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June 8 Ibsen Program
June 8 Ibsen Program
Monday June 18
Kristian Figenschow, actor at Hålogaland Theatre, will be reading from An Enemy of the
People
The conference will take place on the campus of the University of Tromsø at Faculty of Humanities,
Social Sciences and Education (HSL-fakultetet), Teorifag Building, House 1
Buses 20 (Stakkevollan) and 21 (UiT/UNN) go to the University from the city centre. The stops
can be found at the NW corner of Fredrik Langes gate and Storgata (the walking street).
Buses leave every 10 minutes on weekdays and the journey takes 10-15 minutes. (Bus Price:
28 NOK for adults)
It is a lovely 3 km walk to campus through the woods or you can hop aboard Bus 20 which
runs every 20 minutes. It is a 10 minute ride to campus. (Bus Price: 28 NOK for adults)
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Tuesday June 19
Keynote
9.15-10.15 Martin Puchner (Harvard University, Boston, USA): Henrik Ibsen. World Literature and
the Creation of Literary Worlds (Auditorium 1)
Chair: He Chengzhou
Jon Nygaard (Centre for Ibsen Studies, Norway): The Mystery of the North of the North in
Ibsen’s drama
Troy Storfjell (Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, USA): Lapland, Bees and the Order of
Things: Reading Ibsen through Byatt’s The Biographer’s Tale
Clarence Burton Sheffield (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA): Aesthetics and the
Search for a National Poetic Form: Ibsen’s Essay “Om Kjæmpevisen og dens Betydning for
Kunstpoesien”
Ståle Dingstad (University of Oslo, Norway): Love’s Comedy revisited – 150 years after the
first publication
Anette Storli Andersen (University of Oslo, Norway): The young Ibsen’s theatre aesthetics – a
theatre of the old, free and mountainous North
Irina Ruppo Malone (National University of Ireland, Galway): Ibsen and the Birth of Irish
Modernism
Giuliano D’Amico (University College, Volda, Norway): Between Magic[k] and drama – Henrik
Ibsen and Aleister Crowley
Sarah Paula Hoffman (Savannah College of Art and Design, USA): Nora, The White-Boned
Demon, Portraits
Krishna Sen (University of Calcutta, India): Reading India through Ibsen: Satyajit Ray’s
Ganashatru and K.P. Kumaran’s Aakasha Gopuram
Keynote
(Auditorium 1)
We will enjoy a four hour journey via bus and two ferries on our way north. There will be a
snack provided on the bus and an opportunity to stretch our legs in Skjervøy for
approximately sixty minutes before boarding the ship.
We will have a chance to explore the ship before gathering for a three-course meal at 21.30.
We can toast to the beautiful scenery of the arctic!
The ship docks downtown close to the city centre. It is a quick walk to the conference hotels
or to lively nightlife establishments.
Wednesday June 20
Keynote panel
Anne Lande Peters (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Sherin Abdel Wahab (Cairo, Egypt) and
Barbara Haveland (Copenhagen, Denmark)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13:00 Ibsen Exhibition Opening, University Library: “I can’t write letters.” Ibsen through his letters
Opening remarks by Helge Salvesen (director University Library) and Narve Fulsås (professor
of history, University of Tromsø, Norway) on Ibsen’s letters
Frode Helland (Centre for Ibsen Studies, Norway): No politics – The first Doll’s House in
Communist China
Kamaluddin Nilu (Centre for Ibsen Studies, Norway/Centre for Asian Theatre, Dhaka,
