APRIL 27

7:00 – PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAM 10:00 PM Academic Canadian Theatre Review 169: Theatre and Sports Hall Special Issue hosted by the Press/ le lancement de numéro spécial organisée par la Presse de l'Université de Toronto

The launch includes a cash bar and complimentary hors d'oeuvres. The evening will be hosted by editor Peter Kuling from the University of Ottawa Theatre department and features a performance by playwright Colleen Sutton from her recently published one-woman play RiderGirl.

Le lancement comprendra un bar payant et des hors-d'œuvre gratuits. La soirée sera animée par l'éditeur Peter Kuling, professeur adjoint au département de théâtre de l'Université d'Ottawa, suivit d'une performance par Colleen Sutton de sa pièce RiderGirl, récemment publiée.

VENDREDI, 28 AVRIL / FRIDAY, APRIL 28TH

8:30 AM Registration /L’inscription

9:00 – Academic Welcoming Remarks/ Remarques D’accueil 9:30 AM Hall Kevin Kee, Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa. Conference Committee

9:30 – Academic Keynote Lecture / Conférencier invité 11:00 Hall Freddie Rokem (Tel-Aviv University) AM The Origins of Violence: Walter Benjamin's Dramaturgy of Stereotypes Chair/ Présidente Yana Meerzon (University of Ottawa). 11:00 – Coffee Break/Pause Café 11:15 AM

11:15AM Concurrent Panel Sessions/ Séances Simultanées – 12:45 Panel/Séance 1 – Refuge(e) PM Chair: Présidente Yana Meerzon, University of Ottawa

Academic Ø Nedeljkovic, Vukasin (Dublin institute of Technology). Asylum Archive: an Archive of Asylum and Hall Direct Provision in Ireland Ø Schult, Tanja (Stockholm University). Migration on Display in the White Cube Ø Soltana, Sonia (Chercheuse indépendante). Entre L’installation et le Dessin, la Migration Face à la Cruauté Médiatique

Panel/ Séance 2– Neoliberal Multiculturalism in the Americas

Chair: Présidente Alvina Ruprecht, Carleton University

Ø Batchelor, Brian (). Looking for New Stories: , Neoliberal Subjectivities and Indigenous Migration from Chiapas 310 Ø Gonzalez, Irvin (University of California). No Bailes de Caballito: An Analysis of Corporate Media Images, Mexicanness, and U.S. Multiculturalism Ø Havranová, Katarína (Masaryk University). The Image of the Latina Woman in Hispanic-American Theater

Panel/ Séance 3- Sensations and Pathos of Migration

Chair/Presidente: Natalia Vesselova, University of Ottawa

Ø Terracciano, Alda (University College London). Mapping Memory Routes -a Multisensory Approach to 309 Art, Migration and Critical Heritage Studies Ø Wugalter, Tatiana (Balsillie School of International Affairs). This Could Be My Child:” The Intersections of Pathos and Paternalism in Visual Representations of Child Refugees Ø Sotelo-Castro, Luis C (). The Aesthetics of Intercultural Listening within a Theatrical Frame. A Case Study

Panel / Séance 4 – Subverting stereotypes and the spirit of seriousness

Ø Tahririha, Mahalia Golnosh (University of Ottawa). Kim’s Convenience and the Subversion of Stereotype through Sitcom 202 Ø Hamil, Mustapha (). Muslim Humor in Post-9/11 America: Stereotypes and the Affirmation of Identity Ø Esleben, Joerg (University of Ottawa). Migration and Satire: The Roles, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Hetero-Stereotypes and Auto-Stereotypes 1:00 – Lunch/ Déjeuner 2:30 PM Video-Presentation and Skype Interview/ Vidéo-présentation et entretien a Skype Academic Chokri Ben Chikha, Action Zoo Humain (Belgium) Hall Chair: Présidente Yana Meerzon, University of Ottawa

