Symposium and Performance

Art vs. Politics and Other False Dichotomies, Performance of Adios Ayacucho October 7th, 3:00 - 7:00 pm, Yuyachkani and panelists

Performances

	Rosa Cuchillo, video, and community conversation, October 5th, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Ana Correa of Yuyachkani
	Rosa Cuchillo, video, and community conversation, October 6th, 6:00 pm, Ana Correa of Yuyachkani and panelists

Workshops

	Creative Use of the Object, October 4th, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, Ana Correa of Yuyachkani Contact: elfar@brandeis.edu
	Storytelling and Gender Justice in Waltham, October 6th, 3:00 - 5:30 pm, Ana Correa and Augusto Casafranca of Yuyachkani Contact: Mark Auslander mausland@brandeis.edu;, 781-736-2214
	Reservations are required for workshops.

Open Class Sessions

	Singing Up Worlds: Reducing Epistemic Violence in Reconciliation Ceremonies, October 2nd, 1:40 - 4:30 pm, Polly Walker, PhD
	From Colonies to States, October 5th, 10:40 am - 12 noon, Roberta Levitow, Charles Mulekwa
	Trials of Truth, Power, and Justice, October 5th, 10:40 am - 12 noon, Lee Perlman, Catherine Filloux
	Improvisation, October 5th, 10:40 am - 12 noon, Kate Gardner and the Waltham Family Literacy Program
	The United States and Africa, October 5th, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Daniel Banks
	Political Hybridity: Combining Customary and Modern Forms of Governance: Experiences in the Pacific Region, October 8th, 2:10 - 5:00 pm, Dr. Kevin Clements
	Women and Gender in Culture and Society, October 8th, 2:10 - 3:30 pm, Aida Nasrallah, Catherine Filloux, and Eugene van Erven
	Israeli Theatre, October 8th, 3:40 - 5:00 pm, Lee Perlman, Aida Nasrallah

Problem Solving Workshops -- by invitation only

Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle: Part II, October 7th, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Tuesday, October 2nd

1:40 - 4:30 pm

• Preview event: "Singing Up Worlds: Reducing Epistemic Violence in Reconciliation Ceremonies" Open session of COEX 250 (Arts of Building Peace). Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex Room 209. Guest presenter: Dr. Polly Walker.

Thursday, October 4th

6:00 - 9:00 pm

• Workshop with Ana Correa of Yuyachkani on "The Creative Use of the Object."  The Lurias, Hassenfeld Conference Center. Open to theater students and members of StageSource. Observers welcome. Space is limited.
  Contact elfar@brandeis.edu for reservations.

Friday, October 5th

10:40 am - 1:30 pm - Presentations in open sessions of Brandeis classes.

10:40 am - 12:00 pm

• "USEM:  From Colonies to States," Professor Eva Thorne. Shapiro Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room. Guest presenters: Roberta Levitow, Charles Mulekwa
• "USEM:  Trials of Truth, Power, and Justice," Professor Eugene Sheppard, Shapiro Campus Center Art Gallery. Guest presenters: Lee Perlman, Catherine Filloux
• "Improvisation," Professor Adrianne Krstansky. (Participants will include several members of Waltham Family Literacy Program) Location: 60 Turner Street, Basement studio. Guest presenter: Kate Gardner

12:00 - 1:30 pm

• Performance in open joint class session of Professor Gordie Fellman's "War and Possibilities of Peace," and Mark Auslander's "Making Culture."
  • Rosa Cuchillo (with English translation) by Ana Correa of Yuyachkani. Great Lawn.  Rain location: Shapiro Campus Center Multi-purpose Room. Followed by the showing of a video documentary on Yuyachkani's work with Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and discussion in the Shapiro Campus Center Multi-purpose Room.
• "USEM: The United States and Africa," Professor Ibrahim Sundiata. Location: Shapiro Campus Center Rm. 313. Guest presenter: Daniel Banks

2:30 - 9:00 pm - Closed sessions related to Performance and Peacebuilding in Global Perspective.

