Canton’s India Connections A Dialogue with Amitav Ghosh

Canton’s  India Connections A Dialogue with Amitav Ghosh

Date:  18 August, 2016

Time:  4:30 p.m. (Thursday)

Venue:  Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong

Panelists:

Prof.  Angela K.C. Leung, The University of Hong Kong

Prof.  Tansen Sen, New York University Shanghai

Prof.  Helen F. Siu, Yale University and The University of Hong Kong

Dr.  John D. Wong, The University of Hong Kong

About  Mr. Amitav Ghosh

Amitav  Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He is  the author of one book of non-fiction, a collection of essays and eight novels,  of which the most recent is Flood of Fire. His books have won prizes in  India, Europe and Myanmar and he has been awarded honorary degrees by the  Sorbonne, Paris, and by Queens College, New York. He divides his time between  Brooklyn, Goa and Kolkata.

Please  register at www.hkihss.hku.hk/register/amitav  

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Enquiries:  ihss@hku.hk  

This  event is presented by Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social  Sciences, HKU and co-sponsored by Consulate General of Indiaand  Center for Global Asia, New York University Shanghai.