2:30 – Concurrent Panel Sessions/ Séances simultanées 4:00 PM Panel/ Séance 5 – Sounding Foreign? Listening to migrant voices on stage Chair/President J. Douglas Clayton (University of Ottawa) 309 Ø Ashperger, Cynthia (Ryerson University). Get Rid of Eksent? Stereotype, Language and Identity in Tongue Play Ø Babayants, Art (University of Toronto). Stereotypes, Accents and Mainstream: Theorizing a Multilingual Actor’s Phonological Struggles Ø Migliarisi, Anna (Acadian University). Acting (in) Calabrian: Tony Nardi’s 1990 Production of A Modo Suo (A Fable)

Panel/ Séance 6 –The Politics of (Mis)Representation

Chair/President Peter Kuling (University of Ottawa)

Ø Nemeth-Kilinc, Orsolya (University of Ottawa). (Mis)representation of Forced Migration: Hungary in 310 Light of the Refugee Crisis

Ø Bobadilla, Andrea (University of Western Ontario). Reproducing Stereotypes of Asylum Seekers through Designations in the ‘Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act’ Ø Gordon, Michael (McMaster University). Constructing ‘Illegality’ in Political Discourse: Borders and Irregularity and the Humanitarian-Security Nexus

202 Panel/ Séance 7 – Applied Theatre: Politics, Praxis, Pedagogy

Ø Campbell, Shelley (University of Gloucestershire). Art and Politics: Instrument of Change Ø Hughes, Shannon Elizabeth (York University). Tell it to ‘her’ Face: Conflicting the Facilitator (Applied Theatre) Ø Georgiou, Michalis (Independent Scholar, Greece). Breaking Stereotypes: Afrika!: A Theatrical Project with Refugees in Border German Cities Close to France

4:15 – Academic Round Table/Table ronde: Indigeneity and Migration on Turtle Island 6:00 PM Hall Jill Carter (University of Toronto), Daniel David Moses (Queens University), and Ric Knowles (University of Guelph)

Book Launch /Lancement du livre Performing Indigeneity. Edited by Yvette Nolan and Ric Knowles. Playwrights Canada Press. 2016

Play Reading/ Mise-en-Lecture: The Shaman of Manitoulin Daniel David Moses (Queens University)

6:30 – 8 Café Conference Welcome, sponsored by the University of Ottawa, Department of Theatre PM Nostalgica Accueil des participants, commandité par le Département de théâtre de l’Université d’Ottawa

Audio-Video Installation/ Installation audio-vidéo 52HZ Golbon Moltaji (Unievrsity of Ottawa)

8 PM Academic Praxis-Presentation/Présentation-spectacle Hall Teeth Show Natasha Davis Created, written and performed by Natasha Davis in collaboration with: Lucy Cash (movement), Bob Karper (sound), Marty Langthorne (lights) and workshop participants Ximena Alarcon, Isabelle Matthews, Mitsuo Nakamura, Qing Ren and Terence Walton. London, UK.

*10 AM - Academic Bookstore Agora On Site/ Librairie Agora sur le Site 6:00 PM Hall (foyer)

Samedi, 29 AVRIL / Saturday, April 29th

8:00 AM Registration /Registration

9:00 AM - 303 Movement Workshop/ Atelier de mouvement: 12:00 PM Choreographies of Migration: Stranger Communities. An Introduction to Migration of Gesture and Stylized Forms Organizer/Organisateur Katherine Mezur (University of California Berkeley) Participants/Participantes

• Casilli, Ida (East London) • Chou, Szu-Nuo (University of Ottawa) • Tahririha, Mahalia Golnosh (University of Ottawa) • Schult, Tanja (Stockholm University) • Terracciano, Alda (University College London). • Hughes, Shannon Elizabeth (York University). • Parimala, Doss (University of Delhi) • Larcher, Anne (Université Laval) • Schahrazed, Necib (Université Kasdi Merbah Ouargla Algérie)

