CINEMA AND TRANSNATIONALISM IN PAKISTAN AND SOUTH ASIA:
REGIONAL HISTORIES
LUMS, LAHORE, PAKISTAN
SEPTEMBER 1ST AND 2ND, 2016
September 1, 2016
Panel One: 10 A.M.—1 P.M.
Cinema in Pakistan: Nation-State, Industry, and Border-crossing
Chair and Moderator: Ali Khan, LUMS
Imran Munir, Lahore University of Arts and Culture
Colonial Influence on State Media Institutions and Documentary Film in Pakistan: Promoting Political Interests.
Naveen Zehra Minai, IBA, Karachi
In the Name of the Father: Mohammed Ali Jinnah and the Origin Story of Pakistan
Sanaa Riaz,Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA.
Lollywood Boundaries: Networks and Cultural Escapes in Urdu Cinema
Ehsan ul Haque, School of Business, LUMS
The Film Industry in Pakistan: Field Research
LUNCH: 1 P.M.—2 P.M.
Panel Two: 2 P.M.—5 P.M.
Gender and Aesthetic Economies of Cinema in Pakistan
Chair and Moderator: Karen Leonard, University of California at Irvine, USA
Nasreen Rehman,University of Cambridge/ Independent Scholar
The Political Economy of Sleep and the Cinema: a Reflection on Pakistani Subjectivity.
Kamran Asdar Ali, University of Texas at Austin, USA
On Female Friendships: Saheli and Sexual Politics in 1960s Cinema
Esha Niyogi De, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Women’s Cinema Out of Bounds: Shamim Ara’s Action Heroines and Transregional Masala in 1980’s Pakistan
TEA: 5 P.M.--6 P.M.
6 P.M.
A Shamim Ara Retrospective: Slide Show
Presented by Esha Niyogi De
7 P.M.: DINNER
8 P.M.—10 P.M.: Film Screening: Jago Hua Savera
September 2nd, 2016
Panel One: 10 A.M.—1 P.M.
Trans-Asian Cinema: Moving Landscapes and Regional Margins
Chair and Moderator: Tariq Rahman, Beaconhouse National University
Joel Gordon. University of Arkansas, USA
Movie Stars without Borders: Fashioning National Identity in Regional Studios/ Regional Identity in National Studios
Madhuja Mukherjee, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Networks of Cinema in 1930s: The fervent movement of images, texts and music from Kolkata to Lahore
Gwendolyn Kirk. University of Texas at Austin, USA
“A camera from the time of the British”: Technologies, nostalgia, and aesthetic exclusion in Pakistani cinema.
LUNCH 1 P.M.—2 P.M.
Panel Two: 2 P.M.—5 P.M.
Networks, Violence, and Ethical Encounters: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Chair and Moderator: Karen Leonard, University of California at Irvine, USA
Abhijit Roy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Indo-Pak Mediascape and the Curious Case of Zindagi TV.
Rahat Imran. University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Pakistan.
‘Cinema on Terror’: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Filmic History of Pakistan’s Descent into Religious Extremism.’
Elora Halim Chowdhury. University of Massachusetts at Boston. USA.
Ethical encounters: Friendship, reckoning and healing in contemporary films about the Bangladesh Liberation War.
TEA: 5 P.M.—6 P.M.
6 P.M.
TALK BY DR. OMER ADIL on the Celluloid Courtesan
7 P.M: DINNER
8 P.M.: Film Screening: Zinda Laash
