{"id":326,"date":"2014-03-30T07:38:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T14:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/punjabisikhstudies\/?page_id=326"},"modified":"2020-11-25T15:12:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T22:12:28","slug":"performing-the-postcolonial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/annemurphy\/research\/km2014\/performing-the-postcolonial\/","title":{"rendered":"“Performing the Postcolonial”: Symposium, 3 May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our performances on May 3 and 4 at UBC were preceded on May 3 by a scholarly and creative symposium “Performing the Post-colonial: The political work of theatre,” 2 p.m.-6 p.m., St. John’s College.<\/p>\n

The event featured a panel discussion by the playwrights of the plays included in the performance: Sadhu Binning and Sukhwant Hundal (who co-authored one of the Punjabi plays), Ajmer Rode, and Sharon Pollock, who created the English-language play.\u00a0Binning, Hundal, and Rode are all members of greater Vancouver’s dynamic Punjabi literary community; it was\u00a0Pollock’s first opportunity to meet\u00a0with them.<\/p>\n

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Four Playwrights in Conversation: Sukhwant Hundal, Sadhu Binning, Ajmer Rode, and Sharon Pollock<\/p><\/div>\n

The symposium also featured talks by:<\/p>\n

– Rahul Varma (playwright and founder of Teesri Duniya <\/i>or “Third World” Theatre),<\/p>\n

– Nandi Bhatia (University of Western Ontario),<\/p>\n

– filmmaker and York University Professor Ali Kazimi, with<\/p>\n

– key-note address by Rana Nayar Professor of English at Panjab University, Chandigarh and well-known translator of modern Punjabi literature.<\/p>\n

“Performing the post colonial,” photos by Oliver Mann:<\/strong><\/p>\n