Dear BARS Members,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are very\u00a0pleased to announce our next\u00a0digital event<\/strong>! The BARS President’s Fellow for 2024, Dr. Yasser Shams Khan, will be giving\u00a0a talk entitled\u00a0“Tippoo Saib\u00a0<\/em>at Astley’s Amphitheatre: Exploring the Scenic Atmosphere of Theatrical Orientalism”, on\u00a0April 10th at 4pm UK time.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please use this EventBrite link\u00a0to register and access the Zoom codes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/talk-from-the-bars-2024-presidents-fellow-dr-yasser-shams-khan-tickets-1243864093989?aff=oddtdtcreator<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Astley\u2019s Amphitheatre, a pioneering site of popular entertainment in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century London, was more than a venue for equestrian spectacles; it was a gateway to empire that brought the colony into close visual proximity to the metropole. Such theatrical entertainments played a pivotal role in shaping British perceptions of empire, power, and the \u2018Orient.\u2019 Through performances that dramatized the British military\u2019s encounters with foreign powers, particularly the famed defeat of Tipu Sultan\u2014depicted in performances like The Siege of Bangalore <\/em>(1792), Tippoo Saib\u2019s Two Sons <\/em>(1792), and The Siege of Seringapatam <\/em>(1800)\u2014Astley\u2019s became a cultural space where the politics of imperial conquest were translated into a public spectacle for mass audiences. In this presentation, I investigate the scenography and performative dynamics of Astley\u2019s Amphitheatre to represent the Anglo-Mysore wars and the ultimate defeat of Tipu Sultan. By exploring how the spatial configuration and performative practices within this popular theatre contributed to the construction and dissemination of British imperial power, I also highlight moments of ambivalence that disrupted established Orientalist frameworks. The presentation aims to expand the understanding of how colonial narratives were constructed and contested in public performance spaces, contributing to broader discussions on the intersections of performance, politics, and imperialism in British theatrical culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear BARS Members, We are very\u00a0pleased to announce our next\u00a0digital event! The BARS President’s Fellow for 2024, Dr. Yasser Shams Khan, will be giving\u00a0a talk entitled\u00a0“Tippoo Saib\u00a0at Astley’s Amphitheatre: Exploring… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5820,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions\/5820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}