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Forgotten frontlines, berkeley, california

Details: Coming this fall to Berkeley in a collaboration between The 1947 Partition Archive and Pacific Atrocities Education.
Frontlines: World War II's Asia-Pacific Theater and the Road to Partition. An outdoor exhibition, held adjacent to the Downtown Berkeley Farmer's market. The exhibit features forgotten histories from the China-Burma-India theatre of World War II, as told through community voices, juxta positioned with a community festival themed on pan-Asian cultures, honing in on the China-Myanmar-India triangle.

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Forgotten frontlines, san jose, california

Details: Coming this fall to San Jose in a collaboration between The 1947 Partition Archive and Pacific Attrocities Education - Forgotten
Frontlines: World War II's Asia-Pacific Theater and the Road to Partition. An exibition on forgotten histories, featuring community voices, juxtapositioned with a community festival themed on pan-Asian cultures, honing in on the China-Myanmar-India triangle.

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10,000 memories, london

Details: A panel discussion and student event commemorating the release of 10,000 Memories, the book.

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10,000 memories, london

Details: A lecture followed by a question-answer session on 10,000 Memories, the book.

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10,000 memories, london

Details: A series of talks, featuring guests speakers Gurinder Chadha, OBE, John MacDonnell, MP, Dr. Andrew Whitehead and Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla, commemorating the launch of 10,000 Memories and impacts of Partition as felt in Britain.

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10,000 memories, gainesville, florida

Details: An audio-visual community presentation on 10,000 Memories.

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10,000 memories, orlando

Details: An audio-visual community presentation on 10,000 Memories.

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The other side, austin

Details: Art exhibit on Partition, featuring talks by Meena Matai, Guneeta Singh Bhalla, Neha Aziz, Amritjit Singh.

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10,000 memories, berkeley [cancelled due to weather event]

Details: Launch of 10,000 Memories + community festival held at our home location in Berkeley, CA.

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Journeys of separation, mumbai

Details: An audio-visual community presentation on 10,000 Memories.

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10,000 memories, bangalore

Details: Witness live-storytelling and an audio-visual community presentation on 10,000 Memories.

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10,000 memories, delhi

Details: Launch of 10,000 Memories by Dr. Karan Singh, featuring music by Sonam Kalra.

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10,000 memories, kolkata

Details: An audio-visual community presentation on 10,000 Memories.

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Stories in the metro, delhi

Exhibit: Art in the Metro (My Heart Belongs in Delhi, Women During Partition)The Partition of India in 1947 resulted in the largest mass-migration of people in the world till date. In recent years, testimonies of these migrations from those who witnessed the event have begun to emerge, resulting in a better understand of the Partition. Among these, the narratives of women- young and old- are imperative as they alert us on the impact the Partition had on familial life, on homes and ways of living.

Women during Partition explores first-hand accounts with women who witnessed the Partition. Those who refused to leave until months after the Partition, and those who had to leave at just a moment’s notice. Through their stories, through the very nature of archival image, we learn about the circumstances of their migrations. We learn of family, education, the plight of refugees, and the most importantly, the notion of hope.

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Sonam kalra in concert live online

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The formation of indian identity (delhi)

Details: August 2019 marks 72 years since India gained independence from British rule. An unusual and intriguing set of events in 1947 came to define modern India and it's neighbors, Pakistan and (since 1971) Bangladesh. Numerous kingdoms merged with the erstwhile British territories in the region known collectively as 'British India.' Today's 'India' retained its British name and the 'Indian' identity has since been widely adopted. We explore this transformation of our identity from 1947 through today via live storytelling by those who witnessed pre-Partition and pre-Independence times, and also a panel of experts who will discuss what we have come to learn from oral history, from feminist writings and from the the evolution of the business world in India, 1947 through now. A Q&A session will follow the discussion.
Experts Panel:
Dr. Urvashi Butalia - Author and Publisher, founder of Zubaan
Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla - Oral Historian and Physicist, founder of The 1947 Partition Archive
Dr. Anurag Batra - Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld, and founder exchange4media
Partition Witness Panel:
Tulsi Das Chugh was 16 years old in 1947
Indra Trehon was 14 years old in 1947
Mahesh Chandra was 20 years old in 1947

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ChasingMemories - The 19.47 km run.

