International Conference: Shah Rukh Khan and Global Bollywood University of Vienna, 30.9. – 2.10. 2010
OPENING: MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY, HOFBURG (September 30th) 14.00 – 17.00
• Message of The President of the Republic of Austria Heinz Fischer
• His Excellency Dinkar Khullar, Ambassador of India to Austria
• Barbara Plankensteiner, Museum of Ethnology
• Elke Mader, Vice Dean, Faculty of Social Science
• Dance Performance: Lisa Lengheimer, Christina Schollenbruch
• Opening Lecture: Nasreen Munni Kabir - The Worlds of Shah Rukh Khan
• Dance Performance: Lisa Lengheimer, Christina Schollenbruch
• Reception
PLENARY SESSION 1 : September 30 th 18.00- 20.00, Hall I, Universitätsstr.7, Ground Floor
Convenor: Martin Gaenszle, University of Vienna
Key note: Unthinking SRK and Global Bollywood: from Film Studies to Rasa Theory to New Media Assemblages Rajinder Dudrah, University of Manchester
My Name is Khan and I’m a Star. The making of a movie star in 2000s Bollywood Ashish Rajadhyaksha, University of Bangalore
EXHIBITION and VIDEO INSTALLATIONS SHAH RUKH KHAN & FANS September 30 th -, October 2 nd 9.30 – 18.00, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor, Videos in Room D
Curator: Mira Lau Exhibits by courtesy of Maria-Stella Hinterndorfer, Satish Gandhi, Elke Mader
October 1 st 2010
WORKSHOP: Reception and Fandom: October 1 st , 9.30- 13.00, Room A, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor
Convenor: Elke Mader, University of Vienna
“Thank you, Shah Rukh!” Reconsidering Audience Studies: the Reception of Bollywood in Germany Dagmar Brunow, Halmstad University
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Hyperlinked : Shahrukh Khan, Fandom and New Media in Russia Sudha Rajagopalan, Utrecht University
Bollywood ITALIA: Blogging Shah Rukh Khan in Italy Monia Acciari, University of Manchester
Dollywood: The Pleasures of Playing with Mini Khan Bernhard Fuchs, University of Vienna
Shah Rukh Khan – Raj Kapoor Reloaded? Similarities and Differences of two Reception Contexts Florian Krauss, Film & Television Academy Potsdam-Babelsberg
WORKSHOP Song and Dance: October 1 st, 9.30- 13.00, Room B, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor
Convenor: Mehru Jaffer Hasnain, University of Vienna
Global Bollywood and the Dance Performances of Shahrukh Khan Ann David, Roehampton University, London
Dreaming of Shah Rukh Khan? Dancing to a Bollywood Beat in Prague Sangita Shresthova, University of Southern California and Prague
Dancing Bollywood: Peruvian Youngsters and Shah Rukh Khan Petra Hirzer, University of Vienna
Bollywood Music as Multikulti Scene in a Mixed Diaspora Silvia Martinez Garcia, ESMUC, Barcelona
Lyrics in Main Hoon Na: Shah Rukh Khan and Javed Akhtar Alaka Chudal, University of Vienna
WORKSHOP: Performing Gender (Part 1): October 1 st, 14.30 - 16.30, Room B, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor
Convenor: Deana Heath, Delhi University
SRK, Karan Johar and the creation of ‘Bollywood’: Beyond diasporic boundaries Kamala Ganesh & Kanchana Mahadevan (University of Mumbai)
Desperately Seeking Shahrukh - Reflections on Masculinities, Movies and Matrimony from Rampur, India Shrayana Bhattacharya
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Reinventing East Indian Masculinity: Female Shah Rukh Khan Fans in Trinidad and the Idea of a Globalized ‘Indianness’ Hanna Klien, University of Vienna
Screening and Art Presentation: October 1 st, 14.30 - 16.30, Room A, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor
Mr Khan – Vienna loves you! Documentary on Shah Rukh Khan Fans in Vienna Mehru Jaffer Hasnain, University of Vienna
Painting Bollywood and Shah Rukh Khan Anna Groß, Artist, Hamburg
RESEARCH NETWORK MEETING: Founding of Association for Research on Indian Cinema in the German speaking countries Adelheid Herrmann-Pfandt (University of Marburg) October 1 st , 16.30 – 17.30, Room B, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor
