The Annual South Asia Lecture Series is an annual classroom and community lecture series on South Asia hosted by the Department of English and Cultural Studies. The lecture series is made possible through the generous support of Kalpana Raina, MA’79 English Literature.
Dr. Ania Loomba, Catherine Bryson Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, will be giving a lecture titled, “Romance and Revolution" on November 9, 2023.
This talk explores how the Partition of India figures in South Asian Diasporic writing and how different writers explore trauma, national identity, and cultural displacement arising from Partition in their work.
Ashwin Singh is an award-winning playwright, actor, director and filmmaker. He is the author of Durban Dialogues, Indian Voice, Then and Now.