Global Flashpoints: Transnational Performance and Politics

Sue-Ellen Case
School of Theatre, Film and Television
UC Los Angeles

Daphne Lei
Drama
UC Irvine

Taking place between October 6th and October 12th 2011, this faculty curator series included performances, panels, and seminars. Performances included an excerpt from Donald Jolly’s Darwin and God, featuring Jesusa Rodrîguez; The Good Person, featuring Cheng-Chieh Yu; and The Wife’s Letter. The conference also included presentations by Shannon Steen, Daphne Lei, and Suk-Young Kim. Two seminars on “Transnational Studies of Performance and Gender” were led by Bishnupriya Paul-Dutt and Urmimala Sarkar.