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Session on Pop Folk: Redefining Identities in Bhangra Rap and Folklorismic Jugni
October 4 @ 11:00 am
Calling all connoisseurs of culture and rhythm! 🎶
The Creative Writing Society of ARSD College is excited to kick off its first event! ✍️
We’re honored to welcome Professor Gitanjali Chawla from the Department of English, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, as our esteemed guest speaker.
A thought-provoking session titled ‘ Pop Folk: Redefining Identities in Bhangra Rap and Folklorismic Jugni’, blending Punjabi pop beats with academic insight. 🎶
🗓️ Date: 4th October
🕚 Time: 11 a.m.
📍 Venue: Seminar Hall-2, ARSD College
Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPihNfAZeeIs-_LXMxdNXOYtm7Hct0zIq-7Nxiqp27q7KhxQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Be there for this spellbinding dialogue!
About the Speaker:
Prof Gitanjali Chawla has more than thirty years of teaching experience at Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi. Her research on the folk songs of Punjab has led to an active participation in several fora, both at the national and international level and has several publications in journals of repute to her credit. She is the co-editor of five seminal anthologies, Cultures of the Indigenous: India and Beyond (2014), De-territorialising Diversities: Literatures of the Indigenous and Marginalised (2014), Re-storying the Indigenous and the Popular Imaginary (2017), Knowledge Organisations: Aspirations and Experiences (2020) and Indian Popular Fiction: Redefining the Canon (2021), an international publication by Routledge. A long-time editor of Fortell, she is currently its Vice President and has also been the Presidential International Visiting Scholar at Boston University, Boston, USA.