8:45 – Concurrent Panel Sessions/ Séances simultanées 10: 15 AM Panel/ Séance 8 – Performing Canadian Multiculturalism On/Off Stage

309 Ø Knowles, Ric (University of Guelph). Cahoots Ø Faize, Zohra (University of Ottawa). Migration Experiences of Asylum Seekers in Canada: Racism, Marginalization and Criminalization Ø Manole, Diana (University of Guelph). Accented Autobiographies: Tetsuro Shigematsu’s

Deconstruction of Immigrant Stereotypes in Empire of the Son

Panel/ Séance 9 – Migration and the Body (Politic) Chair/ Président: – Daniel McNeil (Carleton University)

Ø Gingrich, Luann (York University). Stereotyping for Social Archetyping in Marketized Social 310 Welfare

Ø O’Thomas, Mark (Newcastle University). There’ll Always Be An England – Butlins, Brexit and the

Performance of Heterotopic Sovereignty

Ø Kuling, Peter (University of Ottawa). Performance Patterns and Athletic Migration during the RIO

2016 Summer Olympic Games

Panel/ Séance 10 – Performing France Chair/ Président: Sylvain Schryburt, University of Ottawa

Academic Ø Baytas, Claire (University of Illinois). (Mis)Representations of the Paris Protests of October 17, Hall 1961 Ø Rauer, Selim (University of Minnesota). La migration des Corps dans le Temp et L’espace de la Postcolonie Ø Pehlivan, Veli (l’EHESS Paris). Se témoigner devant des institutions et des associations humanitaires : le cas de journalistes exilés à Paris

10:15 – Coffee Break/ Pause Café 10:30 AM Concurrent Panel Sessions/ Séances simultanées: 10:30 – 12:00 PM Panel / Séance 11 – Meanings of Mobility: Oil, Exotic Animals and Abortion Services Chair/Présidente: Christabelle Sethna, University of Ottawa Ø Conway, Kyle (University of Ottawa). Home and Migration in Petromodernity 309 Ø Jaclin, David (University of Ottawa). Wildlife Trafficking and Migrations of Animal Parts around the Globe/Le trafic d’animaux sauvages et ses routes migratoires autour du monde Ø Sethna, Christabelle (University of Ottawa). Incredible Journeys: Accessibility, Travel and Abortion Services

Panel / Séance 12 – Disjunctured Representations of the Canadian Francophonie: Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Lives of French-Speaking Immigrants and Refugees (bilingual panel) Chair/Présidente: Luisa Veronis, University of Ottawa

310 Ø Luisa Veronis (University of Ottawa) and Suzanne Huot (University of Western Ontario). Introduction: L’immigration Francophone en contexte minoritaire au Canada Ø Joyce Akl (University of Ottawa). Francophone Immigrants’ Experiences of Discrimination, Racialization and Othering in Spaces of Everyday Life within Minority Communities Ø Yvonne Kasine, (University of Western Ontario). An Intersectional Approach to French-Speaking Immigrants’ Experiences with Linguistic Discrimination and the Racialization of Differences in Spoken French within Minority Communities Ø Méralyne Fleurant (University of Ottawa). Représentations disjonctuelles de la francophonie minoritaire à travers les stéréotypes de l’ « autre francophone » par les communautés d’accueil et les immigrants francophones 202

Panel / Séance 13 - Screening Strangers: Migrants and migrant communities in European and American film cultures Ø Ménard, Claire (Cornell University). L’insoutenable flexibilité de l’être–errance et nomadisme dans le cinéma contemporain de Nicolas Klotz, Claire Denis et des frères Dardenne Ø Abanto, Luis (University of Ottawa). The Latino Migrant: a Discussion on Stereotyping the South Ø Fitzpatrick, Lisa (Ulster University). The Question of Honour in British Filmic Representations of Migrant Communities 12:00 – Academic Lunch/ Déjeuner 1:00 PM Hall

