International Conference on “Interculturalism in
Theatre: East and West”
“跨文化戏剧：东方与西方”国际会议
NanjingUniversity, Oct. 22-24
PROGRAM
Oct. 22
Registration
New Era Hotel
19:00-21:30
Ibsen Festival for University Students (3 plays)，Xianlin Campus, Students’ Centre
Screening of DVD for Prof. Peng’s production 《约/束》adapted from Merchant of Venice in Hebei Bangzi, Gulou Campus, YifuBuilding 9th Floor
Oct. 23 Morning
09:00-10:15 Opening Ceremony and Speeches
Chair：HE Chengzhou
Welcome speech by Prof. Zhu Gang, Dean of School of International Studies, NJU
n Erika Fischer-Lichte (Free U, Berlin)：Modernization As Interweaving Cultures in Performance
Photograph
Tea Break
10:30-12:00 Speeches and Discussions
Chair: Katherine Carlitz
n Peng Jinxi 彭镜禧(Taiwan U)：Bonding Bangzi and the Bard: The Case of Yue/Shu (Bond) and The Merchant of Venice
n William Sun 孙惠柱(Shanghai TA)：Intercultural Practice and Interpretations of Brecht
12:00 Lunch
Oct.23 Afternoon
14:00-15:30 Speeches and Discussions
Chair: PENG Jinxi
n Katherine Carlitz (Pittsburg U): Is Di Nv Hua帝女花really a Flower Princess? Cantonese opera for American audiences
n Iris Hsin-chun Tuan (National Chiao Tung U): Adaptation andRepresentation in Intercultural Theatre: Robert Wilson’s Orlando and Zhang Yimou’s Turandot in Taiwan
n Anna Austestad, Kamilla Freyr and Niels Peter Underland (Oslo UC): The Mask as Mediator in an Intercultural Meeting
Tea Break
15:45-16:45 Speeches and Discussions
Chair: SUN Huizhu
n Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei朱静美(Taiwan U): Shakespeare in Taiwan
n Zhang Ying张英 (Nanjing U): The Use of Chinese Nuo Masks in The Banquet--A Chinese Film Adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Ibsen Festival for University Students (2 plays)
Oct. 24 Morning
9:00-10:30 Speeches and Discussions
Chair: Iris Tuan
n Yawen Kristen Ludden 周雅文(Kentuchy U): Creating the Culture: Yangbanxi as Avant-garde and Mass Entertainment
n Diana Rosenhagen (Goettingen U): Chinese American Stereotypes and the Drama of Frank Chin
n Zhu Xuefeng朱雪峰(Nanjing U): Performing the Other: Chinese Representation of Eugene O'Neill's Black Characters
Tea Break
10:45-12:00 Speeches and Discussions
Chair: Yawen Ludden
n Ling Jian’e 凌建娥(Hunan U of Science and Technology): Interculturalism in Theatre: Prospects and Challenges as Reflected upon the Recent Adaptations of Tang Xianzu’s The Peony Pavilion and Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea
n Peng Xuan 彭炫 (Guangxi U): Adapting The Merchant of Venice into Chinese Folk Songs
n He Chengzhou何成洲 (Nanjing U): Towards A Theory of Intercultural Adaptation and Staging in Theatre
12:00 Lunch
Oct. 24 Afternoon
13:30-17:00 Sightseeing
17:30 Dinner
19:00-21:00 Ibsen Festival for University Students (2 plays) and Closing Ceremony
Conference Sponsors
School of International Studies 南京大学外国语学院
Centre for Contemporary Foreign Literature and Culture 当代外国文学与文化中心
Chinese-Nordic Cultural Centre 中国-北欧文化研究中心
NanjingUniversity
