Workshop: Memorializing Partition

Room 56 Arts Faculty, University of Delhi

— A collaboration —

The 1947 Partition Archive & Centre for Studies in Violence, Memory, and Trauma

Schedule

Day 1: Wednesday, 22nd February 2017 9:00 - 9:45 am:

Registration/ Tea and Coffee

9:45 - 10:00 am: Introductory Remarks

- Welcome by Professor Christel Devadawson, Head of English, University of Delhi

- Introduction by Dr. Subarno Chattarji, Convenor of Centre for Studies in Violence, Memory, and Trauma, Department of English, University of Delhi

10 am - 12:30 pm: Revisiting Partition through Oral History Session Chair: Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla, Founder and Executive Director of The 1947 Partition Archive - Urvashi Butalia: Scholar and Author, Zubaan Publishing House- Dr. Nonica Datta: Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University- Dr. Kavita Daiya: Colombian College of Arts & Sciences, George Washington University - Dr. Amber Abbas: Department of History, St. Joseph’s University

12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch2:00 - 4:00 pm: Literary and Cultural Returns to PartitionSession Chair: Dr. Priya Kumar, Associate Professor at Department of English, University of Delhi

- Dr. Rahul Gairola: English & Comparative Literature, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

- Dr. Tarun K. Saint: Scholar & Author

- Vishwajyoti Ghosh: Author & Artist

4:00 - 4:30 pm: Tea/ Coffee

4:30 pm: Public Lecture- '70 years later: Understanding Partition' by Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla, Founder & Executive

Director of The 1947 Partition Archive.

Day 2: Thursday, 23rd February 2017

9:30 am - 10:00 am: Tea/Coffee

10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Afterlives of Partition Session Chair: Ritika Popli,

The 1947 Partition Archive- Dr. Debjani Sengupta: Department of English, Indraprastha College for Women - Dr. Priya Kumar: Department of English, University of Delhi- Dr. Jhuma Sen: Jindal Global Law School, Jindal University- Dr. Tasneem Shahnaaz: Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi

12:30 - 2:00 pm: Lunch

2:00 - 4:00 pm: Student Panel

4:00 - 4:30 pm: Film Screening Short film 'Wagah'

(Dir: Supriyo Sen)

4:30 - 5:00 pm: Tea/Coffee