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Dear Friends of the AHRB Centre for Asian and African Literatures
Here are details of three upcoming events that are taking place at SOAS
later this month which many of you may be interested in.
For those of you too far away, apologies for posting.
Kind regards,
AHRB Centre for Asian and African Literatures
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DAY COLLOQUIUM FOR POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH
STUDENTS IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES:
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT YOUR WORK IN PROGRESS
Looking for feedback on your thesis topic? Come give a paper at the
colloquium for MPhil and PhD students, which will take place on
Friday 25th November 2005. The colloquium will begin with a seminar led by
Dr Sharmila Sen of Harvard University entitled
"Consuming Borders." The advance reading for this discussion will be
available from the AHRBLIT Office, Room 363. Dr Sen's seminar
will be followed by 20 minute presentations by selected students.
Sharmila Sen is assistant professor of English at Harvard, specializing in
postcolonial anglophone literatures from Africa, the
Caribbean, and South Asia. She has published on francophone African novels,
contemporary Caribbean fiction, language politics in
South Asian anglophone texts, and popular Bombay cinema. She is currently
working on an interdisciplinary project on border cultures
in South Asia and its diasporas.
If you would like to speak at the workshop, please submit a 300-500 word
abstract of your proposed paper to Dr Amina Yaqin,
[log in to unmask] by 5pm on FRIDAY 18th NOVEMBER. The selection panel welcomes
proposals from those working in national or comparative
literatures, film studies, and related fields.
Students not giving papers are also invited to attend the seminar and
presentations. To register to attend, please write to
[log in to unmask]
9am-12pm, Room 116, Main Building, SOAS
FRIDAY 25th NOVEMBER
BY ADVANCE REGISTRATION ONLY
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SEMINAR 1
Department of South Asia seminar in association
with the Centre for Gender
SHARMILA SEN
(English, Harvard University)
"Our Flavour is Greater"
< About the speaker > Sharmila Sen is assistant professor of English at
Harvard, specializing in postcolonial anglophone literatures
from Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia. She has published on francophone
African novels, contemporary Caribbean fiction,
language politics in South Asian anglophone texts, and popular Bombay
cinema. She is currently working on an interdisciplinary
project on border cultures in South Asia and its diasporas.
WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER, 3PM
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
All Welcome !!!
SEMINAR 2
'Democratising Terror'
ISHTIYAQ SHUKRI in conversation and reading from his novel 'The Silent
Minaret'.
WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 5.30PM
Room 116, SOAS
All Welcome!!
More details to follow . . .
Enquiries for all three events to:
Gillian Hudson, AHRBLIT Centre, Tel: 020 7898 4267,
Email: [log in to unmask]
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AHRB Centre for Asian and African Literatures
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London
WC1H 0XG
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7898 4267
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7898 4239 or 4399
www.soas.ac.uk/literatures
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