In conjunction with our current exhibition Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater, the Ballard Institute will host a two-day popular and scholarly symposium on Chinese shadow theater as a global cultural artform, THIS Friday and Saturday, October 26th and 27th.
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Symposium Schedule:
Friday, October 26
3:00 – Welcome; refreshments
3:30-4:15 – Guided tour of “Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater
in the United States,” with exhibition curators Kuang-Yu Fong and Stephen Kaplin of
Chinese Theatre Works
4:30 – 6:00 Presentation #1: Annie Katsura Rollins
6-7:30 – Dinner Break
7:30-9 – Presentation #2: Mary Hirsch
Saturday, October 27
9-9:30 — Coffee
9:30-11:00 – Presentation #3: Fan Pen Li Chen
11:00-11:30 – Presentation #4: Stephen Kaplin and Kuang-Yu Fong
11:30-1:00 – Lunch Break
1:00-2:30 – Presentation #5: Bradford Clark
2:30-4:00 – Roundtable Discussion: Kathy Foley, Chair
All symposium sessions will take place at the Ballard Institute on UConn’s Depot Campus. This event is free. For more information, please contact the Ballard Institute at bimp@uconn.edu, or 860 486 0806.