30 September
Talking India Series
‘Does Gandhi Matter?’
A documentary film by Manoj Raghuvanshi
After the film screening the Indian Consul General Amit Dasgupta will be in conversation with Vinod Daniel, Board Member of the Australia India Council.
12.30 to 2 pm, UTS Bldg 10 (235 Jones St), Level 3, Room 320
About the film:
To mark the 141st birthday of Mahatma Gandhi on the 2 October, the IOSARN is pleased to continue its Talking India Series with a film screening showing the documentary ‘Does Gandhi Matter’ by renowned Indian filmmaker Manoj Raghuvanshi.
In times of growing interest in and the re-discovery of the Mahatma and his message of peace, tolerance and non-violence, the question the film poses begs to be answered. Through interviews with a wide cross-section of people, the documentary tries to capture the immediate reaction that the question evokes.
About Vinod Daniel:
Vinod is a Board Member of the Australia India Council (Australia’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade). This appointment by the Australian Governor general to be one of the eight board members has a key mandate to broaden and deepen Australia-India relations.
He is also the Chairman of the Australia India Council (Australia’s International Heritage Industry Network), Branch Head at the Australian Museum, Vice Chairman of the International Council of Museums-Committee for Conservation and President of the Board for the Australian operations of the internationally recognized, Indian-based, Centre for Environmental Education.
He has published and presented over 60 papers on various aspects of heritage practice and worked on international initiatives in over forty countries. Vinod works extensively with India on Arts, Culture, Public Health and Environmental co operation. He was awarded the 2009 Indo-Australian Award for Meritorious Service by the Indo-Australian Association and is also one of the sixty invited members of Tourism Australia’s “Friend of Australia’ program.
22 September
Seminar
Dr Michael Titlestadt
WISER, University of the Witwatersrand
Precarious authority: reading the narratives of the wreck of the Wager (1741)
12.30 to 2 pm, UTS Bldg 10 (235 Jones St), Level 3, Room 330
Please click here for the seminar abstract [PDF]
7 September
Public Lecture
Kavita Philip
UC Irvine
‘Stinking Hot: Technoscience, Development, Postcolonialism’
6.30 pm, UTS Bldg 10 (235 Jones St), Level 2, Room 320
Please click here for the lecture abstract and biographical information about Kavita Philip.
2 September
‘Talking India’ Series
Presented by Indian film maker Suresh Kohli: ”Kashmir in Indian Poetry’ and ‘Through a Lens Clearly: Raghu Rai’s India”
Thursday, 2 September, 12.30 – 2.30 pm, UTS Bldg 10 (235 Jones St), Level 2, Room 320
About the presentation:
‘Kashmir in Indian Poetry’ uses poetic outpourings in various Indian languages to explore Indian perceptions of the region that was once described as “paradise on earth,” and is now the site of escalating violence.
‘Through a Lens Clearly: Raghu Rai’s India’ follows one of India’s foremost artists and photo-journalists on his journey through the vibrant and diverse cultures of the nation.
The two films are introduced by the director, Suresh Kohli, and followed by an audience Q&A session.
About Suresh Kohli: Suresh Kohli has carved out a niche in various disciplines of creative communication. He is a poet, author, literary critic, translator, editor, film historian, and a leading short and documentary film maker with more than 24 books, and 80 films to his credit