Join #ChasingMemories, the 19.47 km run, this summer.  This is a family event and all skill levels, fitness levels and ages are welcome. It's a great way to support the documentation of stories while getting in shape.  This run is organized in collaboration with Delhi NCR's own Coach Ravinder.

To registerclick here.
To learn moreclick here.
This is a benefit run for The 1947 Partition Archive.

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Exhibition: my heart belongs in delhi (delhi)

Location: Main Foyer, India Habitat Center
Exhibit:  My Heart Belongs in Delhi Based on previously unpublished research conducted by Dr. Erin Riggs, former Digital Archivist with The 1947 Partition Archive using a combination of archeology and oral history to trace the transformation of Delhi as a city due to the 1947 Partition.

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Voices of partition (delhi)

Details: Come hear rare stories from witnesses of the 1947 Partition, recognized as the world's largest mass refugee crisis. Nearly 2 million died in the communal violence that accompanied Partition, and up to 25 million were uprooted through the 1950's, or 1% of the world's population at the time.
Speaking:
MC: Raghav Sagar (The 1947 Partition Archive)
Moderator: Prof. Nonica Datta (Center for Historical Studies, J. Nehru University)
Partition Witnesses:
Krishan Kalra
Promod Mehra
Yogesh Munjal
Story Collector:
Ritika Popli

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Remembering parition: memory through the ages' (exhibition)

Exhibit: CSVMT and The 1947 Partition Archive bring 'Remembering Partition: Memory Through the Ages,' an exhibition.  Seven decades have passed since the partition of 1947 and still, despite its defining influence on our lives today, the public memories and histories linger only latently. 'Remembering Partition: Memory Through the Ages' is an exhibition curated by the 1947 Partition Archive debuting excerpts from its collection of witness oral histories recalling life before, after and during Partition. This multimedia exhibit highlights the social and cultural effects of the Partition by chronologically referring to various age groups.
Each and every panel of this exhibit presents a unique first hand experience and displays how the pivotal event that determined the subcontinent's contemporary history continues to influence society till today. These narratives are from around the globe, with a special focus on showcasing diversity of experiences across class, caste, gender, as well as geographical location.
It is an exhibit that marries the notions of history, memoir, longing, belonging and inter-generational storytelling. CSVMT in collaboration with 1947 Partition Archive invite you to attend the exhibition..

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Exhibition: Untold Stories (Delhi, India)

Exhibit: Untold Stories

Seven decades have passed since the Partition of 1947 and still remnants of it continue to linger only latently in public memories and histories. The forthcoming exhibition by The 1947 Partition Archive will unravel the memories of people who witnessed the days of the Divide. This multimedia exhibit will highlight the socio-cultural ethnography and memory of the Partition by bringing forth those voices that have otherwise been unheard: the story of a woman still living in a refugee camp, separated from her daughter due to the man-made border, how a city-wide BA exam was put on hold due to a referendum in Sylhet, how two brothers converted to Islam to remain on their land while their sister made her way across to India, and how two brothers travelled from Travancore State to the North-West Frontier Province in search of work and were stranded there due to the Divide.

Each and every panel of this exhibit presents a unique first-hand experience and displays how the pivotal event that determined the subcontinent’s contemporary history continues influences society till today. These narratives are from all around the globe, with a special focus on subversive narratives through the lens of class, caste, and gender. The choice of regional locations is diverse and also brings to light narratives of Partition that are often never considered as part of popular imaginary.

Untold Stories invites, for the very first time, public audiences to engage with exemplary oral histories collected by The 1947 Partition Archive over the last 8 years. It is an exhibition that marries the notions of history, memoir, longing and belonging.

