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"Being South Asian in America" talk on Thurs 2/22
Rajini Srikanth, "Being South Asian in America: Where and How to Locate Oneself"
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Thurs, Feb 22nd 2007
Mugar 200
6:00- 7:30 PM
This talk is part of a special lecture series: 'South Asian Women in the Public Sphere' and is sponsored by the School of Arts, Sciences and Engineering's Diversity Fund.
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Rajini Srikanth is Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her publications include the award-winning book The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of
America (2004) and the co-edited collections A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America (1998) and Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North
America (1996). Her research interests center on comparative race and ethnicity and transnationalism. She is currently working on a book on empathy, power,
and national threat in U.S. literature and law.
Co-sponsor: Tufts History Department
Directions: fletcher.tufts.edu
Contact: Lata Parwani, [email protected], 617.627.3558
ase.tufts.edu
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Thurs, Feb 22nd 2007
Mugar 200
6:00- 7:30 PM
This talk is part of a special lecture series: 'South Asian Women in the Public Sphere' and is sponsored by the School of Arts, Sciences and Engineering's Diversity Fund.
*****
Rajini Srikanth is Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her publications include the award-winning book The World Next Door: South Asian American Literature and the Idea of
America (2004) and the co-edited collections A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian America (1998) and Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North
America (1996). Her research interests center on comparative race and ethnicity and transnationalism. She is currently working on a book on empathy, power,
and national threat in U.S. literature and law.
Co-sponsor: Tufts History Department
Directions: fletcher.tufts.edu
Contact: Lata Parwani, [email protected], 617.627.3558
ase.tufts.edu
Comments on this journal
how was it?
Inspy, I knew you wouldn't let me down! :D
I know that in the Arab-American community a lot of people are afraid and confused. Many never thought of themselves as "Arabs" until after 9/11, when everyone else suddenly started referring to them that way. Young people, especially, seem to be struggling to find their place. How "Arab" am I versus "American"? What does each label really mean, and is there a sweet spot for me somewhere in the middle?
Some such lectures that I went to presented really interesting primary research. That helped me understand that many others are going through the same angst that I was going through at the time, and helped me frame the questions in my own mind.
And yes, there's always the added value of meeting like-minded people or just people from the opposite sex. Nothing wrong with a little icing on the cake. :)