South Asia Seminar: Amit Chaudhuri, Writer, Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia
In the last four years, a series of symposiums on “literary activism” took place in Calcutta, Delhi, and Oxford, attempting to open up a fringe space to reconsider creativity in a way that would counter both the market and academic professionalisation. The word “activism” was used semi-ironically, given that part of these symposiums’ brief was to enquire into whether creative work comprises an “action” as we ordinarily understand the term. If it doesn’t, what kind of “activism” did one mean? This talk will discuss the repercussions of the symposiums so far, what direction they might take in the future, and whether it’s possible to rethink the history of creativity and of critique.
Dates:
Thursday, February 14, 2019 – 5:00pm
Foster 103