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Exhibition: untold stories (delhi, india)

Exhibit: Seven decades have passed since the Partition of 1947 and still remnants of it continue to linger only latently in public memories and histories. The forthcoming exhibition by The 1947 Partition Archive will unravel the memories of people who witnessed the days of the Divide. This multimedia exhibit will highlight the socio-cultural ethnography and memory of the Partition by bringing forth those voices that have otherwise been unheard: the story of a woman still living in a refugee camp, separated from her daughter due to the man-made border, how a city-wide BA exam was put on hold due to a referendum in Sylhet, how two brothers converted to Islam to remain on their land while their sister made her way across to India, and how two brothers travelled from Travancore State to the North-West Frontier Province in search of work and were stranded there due to the Divide.
Each and every panel of this exhibit presents a unique first-hand experience and displays how the pivotal event that determined the subcontinent’s contemporary history continues influences society till today. These narratives are from all around the globe, with a special focus on subversive narratives through the lens of class, caste, and gender. The choice of regional locations is diverse and also brings to light narratives of Partition that are often never considered as part of popular imaginary.
Untold Stories invites, for the very first time, public audiences to engage with exemplary oral histories collected by The 1947 Partition Archive over the last 8 years. It is an exhibition that marries the notions of history, memoir, longing and belonging.

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Exhibition: Women During Partition (Delhi, India)

ExhibitWomen during Partition

The Partition of India in 1947 resulted in the largest mass-migration of people in the world till date. In recent years, testimonies of these migrations from those who witnessed the event have begun to emerge, resulting in a better understand of the Partition. Among these, the narratives of women- young and old- are imperative as they alert us on the impact the Partition had on familial life, on homes and ways of living.

Women during Partition explores first-hand accounts with women who witnessed the Partition. Those who refused to leave until months after the Partition, and those who had to leave at just a moment’s notice. Through their stories, through the very nature of archival image, we learn about the circumstances of their migrations. We learn of family, education, the plight of refugees, and the most importantly, the notion of hope.

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Exhibition: memory through the ages (delhi, india)

Exhibit: The 1947 Partition Archive is excited to announce an exclusive partnership with Bikaner House in showcasing oral histories through an exhibition curated by artist and author, Aanchal Malhotra, coordinated by Ritika Popli with design by Shilpa Narain and architecture by Siddharth Wadhwa. The educational public exhibition will also include a series of events including Voices of Partition, film screenings, photography and visual arts exhibitions, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Partition. Lest we forget.  For more information visit our Facebook page.

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Godrej Culture Labs (Mumbai, India)

An evening with Penaz Masani (Palo Alto, CA)

Join us for an evening of ghazals by Penaz Masani, sung to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Partition this year. This is a benefit event.

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Sukkur, Pakistan Sindh Regional Support Organization

3:30pm-6:30pm
Doors @ 2:30pm
Reserve your tickets here

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Voices of Partition - Sindh

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Workshop: memorializing partition

Join us on Wednesday, Feb 22 & April 12 at a workshop that attempts to answer this increasingly important question: How do we memorialize Partition in a manner that is ethical but also educational? The second day of the workshop will be held on April 12 at the Arts Faculty, Room 56, University of Delhi. Registration will be on site.

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Voices of Partition (Boston, Massachusetts)

Doors @ 6:00pm
Tickets coming soon

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Voices of Partition (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania)

Doors @ 1:30pm
Begins @ 2:00pm

Panelists:
Partition witnesses:
Dr. Surendra Gambhir
Mr. Victor Gill
Dr. Om Gandhi
Researchers:
Dr. Amber Abbas of St. Joseph's College
Dr. Shreeyash Palshikar of Albright College
MC:
Dr. Kavita Daiya of George Washington University

Thank you to volunteers for making Voices of Partition in Bryn Mawr possible: Bilal Ezzeddine, Dr. Reena Banka, Sahil Banka, Salma Khan, and Suruchi Keenheel.

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Voices of Partition (George Washington University)

Doors @ 3:00 pm
Begins @ 3:30 pm

Panelists:
Partition witnesses:
Dr. Kamal Verma and Zafar Farooqi
Researchers:
Dr. Amber Abbas of St. Joseph's College, Dr. Benjamin Hokpins of the GW Elliot School, and Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla founder and director of The 1947 Partition Archive.
MC:
Dr. Kavita Daiya of George Washington University

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Voices of Partition (Mumbai)

Doors @ 0:00 pm
Begins @ 5:30 pm
Panelists:
Partition witnesses:
Dr. Vimla Malhotra, Shamal Chawla, and Parshotam Bulani
Story collector:
Citizen Historian Srishtee Sethi
MC:
Citizen Historian Aalisha Sheth

Thank you to everyone who made Voices of Partition in Mumbai possible! Aalisha Sheth, Ashwini Chowdhury, Bomi Kim, Fwishali Basumatary, Joanne Pereira, Jones Thomas, Dr. K. M. Parivelan (Associate Professor, TISS), Kaveri U., Kavita Bulani, Nita Bulani, Raunak Bajaj, Sohail Sankalp, Srishtee Sethi, and Vidushi Kaushik.

