“A Celebration of Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016)” An evening to honor the life and work of Bengali writer and social activist, Mahasweta Devi, organized by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, University Professor in the Humanities, and Gauri Viswanathan, Class of 1933 Professor in the Humanities.

Co-sponsors

Department of English and Comparative Literature Global Cultural Studies Heyman Center for the Humanities Institute for Comparative Literature and Society Institute for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality South Asia Institute

Panel One, 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Opening remarks by University Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (English and Comparative Literature) Moinak Biswas, Director of Film Studies, Jadavpur University Naveen Kishore, Seagull Books Richard Peña, School of the Arts, Columbia University and Director Emeritus, New York Film Festival Panel Two, 7:00pm to 9:00pm Moderated by Gauri Viswanathan (English and Comparative Literature) Sadia Abbas (Rutgers) Meena Alexander (CUNY) Ben Baer (Princeton) Etienne Balibar (French and Romance Philology) Partha Chatterjee (Anthropology and MESAAS; Acting Director, South Asia Institute) Ybette Christiansë (English and Africana Studies, Barnard) Sudipta Kaviraj (MESAAS) Rachel McDermot (Religion and AMEC, Barnard) Sonali Perera (CUNY) Time and Schedule: 4:00pm – 6:00pm: Panel One 6:00pm – 7:00pm: Intermission, light refreshments 7:00pm – 9:00pm:

Panel Two, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Moderated by Gauri Viswanathan (English and Comparative Literature) Sadia Abbas (Rutgers) Meena Alexander (CUNY) Ben Baer (Princeton) Etienne Balibar (French and Romance Philology) Partha Chatterjee (Anthropology and MESAAS; Acting Director, South Asia Institute) Ybette Christiansë (English and Africana Studies, Barnard) Sudipta Kaviraj (MESAAS) Rachel McDermot (Religion and AMEC, Barnard) Sonali Perera (CUNY)

Time and Schedule:

4:00pm – 6:00pm: Panel One

6:00pm – 7:00pm: Intermission, light refreshments

7:00pm – 9:00pm: Panel Two