhD Photography
Royal College of Arts
Film Screening (introduced by the artist): Dialogue #5 (It’s not your problem)

16:50 – 17:10
Question and Answer session led by Kyoko Iwaki

17:10-17:20
Short break

17:20 – 18:20
Roundtable discussion
Location: NAB 302
Led by Scheherazaad Cooper, Goldsmiths 

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