20/07/2025
“78 Years of South Asian Partitioned Voices” is an international event commemorating the Partition of Indian subcontinent in 1947 that gave birth to India and Pakistan amidst cataclysmic upheavals and an end to British colonialism. This event is curated with a rethinking of Partition narratives to rethink the divisive rhetoric and bring together voices of academics, artists and South Asian activists to analyse the forces of creativity, solitaries and syncretism that gives us alternative ways to think of Partition’s grand narratives.
We are delighted to present renowned academics from around the world: We have assembled a remarkable group of scholars and artists, including
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed (Stockholm University),
Dr. Amrita Ghosh, Assistant Professor South Asian Literature, Department of English, University of Central Florida,
Dr. Farooq Sulehria ( Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore),
Dr. Aamir Butt (UK), Writer
Hamama Bushra, Pakistani American artist.
Your presence would enrich our discussions by bringing together Indian, Pakistani, and Kashmiri perspectives.
2: 00 pm: Talat Bhat, Swedish Kashmiri documentary filmmaker, Nordic Mela: welcome speech and intro
2:40 pm: Dr. Amrita Ghosh: “Solidarities and Ally-ship through Partition’s ‘Alegropolitics’”
3:00 pm: Dr. Aamir Butt : “The influence of partition on poetry of Sahir Ludihanvi”
3: 20 pm: Hamama Bushra, Art and Partition
3:40 pm, Dr. Farooq Sulehria: “The Unending 1947: State Apparatuses & Reproduction of Partition.”
4:00 pm Usman Malik, Pakistani American writer “Syncretic Pasts”
4:20 pm: Panel ends with Q.A with audience
4: 30 pm: Onward: music performances with Professor Ahmed, Dr. Ghosh and Dr. Meehan.
