Hanoi Conference timetable

RELIGIOUS TRANSFORMATIONS IN MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA


Preliminary Programme

Thursday, October 3

Workshop Introduction
15.00 - 16.00 Opening of the workshop
16.00 - 17-00 Thematic introduction
17.00 - 19.00 - Informal get-together -
19.00 - ... Dinner

Friday, October 4

Panel 1: Religious transformation via mass media
8:30 – 9:15 Peter Bräunlein University of Göttingen, Germany
Post-mortem Cinema in Southeast Asia. Reflections on Ghosts and the Afterworld in recent Southeast Asian movies.
9:15 – 10.00 Patrick Campos University of the Philippines Film Institute
Brown-Skinned Virgin in Red Cheongsam:The Ghost as Figure of Justice in Transnational Cinema
10.00 – 10.15 - Coffee Break -
10:15 – 11:00 Lan Duong University of California, Riverside
History and the Transnational: An Anatomy of the Vietnamese Horror Film
11:00 – 12:00 Mattie Do & Katarzyna Ancuta Independent Filmmakers
Filmmaking in Southeast Asia: obstacles, challenges, and lots of fun...
12.00 - 2.00 - Lunch -
Panel 2: Religious transformation in rituals
14.00 – 14.45 Annuska Derks University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi
14.45 – 15.30 Dinh Hong Hai Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences
Maitreya, Earth God or God Of Wealth? A Study on Neo-Syncretization (and/or Neo-Secularization) in Vietnam after Doi-Moi
15.30 – 16.15 Nguyen Thi Hien Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, Hanoi
Dai Banyan Tree Story: A Spiritual Ritual at a Tantra Buddhist Temple in Hanoi
16.15 – 17.00 Nguyen Quang Hung Vietnam National University
Increasing of Religion in Public Places: The Catholic Church versus the Authorities

Saturday, October 5

Panel 3: Transformation of religion(s) in public spaces
9.00 – 9:45 Michael Dickhardt Dorisea, University of Goettingen, Germany
Religious Places in the Ancient Quarter of Hanoi: On the Diversity of Religion as a Genuine Part of Modernity
9:45 – 10.30 Karin Klenke Dorisea, University of Goettingen, Germany
From local superstition to a globally recognizable marker of authenticity – transformations of the pre-Christian religion aluk to dolo in Toraja/Sulawesi
10.30 – 11.00 - Coffee Break -
11:00 – 11:45 Andrea Lauser Dorisea, University of Goettingen, Germany
Lên Đồng – Cult – Culture – Spectacle: From Controlled Possession to Staged Performances
11.45 – 14.00 - Lunch -
14.00 – 14:45 Thuy Do Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, Hanoi
The Spirit Possession Rituals of the Mother Goddess religion (Hau dong) and the arts in the context of Doi moi in Vietnam: exploring the variations in the interaction between art and ritual
14:45 - 16:00 Bui Quang Thang VICAS Hanoi
Film Screening: *Impromptu of Hau Dong* (2012, 40 min.)
19.00 - ... Len Dong performance