Performing borders and belongings

Histories, languages, and resistance in Central and Eastern Europe
Sep 30, 2026 — 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Join us for this interdisciplinary one-day symposium.

Map of Eastern Europe in black and white
Eastern Europe

About the event

This international interdisciplinary symposium brings together scholars, artists, and practitioners from Canada, Poland, Ukraine, and the US to examine how language, performance, and spatial imaginaries shape cultural identities across Central and Eastern Europe and their diasporas. Through discussions of historical cartographies, multilingual urban cultures, censorship, artistic resistance, translanguaging, and exilic theatre, participants explore how performance responds to political upheaval, migration, displacement, and war. The symposium concludes with a conversation on the present and future of cultural production across borders in times of conflict and forced migration.

Accessibility
If you require accommodation, please contact the event host as soon as possible.
Date and time
Sep 30, 2026
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Format and location
In person
Academic Hall (SMN)
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Studio Léonard-Beaulne
Language
English, French
Audience
Students, Faculty and staff
Organized by
the Department of Theatre
in collaboration with the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the program of Vered Jewish Canadian Studies