Poetry Reading & Dialogue on Anti-caste Publishing with a/nil
When:
Thursday, May 16, 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT
Where: 1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 3-000, Evanston, IL 60201 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Northwestern Buffett
(847) 467-2770
buffettinstitute@northwestern.edu
Group: Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Category: Global & Civic Engagement
Description:
Hosted by the Buffett Institute’s Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group, visiting scholar and artist-in-residence a/nil is a professor and poet from Kerala, and the author of poetry collection The Absent Color, the first book to be published as part of a book series funded by the Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group in collaboration with the anti-caste publishing house Navayana. The collection has been hailed by Slavoj Zizek as an “authentic miracle.”
At this event on Thursday, May 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the Buffett Institute’s event space at 1800 Sherman Avenue, join us for a poetry reading from The Absent Color and dialogue on anti-case publishing with a/nil, followed by a reception.