Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Chronology of Open Space - Lucknow Events

2008

5th June: औरतें, औरत की तलाश में - Urdu Short-Story Reading on the theme of 'Woman' by Lucknow's foremost Urdu Women Writers, Hotel Mezbaan

6th June: An Interaction with Interfaith Couples, NGO Saajhi Duniya premises

16th June: A meeting with Interfaith Couples, NGO Saajhi Duniya Premises

21st June: ग़ज़ल फिर ग़ज़ल इक सुनाने चली - Poetry Recitation on theme of 'Woman' by Lucknow's leading Hindi and Urdu Women Poets, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Foundation

8th July: Socio-Cultural Anthropologist, Prof. Nadeem Hasnain's lecture on "Muslims-'Others' Interface", Uttar Pradesh Press Club

26th July: Open Space - Lucknow Book Tasting Club Session on the theme of 'Displacement' and Reading of excerpts from the Indian Jewish Writer Meera Mahadevan's (nee Miriam Jacob Mendrekar) Hindi novel Apna Ghar, 1961, Academy of Mass Communication

28th July: Open Space - Lucknow Book Tasting Club Session on the theme of Terrorism and Communal Violence, with the reading of excerpts from the Indian Jewish Writer Esther David's novel The Walled City, 1997, NGO Saajhi Duniya office

11th August: The First Session of the Open Space - Lucknow Series 'Diversity Dialogue' - Cross Cultural Dialogue between the American Students of the Urdu Language Programme of the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Indian Students of the University of Lucknow at the campus

14th August: A Discussion on the Appropriateness or Inappropriateness of Religious Processions and the Screening of the Documentary उसी शाहजहांपुर में (In That Very Shahjahanpur)

4th September: The Second Session of the Open Space - Lucknow Series 'Diversity Dialogue' - Cross Cultural Dialogue between the Afghan and Indian Students of the University of Lucknow at the campus

20th September: Workshop on Dalit Issues by the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) Fellow, Parul Jaitly, at the Nari Shiksha Niketan Post Graduate College, Lucknow

23rd September: Feminism in India - Discussion and the Screening of the documentary Unlimited Girls at the premises of the NGO Saajhi Duniya

27th September: The Third Session of the Open Space - Lucknow Book Tasting Club on the theme of 'Terrorism and Communalism' and the Recitation of the Hindi translations of the Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai's Hebrew poems, Academy of Mass Communication

18th October: The Third Session of the Open Space - Lucknow Series Diversity Dialogue - International Interface on Personal & Political Themes with Students from Thirteen Countries at the University of Lucknow

23rd October: The Fourth Session of the Open Space - Lucknow Book Tasting Club on "The Tragic Loss of Life due to Human Misdeeeds" and the Reading of the Israeli writer Etgar Keret's Hebrew short-story "Breaking the Pig"

22nd November: Eminent Historian and the Honorary Consul of India for Queensland, Australia, Professor Sarva-Daman Singh's lecture on "Religious Amity in India" at the Uttar Preadesh Press Club

25th to 27th November: "Be Positive!" - Three-Day-Film-Festival on AIDS/HIV at the University of Lucknow main campus and its affiliate colleges, including a Muslim girls' college

13th December: Famous Urdu Poet Professor Malikzada Manzoor Ahmad's lecture against Muslim Anti-Semitism, titled "The Misuse of Poetry Recitations for Rhetoric", at the Academy of Mass Communication

16th December: Workshop on Energy Conservation at the Nari Shiksha Niketan Post Graduate College

2009

24th January: Session on "The Usage of the Images and Ideas of Masculinity to create Communal Hatred and Violence" and the Screening of the Documentary Father, Son and Holy War

29th and 30th January: Workshops on Energy Conservation in Commemoration of the Energy Conservation Fortnight at the Eram Girls Degree College and the Academy of Mass Communication

28th February: ज़मीनें गुनगुनाती हैं - Hindi and Urdu Poetry Recitation on the Dalit Movement

