BIOphelia: A Performance-Infused Scholarship Symposium

About This Event

Ophelia & plants share a salient relationship within the playworld of Hamlet. In centering her botanical knowledge, agency, and biophilic ecological engagements to “hold the mirror up to Nature” this multidisciplinary symposium offers a mix of perspectives empowering an eco-feminist revival of the shared roles between Ophelia & her plants. Incorporating student-centered practice-based-research, performance workshops, scholar-led discussions, and communal engagement we will converge on Saturday, October 19 from 2-6pm at Film Forum.

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• Performance sharings
• Botanic Gardens plants curating
• Expert helmed thematic investigations
• Community oriented engagement

Featured Guests

• Randall Martin, Emeritus Professor at the University of New Brunswick and an Adjunct Research Professor at The University of Western Ontario
• Adam Washiyama Shulman, freelance multidisciplinary artist
• Taylor Rae, herbalist & educator Raeflower Holistics

Co-sponsors

• Cornell University departments of:
  • Performing & Media Arts
  • Literatures in English
  • Environment & Sustainability
• The Society for the Humanities
• CNY Humanities Corridor
• Mellon Rural Humanities Grant Initiative