PLENARY SESSION 2 October 1st 18.00- 19.30, Hall I, Universitätsstr.7, Ground Floor
Convenor: Rachel Dwyer, SOAS London
Bodies and Borders: King Khan and International Stardom Sumita Chakravarty, The New School, New York
Shah Rukh Khan: A Journey of Conquering Human Hearts Across Continents Zawahir Siddique MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore
The Don`s World. Designing the Milieu of SRK. Aradhana Seth, Director, Production Designer, Art Director
SCREENING October 1st 20.00- 21.30, Hall I, Universitätsstr.7, Ground Floor
"Kesariya Balam" - The First Austrian Bollywood Movie Sandeep Kumar, Vienna
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October 2 nd 2010
WORKSHOP: Stardom and Globalisation: October 2nd, 9.30- 13.00, Room A, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor Convenor: Rosie Thomas, University of Westminster
At Home in the World? Shah Rukh Khan and the Politics of Trans/National Belonging Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia
Shahrukh Khan’s pioneer role in introducing new production, distribution and marketing techniques in globalised Bollywood Györgyi Vajdovich, Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest
Star Gazing via Documentary: Shah Rukh Khan’s Stardom in The Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan Priyadarshini Shanker, New York University
My Own Private Shah Rukh Khan: Chasing an Image Arya Amir, University of Vienna
Shah Rukh Khan and his Leading Ladies: Star Images and Globalization. Robert Rintoull, Copenhagen University
Outing the King: Global Bollywood and its Muslim Closet Huma Dar, University of California, Berkeley
WORKSHOP: Religion and Film: October 2 nd, 9.30 – 13h, Room B, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor
Convenor: Adelheid Herrmann- Pfandt, University of Marburg
‘My Name Is Khan’ and ‘Brand SRK’: Interrogating the Limits of Bollywood Superstardom Sreya Mitra, University of Winsconsin, Madison
The Brand that is Shahrukh Khan Omemma Gilliani, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
Shah Rukh Khan's Reinvention of the Muslim Hero in 'My Name is Khan' Jaspreet Gill, York University
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham: Reinventing the Ayodhya Kanda of the Ramayana Arno Krimmer, Film & TV Institute of India
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„And I Love Hinduism Also“. Shah Rukh Khan: A Muslim Voice for Interreligious Peace in India Adelheid Herrmann- Pfandt, University of Marburg
WORKSHOP: Performing Gender (Part 2): October 2 nd, 14.30 - 16.30, Room A, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor
Performing Femininity through Bollywood Dance in Bavaria Sandra Chatterjee,
Accounting for the Camp Cult Appropriation of Male Film Stars in India Charlie Henniker, University of Manchester
Camp, Kitsch and Khan: SRK and the Global Dispersal of Postmodernity Meheli Sen, University of Oklahoma
RESEARCH NETWORK MEETING: Euro-Bollywood. Indian Cinema in European Contexts Rajinder Dudrah, Bernhard Fuchs October 2nd, 14.30 - 16.30, Room B, Universitätsstr.7, 4th Floor
PLENARY SESSION 3 October 2nd, 17.00 – 20.00, Hall I, Universitätsstr.7, Ground Floor Convenor: Claus Tieber, University of Vienna
Shahrukh Khan and Hindi Cinematic Melodrama of the Baroque Kind Anustup Basu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Intermediality and Bollywood Stardom Amy Villarejo, Cornell University
Shah Rukh Khan, Participatory Audiences, and the Internet Elke Mader, University of Vienna
Round Table: Conclusions of the Conference
Closing of the Conference
PARTY: October 2nd, 21.00 – 2.00, LOOP, Lerchenfelder Gürtel (Stadtbahnbogen 26/27), 1080 Wien DJ and Organisation: Satish Gandhi Dance Performances, Bollywood Disco Everyone pays his/her drinks
COFFEE/TEA October 1 st and 2 nd 11.00 – 11.30, 16.30 - 17.30 Room C LUNCH October 1 st and 2 nd 13.00 – 14.00 Room C
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