Borders, Beats, and Beyond: Tangier, May 16 - 19, 2008

Fourth Annual International Forum
Quatrième forum international annual
المنتــــدى الدولـــي الرابــــع
Performing Tangier ▪ Tanger Scénique ▪ طنجة المشهدية

Performing the city, reorienting the Beats,
and negotiating the future...


Program
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Conference daily
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Conference arrangements
  • Registration, lodging, venues, and ground transportation information available, click here
  • Register: from 9am May 16 at Chellah Hotel
  • First event: 11am May 16 at Chellah Hotel
  • Attendee list, click here
  • To volunteer, click here
Keynote Speakers
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The international conference in and of Tangier:
  • Over 100 presenters and performers: 12+ countries - Africa, Europe, Americas, Asia
  • Brief cultural geographies of Tangier and Tétouan, click here and Ceuta, click here

In memoriam
  • To our friends who passed last year-
Joe McPhillips
Headmaster of the American School of Tangier
and friend of the Beats
--11 June 2007--

Abdellah Jbilou
Tanjawi writer and literary critic
and translator of Mohamed Choukri into Spanish
--31 October 2007--

Vital exchange at the crossroads
  • The conference: performs the city – from the actors on stage to those on the streets, everyone together creating the here-and-the-now; explores borders – empowering the margins, challenging political divides, and stretching our limits; reorients the Beat Generation – searching, resisting and listening anew, half-way around the world and half a century after the sensation began; and most importantly, negotiates the future – asking, what kind of world do we want to live in and how will we create it?

  • “It is a forum that aims at bridging the gap of difference and connecting cultures, as well as reaching across the divide to the Other. The setting of Tangier makes a perfect home for new intercultural encounters that celebrate and honor our essential humanity. It offers a glimmer of hope during a dark time marked by the hegemony of the post 9/11 discourses of horrorism.” --Dr Khalid Amine, Conference Convener


Special events
  • Site-specific performance - Tanger des Peintres: Grey Room to Casabarata. Friday, May 16: 11.00/13.00, Chellah Hotel, click here
  • "The Beats in Tangier" - "Generación Beat y Tángers", "les figures de la beat generation et Tanger", special panels, click here


  • Painters of Tangier. Presented by Tingis edition. From the ages of the XIX through the XX centuries, more than 400 color images, engraved in golden letters in the history book of universal painting, disseminated in the collections of the most prestigious museums of the world. "Le Tanger des Peintres" click here
  • El Tánger de los pintores. Presentado por Tingis edition. Siglos XIX y XX, testimonios de más de 400 pintores, grabados en letras de oro en el libro de historia de los pintores universales, en las colecciones de los más prestigiosos museos del mundo. "Le Tanger des Peintres" click here

  • Le Tanger des Peintres: Présenté par Tingis édition 309 images du XIX et du XXe siècle, témoignages de plus de 400 artistes peintres, gravé en lettres d’or dans le livre de l’histoire de la peinture universelle, disséminés dans les collections des plus prestigieux musées du monde. "Le Tanger des Peintres" click here
  • The screening of the Documentary Film “Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider”, produced and directed by Catherine Warnow and Regina Weinreich with Q&A. Presented by the co-producer/co-director Regina Weinreich, click here
  • Proyección del ducumental “Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider”, producido y dirigido por Catherine Warnow y Regina Weinreich con Q&A. Presentado por Regina Weinreich, click here
  • La projection pour la première fois à Tanger du Film Documentaire "Paul Bowles: the Complete Outsider." Avec la présence de Dr. Regina Weinreich co-producer/ director, click here

  • The screening of the Documentary Film "Let it Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles", directed by Jennifer Baichwal. The film features the final meeting of Ginsberg, Burroughs and Bowles (in New York City 1995), and interviews in Tangier with Bowles, Cherifa, Choukri, Herbert, McPhillips, and more. Award winning film; shot during 1994-96. This is its first screening in Tangier - by special arrangement with the director, click here
  • "A Tale of Tangier: Conversations with Ghosts", Performance art by Michael Thorne, Keeley McDonnell and Rebekka Kill, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, click here
  • "Un cuento de Tánger: Conversaciones con fantasmas”, Performance art con Michael Thorne, Keeley McDonnell y Rebekka Kill, Universidad Metropolitana de Leeds, UK, click here
  • "TANGIER 2008: Criss-Crossed GLANCES", Presented by the Cinematographic and Audio-visual Research Group at the Faculty of Letters, Tetouan. It is a question of presenting figures of present-day Tangier, not necessarily of famous people, but marginalized figures, alive and often ignored by research and other forms of representation. This work will be completed by the studentsof the University who will be supervised by Professor Hamid Aïdouni responsible of the Research Group.
  • "TANGIER 2008: Criss-Crossed GLANCES". Presentado por el Grupo de Investigación Audiovisual y cinematográfica de la Facultad de Letras de Tetuán. Es el resultado de captar personas de la vida diaria de Tánger, no necesariamente gente famosa, sino personas marginadas, vivas y con frecuencia ignoradas tanto por la investigación como por otras formas de representación. Este trabajo será completado por los estudiantes de la Universidad quienes serán dirigidos por el profesor Hamid Aïdouni responsable del Grupo de investigación.
  • TANGER 2008: REGARDS CROISES : Présenté par le Groupe de Recherches, d'Essais Cinématographiques et Audiovisuels, facult é des Lettres, Tetouan. Il s'agit de présenter des figures du Tanger actuel, pas nécessairement des gens connus, mais des du Tanger profond, vivant et souvent ignoré par les études et recherches sur les imaginaires de Tanger. Ce travail sera réalisé par les étudiants de l'Université qui seront encadrés par Professeur Hamid Aïdouni responsable du Groupe de Recherches, d'Essais Cinématographiques et Audiovisuels, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Abdelmalek Essaadi Université.
  • Musical Performance by Katharina Franck, of the "Rainbirds" and solo artist, view the poster and get more information, click here and here





