VIDEO CONFERENCE: All times are CET, GMT in the UK is an hour earlier: 10.45 CET = 09.45 GMT
11 – 13 March
2021 THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
10.45 – 11.00 Welcome Welcome address by Marc Schalenberg (ZiF) Merle Tönnies and Eckart Voigts
11.00 – 12.00 Keynote I and Introductory Discussion
Elaine Aston: “Dystopia/Utopia in Theatre: Feeling the Structures of Project Neoliberal Dystopia”
12.00 – 13.00 Dystopian/Utopian Identities and Conflicts
Paola Botham: "Towards a Genealogy of the British Feminist Dystopian Play"
Anette Pankratz: "Civil Wars and Republics in Contemporary Drama"
Discussion with both panelists
Break
14.30 – 15.30 Contemporary Political Developments and Utopian/Dystopian Perspectives
Sebastian Berg: "From Neoliberal Utopia to Austerity Dystopia: A Cultural Political Economy Approach to Contemporary British History"
Dennis Henneböhl: "The Past as Utopia: Nostalgia in Brexit Britain"
Discussion with both panelists
Break
16.00 – 17.00 Genres and Patterns
Trish Reid: "Dystopian Dramaturgies and the Politics of Ruin"
Siân Adiseshiah: "What Hope Utopian Theatre?”
Discussion with both panelists
FRIDAY, 12 MARCH 2021
11.00 – 12.00 Keynote II and Discussion
Nicole Pohl: "‘In the burning house, language remains’ (Agamben, 2020)"
12.00 – 13.00 Utopia/Dystopia and Space(s) I
Julia Schneider: "Spaces between Utopia, Dystopia and Heterotopia: The Case Study of Young Adult Dystopia"
Stefanie John: "Butterflies in the Sink: Invasive Environments in Thomas Eccleshare's Pastoral"
Discussion with both panelists
Break
14.30 – 15.30 Utopia/Dystopia and Space(s) II
Peter-Paul Schnierer: "Visions of Hell in Contemporary British Theatre"
Maria Marcsek-Fuchs: "’Let the doors be shut upon’ … Covid-19: Shakespeare Heritage Sites during the Pandemic"
Discussion with both panelists
Break
16.00 – 17.00
The Discursive/Subversive Spaces of Dystopia I
Matthias Göhrmann: “The Spectre of Utopia/Dystopia: The Working of the Culture War Discourse in Contemporary British Climate Change Plays”
Vicky Angelaki: "Dystopian Place in Contemporary British Theatre: Disruptive Spatial Re-presentations"
Discussion with both panelists
SATURDAY, 13 MARCH 2021
11.00 – 12.00 The Discursive/Subversive Spaces of Dystopia II
Chris Megson: "Politics and Paradox in Contemporary Dystopia Drama"
Leila Michelle Vaziri: "’I am the abyss into which people dread to fall’ – Encountering Anxiety in Zinnie Harris’s How to Hold Your Breath and Alistair McDowall’s X"
Discussion with both panelists
12.00 – 13.00 Dystopian/Utopian Subjects, Objects and Images I
Christiane Schlote: "Petrodystopias and Hyperobjects Onstage, please"
Ilka Zänger: "’HIDING FROM THE WORLD’ – Dystopian Subjectivity in Martin Crimp’s Theatre Texts"
Discussion with both panelists
Break
14.30 – 15.30 Dystopian/Utopian Subjects, Objects and Images II
Luciana Tamas "'A Description of this World as if it Were a Beautiful Place’: Dys(u)topias in Forced Entertainment"
Aleks Sierz, "'What a terrible world – sometimes I wonder if I'll get out of it alive': The Dystopic Imagination of Philip Ridley from Mercury Fur (2005) to Karagula (2016)"
Discussion with both panelists
Break
16.00 – 17.00 Final Round-up with all participants and future perspectives