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Atelier en deux parties, 6 et 7 juin, 2022
(Avec Stephane Martelly et Chloé Savoie-Bernard)

(Pre)Creation Processes: Milo Rau’s Tribunals, Political Actions, and Prefigurative Performance

LB 1042.03 (Moonroom) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

Presented by Lily Climenhaga, PhD This talk will primarily explore two lines of work within Swiss-German political theatre director Milo Rau’s multifaceted oeuvre: (1) his political action performances exemplified by projects like The Congo Tribunal and The Revolt of Dignity (2019), and (2) site specific adaptations of classic texts exemplified by The Trilogy of Ancient […]

Moving-with Anastasis Corporal, a path to implicated witnessing

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Sarah Ashford Hart will present her contribution to the special issue Oral History Performance, Listening and Transitional Justice (RiDe, Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, Vol. 28, Issue 1, 2023), which was co-edited by Luis Carlos Sotelo Castro (the Acts of Listening Lab’s director) and Toni Shapiro-Phim (Brandeis University). With her presentation, this special issue will be […]

Book Launch: Small Stories of War: Children, Youth and Conflict in Canada and Beyond (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023)

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

With Barbara Lorenzkowski, Kristine Alexander, and Andrew Burtch   English Many believed the twentieth century would be the century of the child: an era in which modern societies would value and protect children, sheltering them from violence and poverty. Yet this hopeful vision was marred by the harsh realities of migration, displacement, and armed conflict.  Small […]

Where Literature and Oral History Meet | Quand la littérature rencontre l’histoire orale

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

English/Français A Discussion With Professor Ceri Morgan & Copanelists In this roundtable discussion, Ceri Morgan, writer and professor of Place Writing and Geohumanities (Keele University, UK) and co-panelists explore the connections between literature and oral history. Stories, poems, essays, and literary audio walks that sample oral history interviews uncover the layered histories of landscapes and […]

“Covid in the House of Old” Closing Event: Roundtable – “Care in Crisis”

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

With Arron Derfel (Montreal Gazette), Lorraine McCrary (Wabash College, US), Sayendri Panchadhyayi (NLSIU, India), Camille Robert (UQAM), Penny Vera Sanso (Birkbeck, London), and Marie-Claude Thifault (University of Ottawa). The conversation is chaired by Magda Fahrni (UQAM). English/Français Aaron Derfel Arron Derfel is the Montreal Gazette's medical reporter, specializing in investigative and narrative journalism in a […]

*Cancelled* Violence and Solace : The Natal Civil War in Late-Apartheid South Africa

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

*Please note that this event has been cancelled* with Mxolisi R. Mchunu (University of KwaZulu-Natal)   English/Français   In South Africa, the period leading to up to the country’s first democratic elections in April 1990 constituted a watershed moment. An unprecedented civil war – termed ‘black on black’ violence – pitted supporters of the African National […]

Cultures of Listening

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with Dr. Johanna Motzkau, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, The Open University, UK. In this talk, Dr. Johanna Motzkau presents the term “cultures of listening” as an analytical tool to understand, what can make listening practices problematic, and how we can transform such troubled practices. Her talk will focus on practices of child protection in the UK. In […]

The Clear Blue Skies: Diaries from Ukraine

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with Scott Illingworth. Associate Chair of the Graduate Acting Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. What does it take to work with vulnerable populations to create a piece of verbatim theatre? Professor Scott Illingworth will share insights he gained from creating The Clear Blue Skies: Diaries from Ukraine. The play is […]

CANCELLED: Oral History and Oral History Performance: Similarities and Differences

LB 1042.03 (Moonroom) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

*Please note that this event has been cancelled* with professors Steven High and Luis Carlos Sotelo Castro in conversation with students of the Oral History Performance class (Department of Theatre). Professors Steven High, Barbara Lorenzkovski and Luis Carlos Sotelo Castro in conversation with students of the Oral History Performance class (Department of Theatre). In this conversation, we […]

Roundtable: De-Industrial Heritage

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with Steven High, Brian Rosa, Paula Fernández Álvarez, Guilherme Pozzer, Myriam Guillemette, Jorge Magaz-Molina, and Laura Littlefair English What does deindustrialization studies have to offer heritage studies—and what can scholars of deindustrialization learn from the world of heritage? Six DePOT student, postdoctoral, and research affiliates share their research on de-industrial heritage. Chair: Steven High Presenters:  Brian […]

Book Launch: Out to Defend Ourselves: A History of Montreal’s First Haitian Street Gang

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Maxime Aurélien and Ted Rutland You are cordially invited to join authors Maxime Aurélien and Ted Rutland for a discussion on their new book: Out to Defend Ourselves: A History of Montreal's First Haitian Street Gang About the book: This first critical history of a street gang in a Canadian city is a result […]