  • Randy Weston, jazz great, in concert, view the poster and get more information, click here

  • "Nuevos Horizontes en hacer que nuetras voces se oigan," by Jose Luis Delgado Guitart, click here

  • "A Shared Wind", Marjorie Kanter will read a selection, inspired in Tangier and the area surrounding it, from her writings, click here
  • Guided tour of the Qasbah & the Medina offered by Rachid Tafersiti (President of Al-Boughaz Association) and Abdel-Aziz Idrissi (Curator of the Qasbah Museum).
  • Inaugural panel featuring: Mustapha Bennouna, President of Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier; Gottfried Haas, German Ambassador, Rabat; Mitchell Cohn, Cultural Attachee, American Embassy, Rabat ; Andrew Hussey, Dean of the University of London Institute, Paris; José Manuel Toledo Jordan, Director, Instituto Cervantes, Tangier ; Wolfgang Meissner, Goethe-Institut, Rabat/Casablanca; José Manuel Goñi Pérez, Representative of the University of Aberystwyth, UK; Allen Hibbard, Director of the Middle East Centre at MTSU, USA ; Khalid Amine, President of the International Centre for Performance Studies, Tangier.
  • Closing ceremonies: presentation of the annual Performing Tangier Prize (read about the 2008 winner, click here) and announcement of the central themes (to view draft proposal, click here) and dates for Performing Tangier 2009.

Conference details
  • Languages: Arabic, Tamazight, French, Spanish, and English. There are no facilities for simultaneous translations.
  • Morning sessions will feature keynote speakers. Afternoon sessions will sometimes utilize two simultaneous panels. The conference will occupy a variety of cultural spaces in the city.
Conference media
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Share and show
  • The conference series began in November 2004 with "Writing Tangier" and was followed by "Voices of Tangier" in 2006, and "Picturing and Performing Tangier" in 2007, for statements about the conferences from participants (please add yours, email the webmaster), click here
  • Beats book and image gallery (please email your contributions the webmaster), click here
Conference administration
  • All aspects of the conference administration, programming, participation, and publishing are determined solely at the discretion of the organizing committee whose decisions are final.
  • The organizing committee serves as the jury in selecting papers for the conference published proceedings. Unfortunately, due to the rapid growth in participation, funds are not available to accept all submitted works.
Conference partners
  • This conference would not be possible without the generosity of cash, service and in-kind contributions from our many partners.
  • Partner listing and internet links, click here
Special thanks to our major contributors
  • The Embassy of the United States, Rabat
  • The Moroccan American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE), Rabat
  • Research Group of Performance Studies at Abdelmalek Essaadi University
  • University of Aberystwyth (UK)
  • University of London Institute in Paris
  • MEC at Middle Tennessee State University (USA)
  • Ministry of Culture of Morocco
  • La Wilaya de Tanger
  • Instituto Cervantes (Tangier)
  • Goethe Institute, Deutsch-Marokkanische Gesellschaft Nord
  • La Commune Urbaine de la Ville de Tanger
  • La Région de Tanger-Tétouan
  • Cap Radio Tanger, Chellah Hotel
  • Group Imran al-Boughaz
  • Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development

And a special note of thanks to
  • Mme Touria JABRANE KRAYTIF (Ministre de la Culture)
  • Mr Mahamed HASSAD (Wali de la Région Tanger-Tetouan)
  • Mr Abdelhadi BENALLAL (Président de la région Tanger-Tetouan)
  • Mr Dahman DERHAM (Mire de la ville de Tanger)
  • Mr Abdelmoula SAMIR (Directeur général de Cap radio Tanger)



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