Lady Shri Ram College for Women presents

“Genderknowledge”

Understanding Gender - Questions of Freedom and Justice

Academic Congress5th, 6th and 7th of March, 2014.

Pre Congress Academic Events

Occupy Wall Sheet: The Gender WallThis wall displays all the art and writing work of the students on the theme of the Congress.

February 25th “Art - Figures and Configurations”, lecture by Jonathan Koshy, followed by a discussion on Art and Gender.

February 27th “The One-dimensional Woman: Consumer Culture and Gender.” Lecture by Dr. Nandini Chandra.Moderator: Sandhya D. Nambiyar.

February 28th “Musical Masquerades: The Space for Impersonation in Hindustani Music.” Lecture by Kanav Gupta, followed by a discussion on gender and music.

March 3rdInteraction with women journalists of Khabar Lahariya facilitated by Nirantar.

March 4thSpecial Lecture: Jayati Ghosh on “Gender and Globalization.”

Moderator: Ms Jayashree Sahoo.

Screening of Jai Bhim Comrade followed by a discussion with the film maker, Anand Patwardhan.

Paper Presentation: “Gender and Sports” by Meenakshi Pahuja

Special Lecture: Dr. Kanchana Natarajan on “Transgressing Boundaries: The Advaitic Songs of Shenkottai Avudai Akkal.”

Moderator: Vibha Chaturvedi.

“Hindi sahitya me stree asmita ke aayam (1990 ke baad)” Guest speakers Prabhakar Kshotriya and Sudha Singh.Moderator: Sarika Kalra.

February 28thMirror Mirror on the wall: Am I the loveliest of them all? Body Image Workshop: Conducted by Kanika Ahuja.

March 1stUnderstanding Sexuality: Facilitated by CREA.

March 3rdA five day Self-Defense Workshop: Facilitated by the Delhi Police.

Pre Congress Survey: Gender Perceptions Among College Students: A Trend Report of a Survey in Lady Shri Ram College.

Pre Congress Workshops

Plenary 22 pm. Venue – Auditorium.

Parallel Sessions

The Womb and Beyond: Gender and Health

Presentations: Puneet Bedi, Anup Dhar and Sarojini N. B.Moderators: Parul Bansal and Priyanka Banerjee.

Film Screening: It’s a Boy by Vani Subramanian. Courtesy, PSBT

Facilitator: Anisha Saxena.

Dastaan–Goi introduced by Sonali Misra.

Performance: Asmita Theatre Group introduced by Madhu Grover.

Session conducted by Silika Mahapatra.

Commerce Association. 2.00 pm. Venue – Room 8.Bol: Reformulating Genders Beyond the Notions of Duality.

English Association. 2 pm. Venue – Lower Seminar Room.

Engendering Representation: Dissident Identities,Re-imagined Selfhoods.

Outing Possibilities, Questioning Heteronormativities: Alternate Sexualities and Contemporary Indian Cinemas – Lecture by Sameer Chopra. Expert: Akhil Katyal.

Kya Bura Hai Kya Galat – Street Play by students.

‘The Gender Mela’

Exhibitions

Women vendors, small scale entrepreneurs, caterers, artisans and crafts women have been invited to set up their stalls and kiosks at the mela. Stalls by Sakha and JAGORI. Stalls by leading book publishers, especially feminist publishing houses.

AGORI - Women and Mobility.

UN WOMEN - Masculinities.

Women Writers in Hindi.

Photo, Video and Audio Installations: Exhibition by the Sociology Department.

Installation: Women in Movement by Ridhima Mehra & Tulika Srivastava. Courtesy PSBT.

Day 1 5th of March, 2014

Plenary 1

Plenary 2

Inauguration9.30 am. Venue: Auditorium

Welcome by Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath.

Keynote Address by Kamla Bhasin.

10.30 am. Venue: Auditorium

Yeh Gender-Vender Kya Hai? Understanding Gender

The Walk, a Performance by Maya Rao. Introduced byPrabha Rani.

Release of Survey – Gender Perceptions Among College Students, by Kamla Bhasin and Dr. Rebecca Reichmann Tavares.

In Conversation - Nivedita Menon, Rebecca Reichmann Tavares and Suneeta Dhar.

Moderator: Shivani Kapoor.

Inauguration of Jagori Exhibition - Women and Mobility by Suneeta Dhar.

Session conducted by Jyotsna Arora.

Lunch

2.00 pm. Venue – AuditoriumLegally Speaking: Law and Gender

Unpacking the Bill of Rights.

