1501 International Affairs Building
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, University Professor in the Humanities
Gauri Viswanathan, Class of 1933 Professor in the Humanities
South Asian Institute
Department of English and Comparative Literature
Global Cultural Studies
Institute for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
An evening to honor the life and work of Bengali writer and social activist, Mahasweta Devi.
Program
Panel 1: 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Opening Remarks (Columbia University)
Moinak Biswas, ‘Claw of the Burning Leap’ (Director of Film Studies, Jadavpur University)
Discussant: Richard Peña(Director Emeritus, New York Film Festival, Columbia University)
Naveen Kishore, Talking Writing, (Seagull Books), followed by a brief discussion
6 p.m.-7 p.m. INTERMISSION: LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
Panel 2: 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Gauri Viswanathan, Moderator (Columbia University)
Sadia Abbas (Rutgers)
Meena Alexander (CUNY)
Ben Baer (Princeton)
Etienne Balibar (Columbia)
Partha Chatterjee (Columbia)
Yvette Christiansë (Barnard)
Sudipta Kaviraj (Columbia)
Rachel McDermott (Barnard)
Sonali Perera (CUNY)
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Closing Remarks (Columbia)
A literary tribute written by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Naveen Kishore.
New York Times article written by Kaushik Swaminathan.
