The Institute for South Asia Studies and the Tagore Program on Literature, Culture and Philosophy at UC Berkeley and are privileged to have Sudipta Kaviraj , acclaimed scholar of South Asian politics and intellectual history, deliver our second Maya Mitra Das Annual Lecture on Tagore at UC Berkeley. Prof. Kaviraj’s lecture will start with a discussion of the idea of artistic or fictional truth, and offer readings of Ghare Baire, Gora, Char Adhyay and Chaturanga - with some general conclusions about involvement and truth.
Poulomi Saha, Associate Professor of English and Chair & co-Director of Program in Critical Theory will act as discussant at the event.
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- DATE: Thursday, Oct 19, 2023
- TIME: 9 -10:30 am Berkeley | Calculate your local time
- ZOOM: Register HERE
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SPEAKER BIO
Sudipta Kaviraj is a specialist in intellectual history and Indian politics. He works on two fields of intellectual history: Indian social and political thought in the nineteenthand twentiethcenturies, and modern Indian literature and cultural production. His other fields of interest and research include the historical sociology of the Indian state, and some aspects of Western social theory. He received his Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Prior to joining Columbia University, he taught at the Department of Political Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has also taught Political Science at JNU, and was an Agatha Harrison Fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. He is a member of the Subaltern Studies Collective.
Kaviraj’s books include The Imaginary Institution of India (2010) Civil Society: History and Possibilities co-edited with Sunil Khilnani (2001), Politics in India (edited) (1999), and The Unhappy Consciousness: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay and the Formation of Nationalist Discourse in India (1995).
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Launched in Fall 2019, and housed in the Institute for South Asia Studies, the Tagore Program on Literature, Culture and Philosophy at UC Berkeley, is the first of its kind in the US. Designed to showcase the life and legacy of Rabindranath Tagore, the program sponsors talks and workshops on Tagore, as well as semester-long visiting professorships in Tagore Studies at UC Berkeley. Read more about the program HERE.
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PARKING INFORMATION
Please note that parking is not always easily available in Berkeley. Take public transportation if possible or arrive early to secure your spot.
Event is FREE and OPEN to the public.
