The conference will take place on three days, the first being reserved for arrival of contributors and a first informal meeting as “conference warming”. The papers have been split between the two main conference days, with each day containing varied events such as the walking tour of the Gardens, the performance by Creation Theatre and the panel discussion on the final day that will be open to the public. The program of the third day ends in the afternoon to allow those guests from Germany and Europe to be back home for the weekend. The conference dinner on the second day will create an occasion for more networking and further informal discussions.
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Arrival of speakers
Preliminaries
16.00
Official opening of the conference: Volkswagen Foundation Representatives
Introduction by the Organizers:
Dr. Heidi Lucja Liedke and Prof. Dr. Monika Pietrzak-Franger
16.30
Section I: Medical Knowledge and Media
“The past, present and future of COVID-19: the role of medical humanities”
Prof. Dr. Jane MacNaughton (virtual)
Amy Willshire (virtual)
18.00 – 18.15
Break
18.15
20.00
Conference Dinner
Thursday, 22 July 2021
9.30 – 11.00
Section II: COVID Precarity and Institutions
Panel Moderator: Dr. Julia Boll
“Capitalising on the back catalogue: streaming theatre in the age of COVID”
Dr. Bernadette Cochrane (virtual)
“Rehearsing post-capitalist theatre”
“‘Dying … to connect’: Dead Centre’s To Be a Machine (Version 1.0) (2020)”
11.00 – 11.30
Break
11.30 – 12.30
12.30 – 14.00
Break
14.00 – 15.00
Section III: COVID Creativity
Panel Moderator: Dr. Anja Hartl
Prof. Dr. John Wyver (virtual)
“Reinventing VR during the Covid-19 Crisis: A Preliminary View of its Potential for the Theatre Sector”
15.00 – 15.15
Break
15.15 – 16.45
Section III continued: COVID Creativity
“Theaters digital ontology: on FOMO, relative deprivation and the privilege of presence”
“Creation Theatre and Big Telly’s The Tempest: Digital Theatre and the Performing Audience”
Dr. Rachael Nicholas (virtual) and Prof. Dr. Pascale Aebischer (virtual)
16.45 – 17.00
Break
17.00 – 18.30
Walking Tour Around the Gardens
18:30 – 20:00
Zoom Performance
20.00
Conference Dinner
Friday, 23 July 2021
9.00 – 10.30
Section IV: (Post) – COVID Audiences
Panel Moderator: Sarah Busch
“The Feelings in the Room: Reframing Emotions in (post) COVID-19 Theatre Spectators“
Isabel Stuart (virtual)
Dr. Kirsty Sedgman (virtual)
10.30 – 10.45
Break
10.45 – 12.15
Section V: On the Edges
Panel Moderator: Dr. Anja Hartl
“On the Edge (Again?): Irish-Language Theatre in Covidian Times”
Dr Richard Huddleson (virtual)
12.15 – 13.15
13.15 – 14.30
Lunch Break
14.30 – 16.00
Round Table: Post-COVID-19 Art Worlds – New Challenges
Panel Moderator: Prof. Dr. Eckart Voigts
Lucy Askew (virtual)
Dr. Josh Edelman (virtual)
End of Conference
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