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SUMMARY:International Women’s Day Lunch: A bite-sized dive into feminist re
	search
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DESCRIPTION:In the lead-up to International Women’s Day\, we warmly invite 
	you for a quick\ndose of brainfood. During this 30-minute lunch talk\, we’
	ll sit down with Barnita\nBagchi and take a dive into the stories of Rabin
	dranath Tagore\, a pioneering\nvoice who wrote powerfully about women’s au
	tonomy in colonial Bengal. We’ll\nclose the programme with a spoken word p
	erformance by Asmae Amaddaou. Take a\nbreak with free sandwich\, learn som
	ething new and take a moment to reflect on\nInternational Women’s Day and 
	the many stories that still need telling.\n\n\nABOUT THE PROGRAMME\n\nRabi
	ndranath Tagore\, 1861-1941\, Nobel Prize-winning author\, poet\, educator
	\, and\nsocial experimenter to boot\, wrote many short stories that femini
	st and gender\nstudies scholars find compelling. Barnita Bagchi has transl
	ated three of his\nshort stories from Bengali for an Oxford World Classics
	 edition of Tagore’s\nselected short stories forthcoming this spring\, edi
	ted by Sumit Chakrabarti.\n\nIn this talk\, she will speak on how both mas
	culinity and femininity are\nanatomised in these short stories\, with spec
	ial attention to a short story\ntitled “The Judge”.\n\nThe talk is curated
	 by VOX-POP.\n\n\nPROGRAMME OVERVIEW\n\n12.15 - 12.30 Walk-in\n12.30 - 12.
	32 Programme's opening by Imogen Mills\n12.32 - 12.40 Mini lecture by Prof
	essor Barnita Bagchi\n12.40 - 12.55 Q&A with Barnita\, Imogen and question
	s from the audience\n12.55 - 13:00 Spoken word performance by Asmae Amadda
	ou\n\n\nPRACTICAL INFORMATION\n\nWe’ll be providing sandwiches during the 
	session! While the event is free to\nattend\, please book your place so we
	 know how many people to cater for. You can\nfind us in the Salon at the C
	ity Centre University Library – this is the open\nspace located on floor -
	1.\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/international-womens-day-lunch-a-bite-s
	ized-dive-into-feminist-research
GEO:52.3690637;4.894763
LOCATION:VOX-POP - Binnengasthuisstraat 9\, 1012 ZA Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,burgwallen,gender,lecture,opening,perfor
	mance,q&a,stories,talk
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In the lead-up to International Women’s Day, w
	e warmly invite you for a quick dose of brainfood. During this 30-minute l
	unch talk, we’ll sit down with Barnita Bagchi and take a dive into the sto
	ries of Rabindranath Tagore, a pioneering voice who wrote powerfully about
	 women’s autonomy in colonial Bengal. We’ll close the programme with a spo
	ken word performance by Asmae Amaddaou. Take a break with free sandwich, l
	earn something new and take a moment to reflect on International Women’s D
	ay and the many stories that still need telling.       <h2>About the progr
	amme </h2> <p>Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941, Nobel Prize-winning author, 
	poet, educator, and social experimenter to boot, wrote many short stories 
	that feminist and gender studies scholars find compelling. Barnita Bagchi 
	has translated three of his short stories from Bengali for an Oxford World
	 Classics edition of Tagore’s selected short stories forthcoming this spri
	ng, edited by Sumit Chakrabarti.</p> <p>In this talk, she will speak on ho
	w both masculinity and femininity are anatomised in these short stories, w
	ith special attention to a short story titled “The Judge”.</p> <p>The talk
	 is curated by VOX-POP.</p> <h3>Programme overview</h3> <p>12.15 - 12.30 W
	alk-in<br> 12.30 - 12.32 Programme's opening by Imogen Mills<br> 12.32 - 1
	2.40 Mini lecture by Professor Barnita Bagchi<br> 12.40 - 12.55 Q&amp;A wi
	th Barnita, Imogen and questions from the audience<br> 12.55 - 13:00 Spoke
	n word performance by Asmae Amaddaou</p>      <h2>Practical information</h
	2> <p>We’ll be providing sandwiches during the session! While the event is
	 free to attend, please book your place so we know how many people to cate
	r for. You can find us in the Salon at the City Centre University Library 
	– this is the open space located on floor -1.</p> <h2>About the speakers</
	h2>
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