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Voices of Partition (Milpitas, California)

Doors @ 6:00pm
Begins @ 6:30pm
Panelists:
Partition witnesses:
Jaya Metha, Iftekhar Hai, and Mohanbir Singh Rekhi
Story Collector:
Story Scholar Sobia Saleem
MC:
Dr. Priya Satia of Stanford University

Thank you to California Humanities for sponsoring Voices of Partition in Milpitas.
>Register now

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Voices of Partition (Kolkata)

Doors @ 12:30pm
Begins @ 1:00pm
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Panelists:
Partition witnesses:
Ahi Bhushan Halder and Dilip Kumar Chatterjee
Story collector:
Story Scholar Deborshi Chakraborty
Researcher:
Professor Rimi Nandy of Adamas University
MC:
Citizen Historian Sarita Bose

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make Voices of Partition in Kolkata possible: Aditi Das, Ankita Bhattacharya, Arnab Ghosh, Bihongi Biswas, Bijetri Dutta Majumder, Deborshi Chakraborty, Dipayan Roy, Hansha Jaiswal, Moumita Banik, Pranoy Pal, Panchanon Poddar, Professor Rimi Nandy, Rumki Chakraborty, Sarita Bose (moderator), Somdutta De, Souvik Ghosh, Shreoshi Mitra, Sumallya Mukhopadhyay, Tamasa Ghosh, Udayan Das, and Utsa Bhattacharjee.

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Voices of Partition (Lahore)

Doors @ 3:30pm
Begins @ 4:00pm
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Panelists:
Partition witnesses:
Abida Amin Khawaja, Dr. Pervaiz Vandal, Shoaib Sultan Khan, and Tahira Husain
Story collector:
Story Scholar Fakhra Hassan
Guest speaker:
Founder of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Syed Babar Ali

Thank you to volunteers who helped make Voices of Partition in Lahore possible: Aasma Farhad, Ahmad Dar, Fakhra Hassan, Hamza Kamran, Khurram Abbas, Muhammad Hanif, Muna Baig, Rukhsana Parveen and Umair Mushtaq.

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Voices of Partition (New Delhi)

Doors @ 6:30pm
Begins @ 7:00pm
>Register now
Facebook event page
Thank you to volunteers who hepled make Voices of Partition in Delhi possible: Gaurav Khandelwal, Naman Kapuria, Mishika Nayyar, Mukul Pankajmani, Palak Sahni, Ria Dantewadia, Ritika Popli, Shruti Gakhar, Srishtee Sethi, and Sumedha Grover.

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Voices of Partition (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

6-8:30pm

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Symposium: Partition Stories: Myth, Media and Politics

Speaking: Dr. Amber Abbas (St. Joseph's Unviersity), Dr. Debanji Bhattarcharyya (Drexel University), Dr. Shreeyash Palshikar (Albright University), Dr. Samira Mehta (Albright University), and The 1947 Partition Archive Founder and Director Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla.

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Free Oral History Workshop - Wichita State University

Thursday, November 19 from 6-7:30pm

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Voices of Partition (Wichita, Kansas)

@ 6:30pm
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Voices of Partition (Palo Alto, California)

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Voices of Partition (Milpitas, California)

Voices of Partition at KQED's Indian Summer Preview in Milpitas, CA. Panelists: Ali Shan and Ravindar Chopra.

Thank you to the volunteers who helped make this event possible: Bomi Kim, Catherine Supnet, Elaine Jones, Graham Gilmore, Trinh Duong, Saba Taquir, and Yvonne Eadon.

