BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Inprint - ECPv4.9.12//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Inprint X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://inprinthouston.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Inprint BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201122T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201122T130000 DTSTAMP:20240420T074321 CREATED:20201118T235211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201119T000838Z UID:36696-1606035600-1606050000@inprinthouston.org SUMMARY:JLF HOUSTON ONLINE DAY 2 DESCRIPTION:The annual edition of JLF Houston is back this year in a digital avatar with a stellar line-up of speakers. As the world goes through extraordinary and unprecedented times\, Teamwork Arts\, the producer of the iconic Jaipur Literature Festival\, has continued to create platforms for enriching conversations\, free flowing ideas and dialogue\, transcending physical and social boundaries. Scheduled between November 21-22\, 2020\, JLF Houston Online is presented in association with the Consulate General of India\, Houston; Asia Society Texas Center; and Inprint. \nTo join the sessions register here. Registration is free an open to the public. To learn more about the festival including Day 2\, click here. \nAkbar: The Great Mughal  \n9 – 9:45 am CST | 8:30 – 9:15 pm IST \nIra Mukhoty in conversation with Sanjoy K. Roy \nAkbar was the most admired of all the Mughals and one of only two Indian rulers to be widely known as “The Great” but before Ira Mukhoty’s writings\, he has been without a modern biography. Here\, Mukhoty talks to Sanjoy K. Roy about her groundbreaking study that led to her latest book\, Akbar: The Great Mughal. \nEach of Us Writers: Diaspora and Displacement:  \n10 – 10:45 am CST | 9:30 – 10:15 pm IST \nJenny Bhatt and Mimi Lok in conversation with Neelanjana Banerjee\nPresented by Indiaspora \nIdentities morph and change with borders and geographies. How do diasporic writers address displacement-driven themes of rootlessness\, marginalization\, fragmentation\, alienation\, isolation\, nostalgia\, assimilation\, acculturation\, adaptation\, multiculturalism\, and more in their fiction? How do they choose whose stories to tell? How do they navigate their own quests to belong\, given their cultural loyalties? As diasporic writers in the US\, Jenny Bhatt and Mimi Lok will speak to Neelanjana Banerjee on how displacement\, whether physical or cultural or both\, has shaped their storytelling and their own identities as writers. \nThe End of October  \n11 – 11:45 am CST | 10:30 – 11:15 pm IST \nLawrence Wright in conversation with Omar El Akkad \nThe End of October by celebrated journalist and writer Lawrence Wright is an eerily timed novel on the catastrophic impact of a mysterious virus that ravages the world. Wright is also the author of books such as God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State\, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel\, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. In a conversation with writer Omar El Akkad\, he discusses a world which seems no stranger than our reality and the history of viral diseases and its impact on global institutions. \nI Can’t Breathe  \n12 – 12:45 pm CT | 11:30 pm – 12:15 am IST \nHomi K. Bhabha in conversation with Sanjoy K. Roy \nA crucial session exploring the deep rooted changes sending waves through the social fabric of the United States of America and the after effects felt across the world. In the midst of a global pandemic\, this year has seen massive Black Lives Matter protests coming to the forefront right before a national election. This socio-cultural and political upheaval has led to the questioning of a plethora of issues ranging from the present gun laws to the existing health care situation of minority communities in the country. Scholar and critical theorist Homi K. Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. His work explores postcolonial theory\, cultural change\, and power. His books include Nation and Narration and The Location of Culture. In a conversation with Sanjoy K. Roy\, he discusses a wide range of inter-connected issues that arise from human unpreparedness and the steps forward to a more inclusive world. \n URL:https://inprinthouston.org/event/jlf-houston-online-day-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inprinthouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/JLF_america_Mailer_houston-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR