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Professor Amritjit Singh discusses exploring Partition in Ohio University classrooms through a literary lens. Please join Dr. Furrukh Khan in an exclusive discussion today with Dr. Singh, Professor Emeritus at the Ohio University, whose research work and teaching interests span African American Studies, Modernism, 20th century American and Postcolonial fiction, South Asian cultures and literatures, and Migration Studies. We will discuss some of his viewpoints on Partition in the context of other modern migrations he has studied, as well as unique strategies for teaching Partition in the classroom. You will come away with a fresh new perspective.
Join us and contribute to the live discussion with Professor Amrijit Singh on Season 4, Episode 7 of Sunday Stories Live hosted by Professor Furrukh Khan.
Amritjit Singh is Langston Hughes Professor Emeritus of English and African American Studies at Ohio University. Currently, he is a Visiting Fellow at South Asia Institute, U of Texas-Austin. Past President of MELUS, USACLALS, and SALA, he received the MELUS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 and the SALA Distinguished Achievement Award in Scholarship in January 2014. Singh has served as Visiting Professor at Wesleyan University (1984-85), New York University (1985- 86), and University of California at Berkeley (Spring 1994). He has held Research Fellowships at Yale (ACLS, 1983-84) and Harvard (NEH, 1991- 92). An internationally known scholar of American, African American, South Asian, Postcolonial, and Migration/Immigration Studies, Singh has lectured or taught widely in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He has served as a visiting Fulbright Professor at universities in Berlin, Germany (2002), Graz, Austria (2007), Alexandria, Egypt (2010), and New Delhi, India (2014-15). Singh has authored, edited, or coedited over 15 books, including The Novels of the Harlem Renaissance (1976, 1994); Memory, Narrative and Identity (1994); Conversations with Ralph Ellison (1995); Memory and Cultural Politics (1996); Postcolonial Theory and the United States (2000); The Collected Writings of Wallace Thurman (2003); Interviews with Edward Said (2004); Revisiting India’s Partition: Essays on Culture, Memory, and Politics (2016); and co-editor (with Robin Field and Samina Najmi), Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Feminism and Diaspora. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (Rowan and Littlefield), 2022. In May 2017, Fairleigh Dickinson UP published a festschrift for him titled Crossing Borders: Essays on Literature, Culture, and Society in Honour of Amritjit Singh, edited by Tapan Basu and Tasneem Shahnaaz
The discussion will be hosted by Professor Furrukh Khan, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan. He has an MA and PhD in Postcolonial Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury. Professor Khan has taught a course on Partition for over two decades at LUMS. He has also directed ‘Stories of the Broken Self’, a documentary on the Pakistani women's narratives of the 1947 Partition.
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New York - 11:00 am
London - 4:00 pm
Dubai - 7:00 pm
Karachi - 8:00 pm
Delhi - 8:30 pm
Singapore - 11:00 pm
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About SUNDAY STORIES LIVE-------
The Sunday Stories Live series is a weekly, free, Sunday event streamed live globally. The series aims to shine a spotlight on some of the movers and shakers who are uncovering important aspects of our history and cultural heritage, especially as it relates to Partition.
To view all events from the series:facebook.com/watch/1947PartitionArchive/582863502421815
Sunday Stories Live is hosted by Furrukh Khan, researched and co-organized by Anachal Geeta Singh and Guneeta Singh Bhalla.
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Professor Amritjit Singh discusses exploring Partition in Ohio University classrooms through a literary lens. Please join Dr. Furrukh Khan in an exclusive discussion today with Dr. Singh, Professor Emeritus at the Ohio University, whose research work and teaching interests span African American Studies, Modernism, 20th century American and Postcolonial fiction, South Asian cultures and literatures, and Migration Studies. We will discuss some of his viewpoints on Partition in the context of other modern migrations he has studied, as well as unique strategies for teaching Partition in the classroom. You will come away with a fresh new perspective.
Join us and contribute to the live discussion with Professor Amrijit Singh on Season 4, Episode 7 of Sunday Stories Live hosted by Professor Furrukh Khan.
Amritjit Singh is Langston Hughes Professor Emeritus of English and African American Studies at Ohio University. Currently, he is a Visiting Fellow at South Asia Institute, U of Texas-Austin. Past President of MELUS, USACLALS, and SALA, he received the MELUS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007 and the SALA Distinguished Achievement Award in Scholarship in January 2014. Singh has served as Visiting Professor at Wesleyan University (1984-85), New York University (1985- 86), and University of California at Berkeley (Spring 1994). He has held Research Fellowships at Yale (ACLS, 1983-84) and Harvard (NEH, 1991- 92). An internationally known scholar of American, African American, South Asian, Postcolonial, and Migration/Immigration Studies, Singh has lectured or taught widely in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He has served as a visiting Fulbright Professor at universities in Berlin, Germany (2002), Graz, Austria (2007), Alexandria, Egypt (2010), and New Delhi, India (2014-15). Singh has authored, edited, or coedited over 15 books, including The Novels of the Harlem Renaissance (1976, 1994); Memory, Narrative and Identity (1994); Conversations with Ralph Ellison (1995); Memory and Cultural Politics (1996); Postcolonial Theory and the United States (2000); The Collected Writings of Wallace Thurman (2003); Interviews with Edward Said (2004); Revisiting India’s Partition: Essays on Culture, Memory, and Politics (2016); and co-editor (with Robin Field and Samina Najmi), Critical Perspectives on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Feminism and Diaspora. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (Rowan and Littlefield), 2022. In May 2017, Fairleigh Dickinson UP published a festschrift for him titled Crossing Borders: Essays on Literature, Culture, and Society in Honour of Amritjit Singh, edited by Tapan Basu and Tasneem Shahnaaz
The discussion will be hosted by Professor Furrukh Khan, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan. He has an MA and PhD in Postcolonial Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury. Professor Khan has taught a course on Partition for over two decades at LUMS. He has also directed ‘Stories of the Broken Self’, a documentary on the Pakistani women's narratives of the 1947 Partition.
TIMINGS:
California - 8:00 am
New York - 11:00 am
London - 4:00 pm
Dubai - 7:00 pm
Karachi - 8:00 pm
Delhi - 8:30 pm
Singapore - 11:00 pm
To receive calendar reminders for Sunday Stories Live events, click: https://evt.mx/qLLkrJxQ Or, click 'Interested' on this post to receive notifications when the live stream begins.
On social media, use #1947SundayStories
This work relies entirely on donations from individuals like you. To make your donation, visit 1947partitionarchive.org
About SUNDAY STORIES LIVE-------
The Sunday Stories Live series is a weekly, free, Sunday event streamed live globally. The series aims to shine a spotlight on some of the movers and shakers who are uncovering important aspects of our history and cultural heritage, especially as it relates to Partition.
To view all events from the series:facebook.com/watch/1947PartitionArchive/582863502421815
Sunday Stories Live is hosted by Furrukh Khan, researched and co-organized by Anachal Geeta Singh and Guneeta Singh Bhalla.
~~~LINKS~~~
Learn more: https://www.1947partitionarchive.org
We are a non-profit run entirely on your donations. Consider pitching in:
Global: 1947partitionarchive.org/donate
India: in.1947partitionarchive.org/donate
Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/1947Partition
Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/1947Partition
Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/1947partitionarchive
Follow on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-1947-partition-archive
Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/c/1947partitionarchive
Reconnect with lost family, friends and places: facebook.com/groups/236847564886250
