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Unless otherwise stated, all conference venues are Workshop Theatre, Studio 1.
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Afternoon
Registration, with tea/coffee: 14:00-15:00
Welcome address: 15:00
Panel A: 15:15-16:45
Free Trade: Exporting Pinter to the United States
Chair: Catriona Fallow
Melissa Bailar (Rice University, USA)
Unteaching Pinter and the Aesthetics of Ambiguity
Ann C. Hall (University of Louisville, USA)
Containers and Containment: The Pinter Trade in the United States
Judith Roof (Rice University, USA)
American Receptions of Pinterâs Plays
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Plenary: 17:00-17:45
Vivienne Jabri
Pinter, the Political and the International
VENUE: The Alumni Room, School of English
Evening
Drinks reception: 18:00-18:15
Buffet: 18:15-19:15
VENUE: The School of English foyer
Truth to Power Café: 19:30
Jeremy Goldstein. Photo by Sarah Hickson
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Morning
Tea/coffee from 9:00
Panel B: 9:30-10:45
‘Our beginnings never know our endsâ
Chair: Basil Chiasson
Ćukasz Borowiec (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)
Harold Pinter To-do List: Gaps and Discoveries
Pim Verhulst (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
From âFragmentsâ to Family Voices: The Genesis of Pinterâs Radio Play
Mark Taylor-Batty (University of Leeds, UK)
âDidnât He Ramble?â â The Drafting of Ashes to Ashes
Read the abstracts of the conference papers here
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Special Guest Presentation: 10:45-11:45
Pinter and the Archive, with Jamie Andrews and Zoë Wilcox
Tea/coffee: 11:45-12:00
Panel C: 12:00-13:00
On Screen/Behind the Screen: Pinter and Film
Chair: Will Davies
James Jarrett (Colchester Institute, UK)
The Screenplays of Harold Pinter: Sleuth
Jonathan Bignell (University of Reading, UK)
True and False at the Same Time: Pinter and the Sixties Spy Cycle
Afternoon
Buffet lunch: 13:00
VENUE: The School of English foyer
Workshop, with Harry Burton: 14:00-15:15
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Panel D: 15:15-16:30
New Readings: Trauma, (In)Significance, Gender
Chair: Jonathan Bignell
Matthew Roberts (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Uncovering the Precipice
Noam Gil (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
The Trivial and its (In)Significance: On Pinterâs No Manâs Land and the Dramaturgy of the Ineffectual
A provocation: Alix Burbridge
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In conversation, with Nancy Meckler: 16:30-17:30
Sexism and Pinter: The Counter-Argument
Host: Basil Chiasson
Henry Woolf on Skype: 17:30-18:00
Hosts: Jeremy Goldstein and Harry Burton
Evening
Drinks Reception: 19:00-19:30
Conference meal: 19:30
VENUE for the evening: University House
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Morning
Tea/coffee from 9:00
Panel E: 9:30-10:45
Mediating Pinter
Chair: Graham Saunders
Yael Zarhy-Levo (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
Theatre Reviewers as Compromised Historians: Revivals of Harold Pinterâs The Birthday Party
Catriona Fallow (University of Birmingham, UK)
âdrama by means of radioâ: Staging Absence in Harold Pinterâs A Slight Ache
Basil Chiasson (University of Leeds, UK)
The Case of Vanilla: New History and Unexpected Influence
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Tea/coffee: 10:45-11:00
Panel F: 11:00-12:00
A More Personal Pinter: Outrage and Love
Chair: Mark Taylor-Batty
Graham Saunders (University of Birmingham, UK)
âA Shop Window for Outrageâ: Harold Pinterâs Ashes to Ashes, In-Yer Face Theatre & the Royal Courtâs 1996 West End Season
Susan Hollis Merritt (Independent Scholar, USA)
[âPinter Still in Play: The Global Cultural Impact of Harold Pinterâ: A Preview] Romantic Pinter
In conversation: 12:00-13:00
Guest: Jamie Lloyd
Host: Catriona Fallow
Afternoon
Buffet lunch: 13:00-14:00
VENUE: The School of English foyer
In conversation: 14:00-15:00
Guest: Douglas Hodge
Host: Basil Chiasson
Panel G: 15:00-16:15
Pinterâs Politics Continued: Plays, Poetry, People
Chair: TBC
Farah Ali (University of Hull, UK)
The Caretaker: Catch 22 and Questions of Belonging
Peter Lawson (Open University, UK)
Pinter and Poetry
Ibrahim Yerebakan (Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey)
Harold Pinter and Orhan Pamuk: Two Dissenting Voices of Our Century
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The Harold Pinter Histories and Legacies Database: 16:15-16:30
Closing Session: 16:30-17:30
