Program schedule

Towards Oriental Theatre Studies

An International Conference on in collaboration with the

Grant Program for Intellectual Exchange Conference 2011-2012

A project of The Japan Foundation For the celebration of

40^th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between

Japan and Bangladesh,

Organized by

the Department of Drama and Dramatics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

The four days long program will be held according to the following schedule:

Towards Oriental Theatre Studies Day- 1 (07 January, 2012) Venue: Senate Hall, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka

INAUGURAL SESSION 09:30am – 10:30am

Chief Guest: H. E. Shiro SADOSHIMA, Ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh

Inauguration: Professor Dr. Shariff Enamul Kabir, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Jahangirnagar

University

Special Guest: Ramendu Majumdar, President, World-Wide International Theatre Institute

Chairman: Professor Dr. Afsar Ahmad, Project Director

Towards Oriental Theatre Studies, Department of Drama and

Dramatics, Jahangirnagar University

Welcome Speech: Professor Dr. Md. Aminul Islam, Chairman, Department of Drama and

Dramatics, Jahangirnagar University

Tea Break

SEMINARS

Session 1 11:00am – 12:30pm

Speaker: Professor Dr. Kyozo Takei, National Institute of Japanese Literature, Japan

Topic: Kabuki and Buddhist Art

Moderator: Professor Ahmed Reza, Department of English, Jahangirnagar

University, Bangladesh

Elaborator: Mr. Mamunur Rashid, Eminent theatre personality, Bangladesh

Lunch Break

Session 2 02:30pm – 04:00pm

Speaker: Mofidul Hoque, Art critic, Bangladesh

Topic: From Ritual to Theatre: The Chequered Journey of Performing Arts of Bengal

Moderator: Professor Shafi Ahmed, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University,

Bangladesh

Elaborator: Professor Dr. Afsar Ahmad, Department of Drama and Dramatics,

Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Tea Break

Performance 05:00pm

Venue: Drama Lab-3, Zahir Raihan Auditorium, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka

Traditional Bangla theatre performance by Shajahan Boyati

Towards Oriental Theatre Studies Day- 2 (08January, 2012) Venue: Senate Hall, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka

SEMINARS

Session 1 10:00am – 11:30am

Speaker: Professor LU Ang, Dean, Department of Directing of Shanghai

Theatre Academy, China

Topic: The Huge Value of Traditional Chinese Opera for Contemporary Theatre

Moderator: Professor Dr. M. Shahinoor Rahman, Department of English, Jahangirnagar

University, Bangladesh

Elaborator: Professor Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam, Department of English, Dhaka University,

Bangladesh

Tea Break

Session 2 12:00pm – 01:30pm

Speaker: Dr. Madoka Hori, Research Fellow, International Research Centre for Japanese

Studies, Japan

Topic: The Overseas Transmission and Reception of Japanese Performing Art in

the Transitional Period of the 20^th Century: Cultural Exchange centering on

Yone Noguchi and his Bengali friends

Moderator: Professor Shafi Ahmed, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University,

Bangladesh

Elaborator: Professor Ahmed Reza, Department of English, Jahangirnagar

University, Bangladesh

Lunch Break

Session 3 03:00pm – 04:30pm

Speaker: Professor Dr. Pabitra Sarkar, Former Vice Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati

University, India

Topic: Rejecting the Western Model: The Tagore Experiments

Moderator: Professor Shafi Ahmed, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University,

Bangladesh

Elaborator: Ataur Rahman, Eminent theatre personality, Bangladesh

Towards Oriental Theatre Studies Day- 3 (09 January, 2012) Venue: Conference Room, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka

SEMINARS

Session 1 10:00am – 11:30am

Speaker: Professor Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam, Department of English
Dhaka University, Bangladesh

Topic: Remaking the Stage: New Theatre Practices in Bangladesh

Moderator: Nasir Uddin Yousuff, Eminent theatre personality, Film Director and President

of International Theatre Institute, Bangladesh

Elaborator: Professor Dr. Pabitra Sarkar, Former Vice Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati

University, India

Tea Break

Session 2 12:00pm – 01:30pm

Speaker: Professor Itaya Toru, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Japan

Topic: ‘Kata’ and Corporality in Japanese Traditional Performing Art

Moderator: Professor Dr. Ishrafil Shahin, Department of Theatre, Dhaka University,

Bangladesh

Elaborator: Nasir Uddin Yousuff, Eminent theatre personality, Film Director and

President of International Theatre Institute, Bangladesh

Lunch Break

Session 3 03:00pm – 04:30pm

Speaker: Professor Dr. Afsar Ahmad, Department of Drama and Dramatics,

Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Topic: Observation of the Form and Content of the Traditional Bangla Theatre in Light of Oriental Theatre Philosophy and Aesthetics

Moderator: Professor Ahmed Reza, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University,

Bangladesh

Elaborator: Professor Dr. M. Shahinoor Rahman, Department of English, Jahangirnagar

University, Bangladesh

Tea Break

CLOSING PROGRAM 06:00pm

Venue: National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka

Chief Guest: H. E. Sanjay Bhattacharyya, High Commissioner of India in Bangladesh

Guest of Honor: Dr. Mustafa Nurul Islam, National Professor of Bangladesh

Special Guest: Liaquat Ali Lucky, Director General, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

Chairman: Professor Dr. Afsar Ahmad

Project Director of the Conference on Towards Oriental Theatre Studies

Theatre Performance: 6: 30pm

MOHUA Pala

Department of Drama and Dramatics

Direction : Dr. Shoma Mumtaz

DAY-4

10 January 2012

Day-Long Excursion and Dinner