In Conversation with Aijaz Ahmad
Join us for an evening with Marxist literary theorist and political commentator, Aijaz Ahmad
Saturday, 20th February 2010 | 6:30 pm
Professor Aijaz Ahmad has taught at universities in the US, India and Canada. In New Delhi, where he resides, he has been a Professorial Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. He has also held the Rajiv Gandhi Chair at Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy and the Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Chair at Jamia Millia Islamiya University. Currently, he is on the editorial board of the Delhi-based publishing house, LeftWord, and Senior Editorial Consultant for news magazine Frontline, where his political essays appear frequently. He writes in English, Hindi and Urdu. Some of his books in English are Ghazals of Ghalib, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, Lineages of the Present, Globalization and Culture: Offensives of the Far Right, and Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Imperialism of our Time. His work-in-progress is provisionally entitled In Our Time: Empire, Politics, Culture.
The discussion will be moderated by:
- Syed Jaffar Ahmed – Professor of Politics & History at Karachi University
- Asif Farrukhi – Writer and Critic
- Nadeem Khalid – Activist
Date: Saturday, 20th February, 2010
Time: 6:30 pm
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Venue: PeaceNiche | T2F
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Seats are limited and will be available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. No reservations.
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