Vrinda Grover.

Jagmati Sangwan.

Moderator: Megha Dhillon.

Jorasanko: A multi-media presentation with readings by Minati Chatterjee and Averee Chaurey, musical interludes by Jayati Ghosh and visuals by Sharmila Bakshi, based on the novel Jorasanko by Aruna Chakravarti. Introduced by Dipti Nath.

Session conducted by Jyoti Darbari.

Cover Image: “Village in the City”, Courtesy Linda Carmel.Ms. Carmel is a UK based artist and educationist who uses her art to “draw attention to the world around us, to marvel at it’s intricacy of design and to underline the behaviour of those who call this planet home.” She has graciously consented to the use of her art works from the series Women in the World as the focus of many of her works is, in her own words, on “creating a strong, supportive network of women.”

Ms. Carmel’s works can be viewed at www.lindacarmel.com.

Day 2 6th of March, 2014

Plenary 1

Parallel Sessions

Plenary 2

9.30 am. Venue – AuditoriumHamaari Awaaz Suno: Gender and Marginalized Voices.

Supported by UN WOMEN

Guest of Honour, Prof. S. Thorat, Chairman ICSSR.

Panel Discussion: Gopal Guru, Anand Patwardhan and Vimal Thorat.

In Conversation: Urvashi Butalia with Baby Haldar, Sunita and the women commercial drivers from Sakha along with Meenu Vadhera.

Musical Interlude by Azad Parindey.

Film Screening: Fragments of a Past by Uma Chakravarti.

Discussant: Bindu Menon.

Session conducted by Rashmi Jayarajan.

Sociology Association. 9.30 am. Venue – Room 8Culture-Scapes: Gender Inscriptions.Enactment-cum-Panel Discussion. Prof. Rajni Palriwala, Dr. Deepak Mehta, Dr. Geeti Sen,Mr. Rauf Ahmed and Mithu Sen.Performance by students.

Commerce Association. 11 am.Venue – Lower Seminar RoomRoundtable Conference: Chhavi Rajawat, Reema Nanavaty andShahnaz Husain.

Mathematics and Statistics Associations. 11 am.Venue – Upper Seminar RoomDegrees of Freedom: Talk by Dr. Farzana AfridiDocumentary screening; My Fancy High Heel Shoes.Courtesy: IAWRT

Lunch

2 pm. Venue – AuditoriumGendering Violence: Rethinking Sexuality

and Violence

Lecture: Mary E. John

Facilitator Meenakshi Gopinath

Film Screening: Safe City Dialogues by Shikha TrivedyInteraction with Bhanwari Devi and Kavita Srivastava

Facilitator: Shikha JhinganSession conducted by Saswati Bhattacharya

Parallel Sessions

Day 37th of March, 2014.

Plenary 1

Parallel Sessions

Commerce Association. 2 pm. Venue – Room 8Entrepedia 2014: Entrepreneurial Development Event. Economics Association. 2 pm.Venue – Lower Seminar RoomWork and Well Being in the Age of Globalization:A Gendered Perspective from South Asia.Lecture: Ravi Srivastava. Moderator: Kakali Barua.Young Scholars’ Presentation.Moderator: Anjana Singh. Film Screening: Nirnaya followed by a discussion with the protagonist Pushpa Rawat. Film Courtesy PSBT. Moderator: Reshmi Ganguly.

Mathematics and Statistics Associations. 2 pm.Venue – Upper Seminar RoomPaper Presentations by Students. Lecture: Geetha Venkataraman.

9.30 am. Venue – AuditoriumWays of Seeing, Ways of Being:

Gender and Representation

Performance: Thoda Dhyan Se by Mallika Taneja.Moderator: Ravindra Karnena.

Presentation: Vidya Shivadas. Moderator: Jonathan Koshy.

Panel Discussion: Rahul Roy, Vikramaditya and Akhil Katyal.Moderators: Karuna Rajeev and Sameer Chopra.

Session conducted by Madhu Grover.

Psychology Association. 9.30 am.Venue – Lower Seminar RoomFemicon: Women and Super Hero Comics.

Expert: Rajni Palriwala. Film Screening.Students Debate: Should Domestic Work be Paid?Experts: Manjeet Bhatia and Parvez Imam.

Elementary Education Association. 9.30 am.Venue – Room 8

Gender and Education.Panel Discussion: Karuna Chanana, Dipta Bhog and Renu Malviya.Moderator: Tripti Bassi.

Lunch