SELECT INTERVIEWS & TALKS & PERFORMANCES

 

Invited Talk at Bir Zeit University, Ramallah, Scholarly and Performance Work in Service of Social Justice (May 2017)

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Panelist with Professors Robert J.C. Young and Richard Schechner, Humanities Symposium Arranged by Dr. Waseem Anwar, Forman Christian College, Lahore (February 2017)

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Paper Presented at National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA), “The Respectable Courtesan: Reading Malka Pukhraj’s Performative Memoir, Song Sung True,” (November 2016)

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Paper Presented at International Federation of Theatre Research, Stockholm University, “Unsettling the Nation: Pop-Sufi Divas of Pakistani Coke Studio,” (June 2016)

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Invited by Prof Richard Schechner as Speaker at NYU, Abu Dhabi; Talk about a Pakistani Women Singers Book Project and Screened Film Sample of Siren Song (April 2016)

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Public Lecture, “Malala Yousafzai and Mukhtaran Mai, plus Memoir Reading” at Worcester State University, Massachusetts, Sponsored by the Global Studies Program, Honorarium (April 2015)

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Delivered Paper, “Muslim Women’s Performances in New York Post 9/11,” Annual Convention of International Federation of Theatre Research, University of Amsterdam (July 2002)

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Plenary Panelist, Sixth Annual Performance Studies International (PSI) Conference, NYU (April 2002)

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Speaker, University of Madison, Wisconsin, South Asia Distinguished Speakers Series, “Where are the Muslim Feminist Voices,” Honorarium (April 2002)

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Speaker, Nassau Community College, New York, Distinguished Speaker Series on Islam, “Here are the Muslim Feminist Voices!” Honorarium (April 2002)

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Speaker, Philadelphia Community College, Pennsylvania, “Teaching an Undergraduate Course on Muslim Women Writers,” Honorarium (March 2002)

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Speaker, “Islam: The Religion Behind the Politics, and the Politics Behind the Religion, Brecht Forum, New York City (February 2002)

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Presenter, Sixth Annual International Conference of the Arab’s Women Solidarity Association, Cairo, Egypt (January 2002)

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Presenter, International Federation of Theatre Research Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, “Exposed by Pakistani Street Theatre: The Unholy Alliance of Postmodern Capitalism, Patriarchy and Fundamentalism.,” (July 2001)

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Panelist, International Sociological Association Conference, New York University, “Social Movements and New Social Communities: North/South Globalizations,” (April 2001)

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