NYC with Women in Culture Conclave
Opening Night of the Jaipur Literature Festival
An evening of conversations/readings/fireside chats with culture makers, writers and ideators, contemplating women's role in history & narrative as both disruptors and transmitters of culture. Curated by Myna Mukherjee the event is presented by Engendered in association with The South Asia Institute, Columbia University.
SEPTEMBER 9, MONDAY, 6-9 PM PROGRAM: Reception, Talks, and a Musical Performance by Vidya Shah (Indian classical singer, musician and composer & author) with an excerpt from 'Women On Record', her project collaboration with the Ford Foundation, on the contributions of forgotten women performers from the gramophone era.
VENUE Jayaram Studios, 54 W 21st St, Suite 801, NY, NY
TICKETS: https://handstamp.com/e/jlf-women-in-culture-conclave-aks5rtvh
RSVP by September 7 for $10 Discounted Tickets for Columbia Affiliates to [email protected] or Whatsapp +919873061430
Celebrating books, ideas, and dialogue, the Jaipur Literature Festival is often described as “the greatest literary show on Earth." It returns to New York in 2024, presenting a series of conversations and performances examining the human experience through the imaginations of some of the world’s leading authors, thinkers, and performers. Other Partners for Women in Culture Conclave include The Culture Tree, Jayaram Studios, Tagmo and Rupee Beer.
Featured Speakers Include:
Marilyn Hacker, eminent poet, translator & critic and a feminist. Recipient of Lambda Literary Award and other numerous honors, including the Bernard F. Conners Prize from The Paris Review, the John Masefield Memorial Award of the Poetry Society of America, the PEN Voelcker Award, the Argana International Poetry Prize from the Beit as-Shir/House of Poetry in Morocco, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is also the Professor of English emerita at the City College of New York and was elected as Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2008.
Bushra Rehman, an award-winning novelist & poet, and author of the New York Times and New Yorker Editor’s Choice of the year 'Roses in The Mouth of a Lion', a modern classic about what it means to be Muslim and queer in a Pakistani-American community.
Anu Sehgal, children's author and founder of The Culture Tree, a cultural literacy and language education company that focuses on South Asia.
Raakhee Mirchandani, journalist, children’s book author, activist, also co-author of She Persisted with Chelsea Clinton and her latest upcoming book Kamala Raised Her Hand.
Aroon Shivdasani, founder, former executive & artistic director of the Indo-American Arts Council, NYC, and recipient of Minnie Untermeyer Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2023
Sunita Iqbal, senior advisor in private and public arts philanthropy. She has worked with majors arts funders including the Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts in partnership with the Regional and Economic Development Council's Arts and Culture Initiatives and Capital Improvement Funds, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and DanceNYC.
Myna Mukherjee, listed amongst India's top 5 curators revolutionizing the art space by Lifestyle Magazine and Open Magazine's Top 50 Open Minds 2024. She is a cultural curator, producer and director of Engendered, a transnational arts & human rights organisation New Delhi/New Delhi