1:00 – Keynote Lecture / Conférencier invité 2:30 PM Academic Grégoire Holtz (University of Toronto) Hall L’autre de L’autre. Représentations du regard inverse dans la littérature de voyages Chair/ Président: Sylvain Schryburt (University of Ottawa)

2:30 – Break/ Pause 2:45 PM 2:45 – Concurrent Panel Sessions/ Séances simultanées: 4:15 PM Panel/ Séance 14 – Performing Italian Diaspora

Ø Casilli, Ida (East London). Could Heritage Based Participatory Theatre Challenge Community Stereotypisation and Educate Audience and Participants to a thorough Understanding of Migration Patterns? The Example of 'Moving Dreams' and the Italian Community of

309 Peterborough (UK). Ø Nannavecchia, Tiziana (University of Ottawa). The Melancholic Migrant: Examining the Literary Trope of Nostalgia in Narratives by Italians in Canada. Ø Nardy, Tony (University of Toronto). The Silence within the Silence: Italian-Canadian Theatre.

310 Panel/ Séance 15 – Migration, Citizenship and Governmentality

Ø Alibhai, Zaheeda (University of Ottawa). Read Her Lips: The Ban Against Wearing the Niqab and Burqa at the Canadian Citizenship Ceremony 2011-2015 Ø Chatziprokopiou, Marios (Aberystwyth University). We are the Easiest Victims of the Jihadists': Performing Shia Minorities in Contemporary Athens Ø Ndiaye, Gana (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Mobility and Cultural Citizenship: the Making of a Senegalese Diaspora in Multiethnic Brazil

Panel / Séance 16 – Performing Bodies of Migration

Ø Purcell-Gates, Laura (Bath Spa University). Spectacular Bodies, Unsettling Objects: Material

Performance as Intervention in Stereotypes of Refugees 202 Ø Nahm, Kee-Yoon (Illinois State University). Theatrical Border Crossings: Stereotypes against Realism in the Plays of Young Jean Lee Ø Acil, Tufan (“InterArt Studies”). Aesthetic Shifts: Transformation of the Aesthetic Values within the Turkish Community in Germany

4:15 – Coffee Break/ Pause Café 4:30 PM 4:30 – Academic Praxis-Presentation/Présentation-performance: 6:00 PM Hall Contemporary Nomads Henry Daniel (Simon Fraser University)

8: 00 PM STAGED READING / MISE-EN-LECTURE Traversée Academic Présenteé par Voyageurs Immobiles, Montréal Hall Mise en scène : Milena Buziak Texte : Estelle Savasta Comédiennes : Hodan Youssouf, Florence Blain Mbaye

*11 AM- Bookstore Agora On Site/ Librairie Agora sur le Site 4:00 PM

Dimanche, 30 avril /Sunday, April 30th

8 :30 AM Registration /Registration 9:00 – Academic 10:15 AM Hall Keynote Lecture / Conférencier invité Magda Stroińska (McMaster University) Stereotypes: Failed Attempts at Categorization

Chair/ Président: David Dean (Carleton University)

10:15 – Coffee Break/ Pause Café 10:30AM

10:30 AM Workshop/Atelier – 12:00 Exodus: Movement, Culture, People PM Leonard Part of a collaborative project with high school students in the National Capital Region to examine Beaulne Studio the connections between migration, diaspora and Canadian diversity as refracted through the power of arts and culture.

Facilitated by Henry Daniel (Simon Fraser University), Daniel McNeil (Carleton University), and Jessica Ruano (University of Ottawa).

Animé par Henry Daniel (Université Simon Fraser), Daniel McNeil (Université Carleton) et Jessica Ruano (Université d'Ottawa).

10:30 AM Concurrent Panel Sessions/ Séances simultanées: – 12:00 PM Panel / Séance 17 – Transnational Cultural Analysis and the Diasporic Community Chair/ Président: Joerg Esleben, University of Ottawa

309 Ø KC, Hari (University of Waterloo). The “South Asian” in the Canadian Transnational History: Whither Stands the Nepalese Transnational Identity? Ø Ondoua, Hervé Toussaint (Université de Yaoundé). Les subalternes-migrantes peuvent-elles parler ? Contribution à l’approfondissement de la compréhension des migrants àpartir d’une analyse de Gayatri Spivak Ø Bhat D, Shilpa (Ahmedabad University). Shylocking Gujarati Merchants: The Conniving Indian Dukawallah in Narrative Discourses Set in East Africa

Panel / Séance 18 – Memory and Migration

Ø Lech, Kasia (Canterbury Christ Church University). Rosaura and Bubble Revolution: Polish 310 and Spanish Memories on the Post-Brexit British Stage Ø Bokore, Nimo (Carleton University). Migration, Memory and Testimony Ø Chou, Szu-Nuo (University of Ottawa). After the Great Escape: Chinese Diasporic Women’s New Lives in Taiwan

Panel / Séance 19 – Staging the Journey of Migration Chair: Rebecca Margolis, University of Ottawa

202 Ø Cofman-Simhon, Sarit (Kibbutzim College). "My homeland is a Suitcase" or: The Suitcase as a Neurotic Container in the Israeli Theatre Ø Vesselova, Natalia (University of Ottawa). Migrating Towards the Self: The Representation of

a Haredi Religious Refugee in Film Ø Afolabi, Taiwo (University of Victoria). Forgotten Corridor: Theatre as an Instrument of Domestication in Global Displacement and Migration Narratives

12:15 – Café Lunch-Banquet/ Déjeuner- Banquet 2:00 PM Nostalgica

2:00 – Concurrent Panel Sessions/ Séances simultanées: 4: 00PM Panel / Séance 20 – Cities of Migration

Ø Sciarra, Veronica (Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier). Italiens et Chinois entre quotidien et 309 stéréotypes Ø Orman, Neriman and Sinem Ulutaş (University of Cologne). Subject of (Im)-Possibility. Ø Marquis-Bissonnette, Maude (Carleton University). How Cities and Local Communities Integrate Newcomers: The Case Studies of Syrian Refugees Arriving in the Province of Quebec

Panel / Séance 21 – Mobility and Politics, the Case of Canada and Quebec

Chair: Présidente Luisa Veronis, University of Ottawa

310 Ø Swan, Emma (University of Ottawa) and Kevin Elliott (Global Affairs Ottawa). ‘Single Men Need Not Apply’: Exploring the interplay of gender and Islamophobia in Formulating Government Policy and Public Discourse Around Canada’s Operation Syrian Refuge Ø Losier, Jessica (University of Ottawa). Vulnérabilité et isolement des travailleurs agricoles étrangers temporaires Ø Moltaji, Golbon (University of Ottawa) Contradictions of Student Mobility in Canada Ø Rodrigo, Annelise (Université de Toulouse). «Let Them In». Les représentations des réfugiés au Canada. L’exemple de la presse et des bulletins associatifs pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Panel / Séance 22 – L’ écriture migrante et la littérature post-migratoire 202 Chair/ Présidente : Anne-Marie Oullet, Université d’Ottawa

Ø Fatmi, Sabrina (Université d’Alger 2). L’écriture du stéréotype dans la littérature post- migratoire Ø Subhi, Hana (Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi) L’image de l’immigré, entre la campagne et la

ville, dans « Une impression étrange dans ma tête » d’Orhan Pamuk Ø Bédard-Goulet, Sara (Université du Québec à Montréal). Du Sahara à l'impasse du Maroc: migration du stéréotype dans l'oeuvre de Jean Echenoz Ø Constant, Marie-Helene (Université de Montréal). Occulter malgré l’ouverture : « écriture migrante » et littérature québécoise contemporaine

4:00 PM Academic Closing Remarks/ Mot de la Fin Hall Conference Organizing Committee