Saturday, October 6th

9:00 am - 5:00 pm - Closed sessions related to Performance and Peacebuilding in Global Perspective.

3:00 - 5:30 pm - Workshop on Storytelling and Gender Justice in Waltham with Ana Correa and Augusto Casafranca of Yuyachkani and members of the local Latina/o community. Shapiro Campus Center Theater.
Dinner and childcare will be provided for participants. Contact Mark Auslander mausland@brandeis.edu, 781-736-2214 for reservations.

6:00 pm

• Performance of Rosa Cuchillo by Ana Correa. Shapiro Campus Center Theater.
  Performance in Spanish with English translation provided.
• Followed by presentation of Alma Vida video documenting Yuyachkani's work with Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
• Community conversation on the implications of the play in terms of gender empowerment, storytelling, and reconciliation in Peru and Waltham. Free and open to the public, including members of Waltham's immigrant community, the Brandeis community, and members of StageSource.
• Admission is free but tickets are required, to make performance reservations please visit the Brandeis Box Office or call 781-736-3400.

Sunday, October 7th

10:00 am - 2:30 pm - Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle: Part II

Six problem-solving workshops will be convened in which theatre artists, coexistence/peacebuilding practitioners, policymakers, and sustainable development workers will meet together to think creatively about a problem in a particular community or conflict region, bringing the theoretical and practical perspectives of their various disciplines. Graduate students in Coexistence and Conflict, Cultural Productions, Sustainable International Development, and the Arts Programs will be invited to participate in these problem-solving laboratories. Participation is by invitation only. Lunch will be provided.

Action plans and recommendations will be developed in relation to:

• Inter-ethnic relations in post-war Serbia
• Safety among immigrant communities in Waltham, MA
• Improving understanding between Tamil and Sinhalese artists in Sri Lanka
• Iranian-US-Israeli relations (Diaspora focus)
• Transitional justice efforts in West Africa
• Performance and peacebuilding in Uganda/East Africa

For more details, click here.

3:00 - 7:00 pm - Art vs. Politics and Other False Dichotomies:  an evening symposium of performance and conversation. Merrick Theatre, Spingold Theater Center.

• 3:00 Introduction to contextual frame for understanding Yuyachkani's performace, given by Dr. Diana Taylor (NYU)
• 3:30 Keynote performance of Adios Ayacucho by Augusto Casafranca. Musical accompaniment by Ana Correa. (Not accessible for people in wheelchairs)
  Admission is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. To make performance reservations please visit the Brandeis Box Office or call 781-736-3400.
• 4:30 Conversation with Yuyachkani artists, moderated by Roberto Varea (USF) and Fernando Rosenberg (Brandeis)
• 5:00 - 5:30 Reception and intermission. Dreitzer Gallery (or Laurie Theater Lobbies)
• 5:30 - 7:00 Reflections on the nexus of art and politics, moderated by Kevin Clements, Director of the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, and Erik Ehn, Dean of the School of Theater at Cal Arts.
  Presenters:
  • Eugene van Erven, The Netherlands
  • Dijana Milosevic, Serbia
  • Charles Mulekwa, Uganda

Monday, October 8th

9:00 am - 1:30 pm - Closed sessions related to Performance and Peacebuilding in Global Perspective.

2:10 - 5:00 pm - Presentations in open sessions of Brandeis classes.

• 2:10 - 5:00 pm - "COEX 240, Dialogue and Mediation," Professor Theodore Johnson. Guest presenter: Dr. Kevin Clements, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. "Political Hybridity: Combining Customary and Modern Forms of Governance: Experiences in the Asia Pacific Region." Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex Atrium.
• 2:10 - 3:30 pm - "Women and Gender in Culture and Society," Professor Harleen Singh. Guest presenters: Aida Nasrallah, Catherine Filloux, and Eugene van Erven. Lown Judaic Center, Room 2.
• 3:40 - 5:00 pm - "Israeli Theatre," Professor Bracha Azoulay. Guest presenters: Lee Perlman, Aida Nasrallah, in Hebrew. Schwartz Auditorium. Click here for Hebrew copy of script to be discussed.