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An Alternative Postcolonial: Language, Location and Culture

Published: 30 April 2008

The Centre for Postcolonial Writing, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies Monash University

Will present a public lecture by Professor Harish Trivedi.

Date: 17 June 2008
Venue: State Library of Victoria
Time: 6pm for 6.30 pm

Harish Trivedi is Professor of English at the University of Delhi. A former Vice-Chair of the International Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, Prof Trivedi presently holds the position of Vice-President of the Comparative Literature Association of India. He is also co-ordinating the international project in writing a History of World Literature. Prof Trivedi is the acclaimed author of Colonial Transactions: English Literature and India (Manchester University Press). His co-authored books include Post-colonial Translation: Theory and Practice (Routledge), Literature and Nation: Britain and India 1800-1990 (Routledge), and Interrogating Post-Colonialism: Theory, Text and Context. Prof Trivedi is currently working on two monographs: Translation in India: India in Translation and Anthology of Indian Literature in English Translation from 1500 B.C. to 2000 A.D.

Enquiries: Dr Chandani Lokuge, Director, Centre for Postcolonial Writing
Tel +61 3 9905 2136; email: Chandani.Lokuge@arts.monash.edu.au
Event Coordinators: Elin Evangelista, Tel: +61 (0) 401 091 791;
Isabella Ofner, Tel: +61 (0) 409 955 456
Email: cpw@arts.monash.edu.au.