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MEDIA CONTACT: Sharon Dickman (585) 275-4128 or Kamran Asdar Ali (585) 275-8614
February 28, 2000
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 4 p.m., Friday, March 17, room 201 of Schlegel Hall on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
Aamir R. Mufti, assistant professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, will discuss interventions and the postcolonial period at 4 p.m. Friday, March 17, in room 201 of Schlegel Hall on the River Campus.
Mufti's research interests focus on the Indian-British encounter, 20th-century Indian fiction, the Victorian novel, literature of exile and displacement, and minority cultures. He writes on many topics, including secularism and postcolonial perspectives in India.
His lecture, titled "Toward a Lyric History of India," is free and open to the public. The talk will focus on the great South Asian poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and will link his work to the Muslim minority question in India.
His lecture is sponsored by the College Dean's Office along with the Departments of Anthropology, Art and Art History, English, History, Modern Languages and Cultures, and the Program in Visual and Cultural Studies.
For more information, contact the Department of Anthropology at 275-8614.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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