Bangladesh): Democratisation process in interculturalism: Staging Ibsen within a folk
theatrical form in Bangladesh
Chen Liang (Fudan University, China): Spatial Construction and Cultural Reception. Analysis of
The Lady from the Sea – a Chinese Adaptation
Wang Yuli (Wuhan University, China): The Polyimage Poetics in Ibsen’s Late Plays
Miriam Lau Leung Che (Hong Kong Community College, China): Effects of Chinese opera on
the reproduction of Ibsen’s plays
Sofija Todic (University of Belgrade, Serbia): Dances in the Drawing Room: Ibsen’s Use of
Musical Elements in a Larger Cultural Context
Keld Hyldig (University of Bergen, Norway): Ibsen, Bjørnson and the art of acting in
Norwegian Theatre
Jill Wolfe (University of Tromsø, Norway): Merits and Demerits of Ibsen’s great play”: The
reception of the Novelty Theatre Company matinee performance of The Doll’s House,
Theatre Royal, Brighton England June 20th 1889
Jens-Morten Hanssen (National Library of Norway, Oslo): Otto Brahm’s Ibsen cycles at
Lessing-Theater in Berlin
3.1 Contrasting Conceptions of 19th Century Modernity – Ibsen and Bjørnson (Room 1.333)
Helge Rønning (University of Oslo, Norway): Eros and Politics. A comparative Analysis of
Henrik Ibsen Rosmersholm (1886) and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Paul Lange and Tora Parsberg
(1898)
Fredrik Engelstad (University of Oslo, Norway): The Enigma of Capitalism – Over Ævne II and
John Gabriel Borkman
Mitsuya Mori (Seijo University, Japan): Two Intercultural Ibsen Performances: Double Nora
and Resurrection Day
Monica Emilie Herstad (Choreographer, Oslo, Norway): Playing Ibsen – A reflection upon
counterculture vs mainstream perspectives
Eva Feller (University of Zurich, Switzerland): “Let it happen … beautifully” – Death and Art in
Hedda Gabler
Michelle Ashley (Tufts University, Boston, USA): Boring the Bourgeoisie to Death: Analyzing
Hedda and Middle Class Lifelessness
Maria Golkova (Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg): Encyclopedia
of human passions
3.4 Philosophical Aspects - on Brand and The Wild Duck (Room 1.329)
Nima Salehian (University of Semnan, Iran): The analysis of sense of sacrifice and faith in
Islamic works and Brand
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Thor Holt (University of Copenhagen, Denmark): Ibsen and the cultural imagination of
disaster: The death of innocent children and the theodicy in Brand
Gunnar Arrias (University of Gothenburg, Sweden): The tragedy of the impossible sacrifice in
The Wild Duck
Julie Holledge (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia/ University of Oslo): Six Cities in Search
of Lady from the Sea
Paul Johnson (University of Alberta, Augustana Faculty, Camrose, Canada): Translation and
Presentation of Ibsens Barn
Author Nuruddin Farah (Somalia/South Africa) in conversation with Helge Rønning on Africa
and literature
Thursday June 21
Keynote panel
09.15-11.15 Inaugural Artists Keynote Panel: Applied Ibsen on Four Continents: The Artists’
Intentions (Auditorium 1)
Sheema Kermani (Performance Artist, Pakistan), Richard Newton (Artist, USA), Gerrit
Timmers (Theatre director and actor, The Netherlands), Melissa Eveleigh (Theatre and
Development Practitioner: Writer, Director, Facilitator, Malawi-Zimbabwe-UK), Anwer
Hussain Jafri (Writer and Director, Pakistan)
Ralf Rauker (Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia): Ibsen’s Südsucht und
Nordlust.
