CENTRE FOR CANADIAN STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
International Conference
On
MIGRATIONS, BOUNDARIES, TRANSGRESSIONS: COMMEMORATING THE KOMAGATA MARU INCIDENT
February 18-19, 2015
SCHEDULE
VENUE: Buddhadeva Bose Sabhaghar, UG Science Building, 3rd Floor, Jadavpur University
DAY 1: 18th FEBRUARY, WEDNESDAY
11.00 AM - 12.00 NOON: INAUGURAL SESSION
Chair: Professor Kavita Panjabi, Head, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Welcome Address: Professor Suchorita Chattopadhyay, Coordinator, Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Keynote Address: Dr. Julie B. Mehta, Department of English and Canadian Studies Programme, University of Toronto
12.00 NOON – 12.15 PM – TEA
12.15 PM – 1.45 PM: SESSION I
Chair: Dr. Julie B. Mehta, Department of English and Canadian Studies Programme, University of Toronto
Route to Roots in Wayson Choy's The Jade Peony (1995) - Dr Amit Singh, Department of English, Ambedkar University, Delhi
True Grit: Readings of Diamond Grill and Disappearing Moon Cafe - Sm. Annapurna Palit, Department of English, Desbandhu College for Girls, Kolkata
Framing the agony of immigration: Exploring Canadian Documentary Films - Sm. Rituparna Mondal, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Crossing the Bar: Imaging the "turbaned tide" by the river of dissent - Sri. Dheeman Bhattacharyya, Centre of Comparative Literature, Bhasa-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
1.45 PM – 2.30PM – LUNCH
2.30 PM – 3.45 PM: SESSION II
Chair: Professor Kunal Chattopadhyay, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
"A divided Man" – Sharon Pollock's Hopkinson and Canadian theatre – Sri. Atreya Banerjee, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Forging an Alternative Salish "History": The Role of Memory and Remembrance in Lee Maracle's Ravensong - Sm. Urmi Sengupta, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
The Komagata Maru and its aftermath: An insight into Gadar Struggles - Sm. Rohini Chakraborty, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
3:45PM - 4.00 PM: TEA
4.00 PM -5.00 PM: SESSION III: Storytelling Session On a Promised Land by Susmit Sen
Chair: Sri. Dheeman Bhattacharyya, Centre of Comparative Literature, Bhasa-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan
Story Tellers: Sri. Susmit Sen, Sm. Rituparna Mondal, Sm. Shraddha Mukherjee, Sri. Apu Nandy
Musical Accompaniment: Sm. Aishwarya Bhattacharyya
DAY 2: 19TH FEBRUARY, THURSDAY
11.00 AM – 12.30 PM: SESSION IV
Chair: Dr. Nilanjana Deb, Department of English, Jadavpur University
Negotiation of Home and Homelessness: The Immigrant in Uma Parameswaran's Poetry- Sm. Minakshi Kaushik, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Homogenising the Canadian Populace: Exploring CBC's Attempt at Establishing National Unity- Sm. Angana Das, Department of Comparative Literature and Madhurima Ganguly, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University
Twin disasters: influence of "Komagata-Maru" and "Air-India" on literature – Sm. Ragini Chakraborty, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Cereus Blooms at Night: A study on the language of Repression in 'queer diaspora' - Sm. Manidipa Singha, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
A History of Denial: An analysis of Anita Rau Badami's fiction – Sri. Apu Nandy, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
12.30 PM – 12.45 PM – TEA
12.45 PM – 1.45 PM - SESSION V: PLENARY
Chair: Professor Suchorita Chattopadhyay, Coordinator, Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Speaker: Dr. Harish C. Mehta, Historian of U.S. Foreign Relations, Southeast Asia, the Vietnam Wars, World History, and Human Rights in History, University of Toronto
Has Canada Really Become "Too Asian"? : Race, Identity and Immigration Politics
1.45 PM – 2.30 PM – LUNCH
2.30 PM – 4.30 PM: SESSION VI
Chair: Dr. Sayantan Dasgupta, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
লা মালিনচে- ইতিহাস থেকে মিথ হয়ে নারীর যাত্রা, নির্মানের ভেতরের বিনির্মান - Sm. Shraddha Mukherjee, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Piscine Molitor Patel loves Canada. Do the Roma and Somali? – Sm. Pinaki Kotecha, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Contemporary racism: A discussion on Western Eyes - Sri. Ritesh Agarwal, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Magic and Medicine: The Diasporic Worldview in The Magic of Saida- Dr Bhoomika Meiling, Department of English, Ambedkar University, Delhi
Birth of the Union: A Reading of Canada's Immigrant Farm Labour – Sm. Shreemoyee Chakraborty and Sm. Sreejita Mitra, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
4.30 PM - 4.45 PM: SESSION VII: Poetry Reading Session That Place Called 'Home'
Chair: Sm. Shraddhanjali Tamang, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur Univeristy
Participants: Sm. Rituparna Mondal, Sm. Shraddha Mukherjee and Sm. Urmi Sengupta
Musical accompaniment: Sri. Apu Nandy and Sm. Aishwarya Bhattacharyya
4.45PM – 5.30 PM: VALEDICTORY SESSION
Chair: Dr. Debashree Dattaray, Deputy Coordinator, Centre for Canadian Studies, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University
Valedictory Address: Professor Himani Bannerji, Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar, Department of Sociology, York University
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