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  'Ghadar on the DU Campus'


Inauguration

Oct 26, 2007, 4.30 pm

Venue: University Convention Hall, Vice-Chancellor's Office

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Traces of the Uprising, 1857

Exhibition of photographs: a University of Delhi and Alkazi Foundation for
the Arts collaboration

Oct 26 – Nov 20, 2007 (10 am – 5 pm, Monday to Saturday)

Venue: University Conference Centre* *(opposite the Botany Dept.)

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*The exhibition will showcase a selection of 19th Century photographs from
the Alkazi Collection relating to three sectors of the Uprising: Delhi,
Kanpur and Lucknow, with a special focus on Delhi.*

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Film Screenings

*Shatranj ke Khilari*, Oct 29, 2007, 4 pm

*Junoon*, Nov 12, 2007, 4 pm

*Jhansi ki Rani*, Dec 3, 2007, 4 pm

*Mirza Ghalib*, Dec 17, 2007, 4 pm

Venue: Auditorium, School of Environmental Studies

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European Responses to the 1857 Rebellion in India

Conference organized by the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies

Oct 30 – 31, 2007, 10 am – 5 pm

Venue: University Conference Centre

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*The conference will focus on continental European responses to the 1857
events – literary texts, press reports, and other documents that appeared in
languages other than English. *

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The Revolt of 1857: Re-thinking colonial resistance

Conference / Nov 26 – 28, 2007

Venue: University Conference Centre

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*The conference will bring together scholars to share their work on various
issues related to the Revolt – its historiography, the events in Delhi, the
military aspect, the intellectual impact and representations in popular and
folk literature *

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Mirza Ghalib's letters read by Anis Azmi

Nov 27, 2007, 2 pm

Venue: University Conference Centre

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Qawwali: Miraj Ahmad Nizami and party

Nov 28, 2007, 6.30 pm

Venue: University Conference Centre

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Dastan Goi: Traditional Hindustani Oral Narrative by Mahmood Farooqui and
Danish Hussain

Dec 18, 2007, 4 pm

Venue: University Conference Centre

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Special Lectures   Dec 7, 2007, 4 pm

Gautam Chakravarty

Mutiny or War? Revisiting an old debate
 Jan 25, 2008, 4 pm

Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Nationalism and History Writing:

S.N.Sen and S.B.Chaudhuri as historians of 1857
 Feb 20, 2008, 4 pm

Margrit Pernau

Contested memories and memoirs.

Remembering 1857 in Delhi
  Mar 4, 2008, 4 pm

C.M. Naim

The Three Delhis of Syed Ahmad Khan

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A Walk through Time

Heritage walks: Northern Ridge, its monuments and 1857

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*In 1857, as the rebels captured Shahjahanabad, the British retreated to the
ridge and planned the recapture of the city. The northern ridge also has
structures that represent periods and events that date back to earlier
times. The heritage walks will cover the Vice-Chancellor's Office, the
Flagstaff Tower, Chauburja, Pir Ghaib, Bara Hindu Rao, Ashoka Pillar and
Mutiny Memorial.*



Dates: November: 6, 7, 12, 17,19, 21, 24, 26, 28; December: 7, 8, 10, 15,
17, 22.

Time: 10 am-1 pm

Starting point for the walks: University Conference Centre

For details regarding the walks, please contact: Srimanjari
(srimanjari at gmail.com) / Sanjay Sharma (sanjaykusharma at yahoo.co.in)

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