Olivia Gunn (University of California, Irvine, USA): The Drama of Decadence: Georg Lukács’s
Ibsen
Azadeh Mazloumsaki (University of Oslo, Norway): Henrik Ibsen’s political outlook in Brand
Astrid Sæther (University of Oslo, Norway): Hedda and her sisters: On Woody Allen and Ibsen
Melvin Chen (Centre for Ibsen Studies, Norway): The (Im)possibility of Filming Ibsen
Astrid von Rosen (Gothenburg University, Sweden): “Peer Gynt runs his hand over the
inflatable dream.” Notes on scenography, invisibility and historical research
Ellen Karoline Gjervan (Queen Maud University College, Trondheim, Norway): Ibsen’s
theatrical space – on the page
4.6 Myths and the dramatic tradition – Little Eyolf (Room 1.329)
Roland Lysell (Stockholm University, Sweden): Little Eyolf and Dramatic Tradition
Rakesh Mohan Sharma (GND University College, Pathankot, India): Symbiotic Relatedness to
Sub Specie Aeternitais: Little Eyolf’s Spiritual Rebirth
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Jørgen Dines Johansen (University of Southern Denmark): Male and Female Discourses in
Ibsen’s A Doll’s House
Paulo Ricardo Berton (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil): On Role
Patterns and Configurations
Kwok-Kan Tam (Open University of Hong Kong, China): Motherhood: a Hong Kong Film
Adaptation of Ghosts
Xujia Zhou (Centre for Ibsen Studies, Norway): From Ghosts to Curse of the Golden Flower:
Ibsen in Chinese Popular Movie Industry
Laleh Benham (Independent Scholar, Tehran, Iran): Looking for Enlightenment through
Dramatic Arts: A comparative study of Ghosts (1881) and Santuri (2007)
Joanne Tompkins (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia): Ibsen Down Under: Ghosts
Janke Klok (University of Groningen, The Netherlands): A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler and An
Enemy of the People and the Dutch cities
Maija Burima (Daugavpils University, Latvia): Stagings of Ibsen’s Plays in Latvia in the First
Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Sandra Saari (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA): Ibsen and the World of Nature
Sabiha Huq (University of Oslo, Norway): Stage Performance of Peer Gynt in Mysore: Is
“Global Ibsen” against globalization?
Victor Grovas (Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City, Mexico): Staging Peer Gynt
in Mexico
Seyed Mahdi Samiei (University of Oslo, Norway): Peer Gynt in Persia: a comparative
mythology analysis
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Using a blend of postmodern and classical pastiche, Olga Tobreluts sees the "universal
drama" of Henrik Ibsen not only as a drama of ideas, as a collision of ideologies, but also
wants to show those historical and cultural circumstances which influenced or could
influence the writer when he was creating his drama. (www.rusmuseum.ru)
18.40, 19.00, 19.20 Excursion: Bus from Perspektivet Museum to Mountain Lift
There will be an opportunity to walk around on the top of the mountain and enjoy the
gorgeous scenery from the restaurant at the top of Mount Storsteinen with a glass of wine
(or soda) in hand. Sensible shoes and warm clothes are recommended. The lift takes people
back down the mountain every 30 minutes until 1.00 in the morning if you would like to
remain at the top for the midnight sun. To return to the city centre, public bus #26 runs on
regular intervals. If you would prefer to walk, it is a short and scenic 20 minute trip from the
mountain lift into the city centre.
Friday June 22
Keynote
9.15-10.15 Sun Jian, Shanghai (Fudan University, China): Ibsen and Peking Women’s Normal
University (Auditorium 1)
Professor Sun Jian was the head of the organizing committee for the XIIth International Ibsen
Conference in Shanghai, China in 2009.
Tanya Thresher (Independent Scholar, Dubai, United Arab Emirates): Boats in Fields. Uwe
Janson’s Peer Gynt (2006)
Ellen Rees (University of Oslo, Norway): Postsecular Salvation: Hallvard Bræin’s Gatas Gynt
(2008)
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Lisbeth P. Wærp (University of Tromsø, Norway): The play within the film: Peer Gynt in
Skjoldbjærg’s En folkefiende (2004)
Aimin Chen (Nanjing Normal University, China): Ibsen’s Plays and the Construction of Chinese
Culture
Terry Sui-han Yip (Hong Kong Baptist University, China): Staging Ibsen’s Women in Traditional
Chinese Theatre
Rustem Ertug Altinay (New York University, USA): Staging A Doll’s House in Kurdish: The
Theatre Painted Bird’s Nora/Nure in its Performance Context
Solace Sefakor Anku (University of Oslo, Norway): Beyond the slammed door
Henning Gärtner (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA): Nora the Doll: Why
Liberalism’s New Woman is Not Free
Benedikte Berntzen (National Library of Norway, Oslo): Ibsen’s social laboratory. News and
contemporary events as foundation for Pillars of Society
Clare Glenister (University of Oslo, Norway): Ibsen's workers. Representations of work and
workplaces in the contemporary dramas
Keynote
13.15-14.15 Stine Brenna Taugbøl (University of Oslo, Norway): Ibsen goes digital - a
presentation of the new electronic version of Henrik Ibsen's writings (Auditorium 1)
Museum afternoon
The following are free to conference participants for the duration of the conference:
The University Museum of Tromsø (Lars Thørings veg 10): Open 9.00-18.00. This museum
features North Norwegian nature and culture, including a focus on the indigenous Sami.
The Art Museum of Northern Norway (Sjøgata 1) Open 11.00-18.00. Features Northern
Norwegian art ranging from 19th century to contemporary works.
The Perspektivet Museum (Storgata 95) Open 11.00-17.00. Offers exhibits on the history of
Tromsø, as well as temporary exhibits.
The Polar Museum, (Søndre Tollbodgate 11) Open 10.00-19.00. Exhibits on the history of
arctic exploration housed in a tradition wharf house from 1830.
For a fee (80 NOK for conference participants), Polaria (Hjalmar Johansensgate 12) is worth a
visit both for the unique architecture of the building and the exhibits on arctic nature,
including a film about Svalbard and an aquarium with seals. The museum also features an
excellent gift shop. Open 10.00-19.00
For members of the International Ibsen Committee: Business Meeting 15.00-16.15 at campus, Room
A3021, followed by dinner in the city centre at Emma’s Drømmekjøkken 17.30 (Kirkegata 8)
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Saturday June 23
Keynote
10.15-11.15 Narve Fulsås (University of Tromsø, Norway): The de-dramatization of history and the
prose of bourgeois life (Auditorium 1)
May-Brit Akerholt (University of Sydney, Australia): “Write what I’m trying to say, not what
I’m saying” (Jorge Luis Borges)
Anna W.B. Tso (Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China): Critical Discourse
Analysis and Translation: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Ideology in the English and
Chinese versions of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House
Jialing Qiu (Tianjin Normal University, China): Pioneering Voice of the Feminism: Women in
the Early Plays Written By Ibsen
Maryam Balazadeh (University of Oslo, Norway): Ibsen’s (Un)Educated Women: The Impact
of Religion on Women Education in A Doll’s House and Rosmersholm
Zimin Gao (Northwest University, Xi’an, China): Waiting For My Beloved: Solveig and Wang
Baochuan
Christine Korte (York University, Toronto, Canada): Capitalism in Crisis: Ibsen’s John Gabriel
Borkman
Marcus Björkqvist (Stockholm University, Sweden): Ibsen’s Doctor’s: A Study of Ibsen’s Men
of Science
Thomas Seiler (University of Zurich, Switzerland): Money, memory and the body
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Jingge Li (Boston College, USA): Gendered Reception of A Doll’s House in Japan and China
(1910s – 1920s)
Andrey Yuriev (St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre and Art, Russia): Henrik Ibsen and Yevgeny
Vakhtangov: Rosmersholm at the First Studio of the Moscov Art Theatre
Martin Humpal (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic): Peer Gynt in Czech Translation:
A Peculiar Reception History
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Sahar Ajami (Artist, University of Oslo, Norway): Illustrating Women in Ibsen's Dramas
20.00 Banquet at Rica Ishavshotel, Panorama room (city centre, Fr. Langesgate 2)
A talk by Nils Magne Knutsen, University of Tromsø, Norway: On the image of Northerners
and Northern Norway in Literature
Exhibitions:
Sarah Paula Hoffman (Savannah College of Art and Design, USA): Nora, The White-Boned
Demon, portraits of a woman with many names and many roles: Lan Ping, Jiang Ching,
Madame Zedong (on campus, Teorifag Building, Vandrehallen)
Sigmund Nesset (University of Tromsø, Norway): “I can’t write letters”. Ibsen through his
letters (on campus, University library)
Olga Tobreluts (Russia): Emperor and Galilean (Perspektivet museum, city centre, free
entrance)
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