Kathmandu International Art Fair
Siddhartha Arts Foundation invites you to the gala opening of
The Second Kathmandu International Art Festival
Earth | Body | Mind
Right Honorable Prime Minister of Nepal?Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has graciously consented to?inaugurate the festival.?Sunday, 25th November 2012Regal Ballroom, Yak & Yeti Hotel, Durbar Marg?11 AM sharp
Wednesday the 28th November. Patan Museum
“How to appreciate a fine art print”
Lecture by Shahidul Alam
Brahmaputra Diary: Exhibition by Shahidul Alam at Patan Museum. Please retweet #drik #shahidul #brahmaputra #exhibition
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Contested Memories: the Shahid Minar and the struggle for diasporic space
Professor Claire Alexander (Dept. of Sociology, University of Manchester)
Date:?28 November 2012?Time:?5:00 PM
Finishes:?28 November 2012?Time:?7:00 PM
Venue:?Russell Square: College Buildings?Room:?Khalili Lecture Theatre
Type of Event:?Annual Lecture
Series:?The Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies Annual Lecture
Abstract
Drawing on new empirical research conducted in East London as part of a project on ?the Bengal diaspora?, this lecture explores the struggle over Bangladeshi identity in Tower Hamlets as exemplified in the monument of the Shahid Minar and the related celebration of Ekushe (Martyr?s Memorial Day), which is usually held to mark the beginning of the Bangladesh national liberation struggle. Bringing together theories of diaspora consciousness and memorialisation, the paper explores the ways in which rituals and memory work both as a form of continuity with the homeland and as a method of claims-staking for minority groups in multicultural spaces.
Biographical Information
Claire Alexander is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. Her research interests are in the area of race, ethnicity, masculinity and youth identities. Her main publications include The Art of Being Black (OUP 1996) and The Asian Gang (Berg 2000). She is currently working on a monograph on ?The Bengal Diaspora? (Routledge, forthcoming 2013). ?Claire is also a Trustee of The Runnymede Trust, Britain?s foremost race equality thinktank.
