International symposium: Ta'zieh, Passions en partage. Beyond "religious theater", rethinking the performative ritual event

Program

Tuesday, June 2

08:30 - 09:00 Welcome

09:00 - 09:15 Opening

Session 1 - Represent, perform, believe: Rethinking "Religious Theatre"

09:15 - 10:45 am

• Elisabeth Dutton (University of Fribourg - Switzerland)
  The Trial of Thomas Cranmer in 2026: "Religious Theatre" within a Ritual Event?
• Marie Bouhaïk-Gironès (CRH- EHESS/ CNRS)
  Economy of affects and transcendent resolution in hagiographic mysteries (XVe-XVI e c.)
• Susanna Scavello (University of Lausanne)
  When the audience is God: the baptism of the Mystery of Saint Barbara in five days (15th c.) as a performative ritual event. Feedback from a research-creation (2026)

10:45am - 11:00am Break

Session 2 - Voice, language and performative experience

11am - 12:30pm

• E. Lucy Deacon (University of Fribourg - Switzerland)
  Flying Maria at Elx, and Fatemah's Fleeting Visits: Women and the Promise of Resurrection in Catholic and Shiʿi Drama
• Neda Shahrokhi (Compagnie de Fanous - Tehran)
  From the taʿziyeh to the contemporary stage, an investigation situated between Iran and France

12:30pm - 2pm Lunch Break

Session 3 - Genealogies, reconfigurations and works

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

• Ehsan Zivaralam (University Clermont Auvergne)
  The Architecture of Grief: Re-routing the Genealogy of Ta'zieh from Jerusalem to Isfahan
• Julie Duvigneau (Inalco - Paris)
  Mourning and syncretism in Simine Danechvar's Savouchoun
• Khatoon Faroughi (ENS - Lyon)
  See all, être vu : le régime de regard dans le cinéma de Bahram Beyzaie à partir du ta'zieh

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Roundtable 1 - Processions, Passions and the Narrative of a Life: Cacciuttolo family in Procida

• Angela Muro, Vita Cacciuttolo, Yassaman Khajehi (Université Clermont Auvergne)

4:45pm - 5pm Discussion

7:30pm Performance Ta'zieh de Femme de Meydan directed by Neda Shahrokhi, Cie. Fanous de Téhéran and colloquium dinner at Anis Gras

Direction: Neda Shahrokhi; Text: Enayat Khadem Bashiri; Dramaturgy: Yassaman Khajehi; Vocal Coach: Hasmic Karapetian.

With : Seyedeh Anahita Dorri, Morteza Youneszadeh, Emil Amirian, Niusha Arablou, Sayna Mirsamiei, Amirali Shaker, Bardia Roustaeifar, Samaneh Ershadifar, Masoumeh Karimzadeh Hafshejani, Mah Taban Youneszadeh.

55 Av. Laplace, 94110 Arcueil - RER B station Laplace-Maison des Examens

Wednesday, June 3

Session 4 - Affects, participation and emotional communities

09:30 - 11:00 am

• CHAMA ELAZOUZI (Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah - Fès)
  Digital rituals and emotional communities
• Sara Khalili Jahromi (University of Fribourg - Switzerland)
  Satan as the Embodiment of Reason in the Taʿziyeh of Zebh-e Esmaʿil
• Nacim Pak (University of Edinburgh)
  LEGO Karbala: Taʿzieh and AI-Generated War Propaganda

11:00 am - 11:15 am Break

Session 5 - Religious comparisons : affects, doctrines and practices

11:15am - 12:15pm

• Ali Hussain Al-Hakim (Independent Researcher - London)
  A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Emotion in Ta'zieh and Christian Passion Performances
• Martin Pinet (Lateran University, Rome)
  "Ashoura in Mashad: a comparative clerical approach"

12:15 - 12:30 Discussion

12:30 - 2:30 Lunch Break

Session 6 - Field, corporeality and research-creation

2:30 - 3:30

Roundtable 2 - From field to research-creation: a possible performance?

• Neda Shahrokhi, Yassaman Khajehi, Rahmat Amini

   

3:30pm - 4pm Discussion

4pm - 4:30pm Closing of the symposium and exchanges

Organization:

• Julie Duvigneau (CERMOM)
• Yassaman Khajehi (anr THETA, Inalco, Université Clermont Auvergne, IUF)