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Voices of Partition (Santa Clara, California)

Panelists: Dr. Vishin Jotwani, Saiyed Irfan Ahmad, Fauzia Parviz, Major Jagjit Singh, and Iram Nawaz (Citizen Historian).
Thank you the volunteers who helped make this event possible: Bomi Kim, Catherine Supnet, Elaine Jones, Graham Gilmore, and Trinh Duong.
Watch here

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Voices of Partition (Seattle)

Join us along with the University of Washington's South Asia Center in Seattle, as we explore the 1947 Partition via storytelling by witnesses sharing their stories, story collectors sharing their experiences and academics sharing new insights.
Time: 10 am
We would like to thank the South Asia Center at the UW for hosting the event. We thank our hosts Archana Verma and Jeff Siddiqui, as well as the volunteers who helped make this event possible: Aarti Khanna, Hira Haqar, Sabika Makhdoom, Trinh Duong, Catherine Supnet, Elaine Jones, Rai Nauman Mumtaz, and Ramish Patel.
Voices of Partition at the University of Washington in Seattle

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Voices of Partition (Stanford, California)

February 18, 2016 @ 6:30pm

Thank you to the volunteers who helped make this event possible: Elaine Jones, Sucheta Korwar, and Yvonne Eadon.

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Voices of Partition (Delhi)

Join us at the India Habitat Center in Delhi as we explore the 1947 Partition via storytelling by witnesses sharing their stories, story collectors sharing their experiences and academics sharing new insights.
Time: 6:30 pm

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Stories of Survival (Berkeley)

Join us at the Berkeley Skydeck as we explore the 1947 Partition through a special screening of survivor footage followed by witnesses sharing their stories.

Time: 6:30 pm

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Voices of Partition (Cupertino, California)

Panelists include: Mr. Ali Shan, Dr. Om Juneja, Mrs. Raj Jaggi, Dr. Zafar Afaq Ansari, Dr. Vishin Jotwani, Dr. Ismat Kamal, and Mr. Madan Lal Ghai.
Watch here

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Witness Voice: Untold Stories of South Asia's Partition

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Pre-interview Oral History Workshop #12

Berkeley Skydeck, Berkeley, CA
Registration: Pre-registration required. Click here.
Time: 7:00 pm PST

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Pre-interview Oral History Workshop #11

Berkeley Skydeck, Berkeley, CA
Registration: Pre-registration required. Click here.
Time: 7:00 am PST

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Sevathon 2013

Baylands Park, Sunnyvale, CA Visit our Booth at Sevathon 2013.
Full Announcement: Sevathon 2013

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India Now 2013 Expo

Expo: Visit our Booth at India Now 2013.
Full Announcement: India Now 2013

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North American South Asian Bar Association convention 2013

Convention: Visit our Booth at NASABA 2013.
Full Announcement: NASABA 2013

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Pre-interview Oral History Workshop #10

Berkeley Skydeck, Berkeley, CA
Registration: Pre-registration required. Click here.
Time: 3:00 pm PST

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The Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs Conference (OPEN 2013)

Expo: Visit our Booth at OPEN.
Full Announcement: OPEN SV 2013

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The Indus Entrepreneurs Conference (TIECON 2013)

Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
Expo: Visit our Booth at the TieCon Expo. Booth courtesy TIE Silicon Valley.
Full Announcement: TIECON 2013

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Pre-interview Oral History Workshop #9

Berkeley Skydeck, Berkeley, CA
Registration: Pre-registration required. Send email: info@1947Partitionarchive.org
Time: 8:30 am PST

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Partitions: Towards Transnational History of Twentieth Century Territorial Separatism

Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Day 1: April 18 -- Partitions in Literature
Day 2: April 19 -- Geneology and Implementations of a Political Idea
Location: Board Room, Stanford Humanities Center
Audio Visual Presentation: 4:35pm by Archive staff Guneeta Singh Bhalla Full announcement: Stanford Partitions Conference

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Art for Partition

Berkeley Skydeck, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Schedule:

  • - 11:30 am - Benefit Luncheon with Dr. Bapsi Sidhwa, author "Cracking India"
  • - 2:00 pm - Understanding Partition with Dr. Roshni Rustomji (Sonoma State University) and Dr. Priya Satia (Stanford University)
  • - 4:00 pm - Film Screening, "Earth" based on "Cracking India"
  • - All Day - Benefit Art Auction

Full event announcement: Click Here

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Pre-interview Oral History Workshop #8

Berkeley Skydeck, Berkeley, CA
Time: 1pm to 4pm.

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Pre-interview Oral History Workshop #7

Downtown Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley, CA
Time: 2pm to 5pm.

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Pre-interview Oral History Workshop #6