[Urbanstudy] Fwd: "Toiling Muses: Cultures of the Working Class": Two day Seminar at Kirori Mal College, 26-27 November

Thu Nov 25 10:10:31 IST 2010

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From: Jai Sen <jai.sen at cacim.net>
Date: Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 7:37 AM
Subject: Fwd: "Toiling Muses: Cultures of the Working Class": Two day
Seminar at Kirori Mal College, 26-27 November

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Friends in Delhi and in struggle

            Here’s something a little different, that many of you might be
interested in.  Tomorrow and the day after.

            Here's to making music in and through everything that we do !

            JS

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*Date: *November 24 2010 7:48:54 pm GMT+05:30
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*Subject: **"Toiling Muses: Cultures of the Working Class": Two day Seminar
at Kirori Mal College, 26-27 November*

*Toiling Muses : Cultures of The Working Class *
*26th & 27th Nov 2010*
*
*
*Department of English, Kirori Mal College*
*in collaboration with*
*Department of English, University of Delhi*

*Day 1 : 26th November*

9:30 am                  Registration

*OPENING SESSION
*
10:00 – 10:15          Opening address  by Prof. Sumanyu Satpathy, Head of
Dept. of English, University of Delhi and
                              Dr. Someshwar Sati, Associate Professor,
Department of English, Kirori Mal College.

10:15 – 11:15          *Mazak* by Dr Shankar Ramaswamy, Research Scholar,
University of Chicago
                              Chair: Prof. Alok Rai, Dept. of English,
University of Delhi
11:15 – 11.30          Songs by students

Tea Break

*REVOLUTION’S BEATING HEART: MINERS AND SHIP WORKERS
*Chair: Pravin Kumar, Asst. Professor, Dept. Of English, Ramjas College,
University of Delhi

11.40– 12.10           *Three Observations on Caribbean Music: Jahaj,Work
and Funk *
                              by *Dr. Anil Persaud*.(PhD from JNU; currently
in a collaborative SEPHIS research project on labour migrations to
                              South Africa, Guyana and Argentina)

12:10- 12:40            *Dancing and the Dialectics of Defiance on South
African Mines, an Historical Overview *
                              by *Prof. Peter Alexander*, South African
Research Chair in Social Change, University of Johannesburg.
12:40- 1:10              Discussion

Lunch

*BLOWING DOWN THE OLD DUSTY ROAD
*
1:40 – 2:10              *Reading by Dilip Simeon,* Historian and Novelist
                              (formerly at the Department of History in
Delhi University. Recently published the novel “Revolution Highway”)

2:10 – 3:10              *Grubstreet*, The English Literary Society of
Kirori Mal College presents: *Games in the Dust* by *Shashank*, Eng.
                               Hons., 3rd Year

                              *The Lucifer Descendants* by *Ritwick,
Ushashi, Shreya and Kshitij*, Eng.Hons, 2nd Year

                              *Why I Sing the Blues*, by Shardul, Eng. Hons.
1st year

                              Discussant – Dilip Simeon

*Day 2:  27th November*
*
*10:00 – 11:00         *Spaces Of Labour* by *Dr.Chitra Joshi*, Labour
Historian and Associate Professor, Dept. Of History, Indraprastha College
for Women, University of Delhi.
                             Chair: Dr.Veena Naregal, Institute of Economic
Growth

Tea Break

*REWORKING FRONTIERS OF LABOUR*

11:15 – 11:45           *On Ranciere’s Nights of Labour* by *Prof. Neeladri
Bhattacharya*, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
11:45 – 12:30           *On Raymond Williams and the Debates on Class* by *Dr.
Nandini Chandra*, Dept. of English, University of Delhi
12:30 -1:00               Discussion

Lunch

*AESTHETICS OF RESISTANCE
*Chair: Saumyajit Bhattacharya, Dept. Of Economics, Kirori Mal College,
University of Delhi.

1:30– 2:00                *Music of the People: A Study of the Evolution of
Bishnu Prasad Rabha’s Music* by *Prachee Dewri*, Dept. of
                               English, Hansraj College

2:00 – 2:30               *Radical Expression: The Making of an
Anti-Establishment Rhetoric* by *Prof. Sambudha Sen*, Dept. of
                               English, University of Delhi
2:30 – 3:00               Discussion

*VAPOURS AND WHISTLE: MAKING THE STEAM ROLL
*
Screening of *Veiled in Vapour* (30 mins) directed by *Mukul Mangalik*,
Dept. of History, Ramjas College, University of Delhi.

Discussion with the filmmaker on work, culture and railways.

*Personal Narratives as worker by Dharam Pal (Burmee)*, retired steam loco
driver, who also features in the above mentioned film.

*Venue: Seminar Room, Kirori Mal College, North Campus, University of Delhi
Contact : Amrapali – 91-9718242891, Saumya – 9013454058, Jyoti – 7838719486
*

______________________________
Jai Sen
jai.sen at cacim.net
CACIM, A-3 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110 024, India
www.cacim.net
Ph : +91-11-4155 1521, +91-98189 11325

*NEW :*

Jai Sen, 2010 – ‘On open space : Explorations towards a vocabulary of a more
open politics’, in *Antipode*, Vol 42 No 4, 2010 (ISSN 0066-4812), pp
994–1018.

(Full original unedited version available @
http://cacim.net/twiki/tiki-index.php?page=Publications.)

Jai Sen, March 2010b – ‘Be the Seed : An Introduction to and Commentary on
the government of Bolivia’s Call for a ‘Peoples’ World Conference On Climate
Change And The Rights Of Mother Earth’’, @
http://cacim.net/twiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=64,
http://www.choike.org/2009/eng/informes/7620.html<http://www.choike.org/2009/eng/informes/7620.htCml>,
and http://www.zcommunications.org/be-the-seed-by-jai-sen.  Also available
in Spanish @ http://www.choike.org/2009/esp/informes/153.html

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Other Worlds Possible ?* series.  New Delhi : OpenWord and Daanish Books

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