13th and 14th March: American Jewish Human Rights Activist, Dr. Richard L. Benkin's lectures on "Human Rights in South Asia" and "The Fight Against Terrorism and Communalism" at the University of Lucknow

30th and 31st March: A Couple of Sessions on Communal Harmony - Sadia Shepard's reading of her memoir The Girl From Foreign (Penguin, 2008) and the screening of her documentary In Search of the Bene Israel at the Urdu Language Program of the American Institute of Indian Studies and the University of Lucknow

17th April: A Session on Communal Harmony - Urdu Poetry REcitation by the Muslim Poet Soz Malihabadi and his narration of his Search for his Jewish mother, Academy of mass Communication

19th April: Screening of the documentary ज़ुल्मतों के दौर में (In Dark Times) with the Holocaust as a Case Study for understanding the ways in which Fascism grows and takes over society, Open Space - Lucknow Office

29th April: Lecture on the Right to Information by the RTI Activist Izhar Ahmad at the Ambedkar Central University

14th June: Session on "The Rural-Urban Divide in India" and the Recitation of the Indian Jewish Poet Prof. Nissim Ezekiel's poems at the Open Space - Lucknow Office

22nd June: Preview Screening of the Documentary New Muslim Cool, which highlights the friendship of a new Muslim with a Jewish poet, at the University of Lucknow before its world premiere

27th June: An Evening dedicated to Jewish-Muslim Relations: Screning of A Mighty Heart, based on Daniel Pearl's widow Maiane' memoir and the distribution of a bilingual (Urdu & English) booklet dedicated to interfaith dialogue among Muslim students at the Academy of Mass Communication

10th July: The Fourth Session of the Open Space - Lucknow Series 'Diversity Dialogue' - on the theme of 'Multiculturalism' and the Screening of the documentary Impressions from Luton
in the presence of its maker Mekhela Deva at the Heritage Institute of Languages

16th July: Lecture on Conflict Resolution, titled "26/11 Mumbai and the Radical Project of Secularism" by Prof. D. Marya, University of Southern Maine, USA, at the Giri Institute of Development Studies

28th July: Secretary General of the Italian Muslim Assembly, Sheikh Professor Abdul Hadi Palazzi's lecture on "The Misinterpretation of Islam by Non-Muslims as well as Muslims"

21st August: Indo-Pak Dialogue - 5th Session of the OS-Lucknow series 'Diversity Dialogue'

23rd August: Screening of Rakesh Sharma's Final Solution

14th - 18th September and 12th, 13th, 15th and 22nd - 27th October: THE FIRST EVER HOLOCAUST FILMS RETROSPECTIVE IN SOUTH ASIA at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, University of Lucknow, City Montessori School and the offices of Saajhi Duniya and Open Space

10th October: An Evening of Jewish Music dedicated to World Peace in Memory of Daniel Pearl at the office of Saravajanik Shikshonayan Sansthan

1st November: "Remembering Gujarat 2002" - Reading of excerpts from Robin David's City of Fear, the only Jewish account of the anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat 2002, and screening of the documentary Passengers at Open Space - Lucknow office

2nd November: Homage to the Victims of the Anti-Sikh Pogrom in Delhi in 1984 - Screening of the documentary Delhi Diary 2001 at the Open Space - Lucknow office

9th and 11th November: Israeli filmmaker Professor Yael Katzir's workshops on filmmaking and retrospective of her films at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Univerity of Lucknow and City Montessori School

1st December: Honorary Consul of India for Queensland, Australia and Director, Institute of Asian Studies, Brisbane, Australia, Professor Sarva-Daman Singh's lecture on "The Role of Religion in Society" at the Department of Ancient Indian History & Archaeology, University of Lucknow

2nd December: First Secretary - Political Affairs, Embassy of Israel, New Delhi, Ms. Sharon Rappaport's lecture on Indo-Israel Relations at the Department of Ancient Indian History & Archaeology, University of Lucknow

6th December: Homage to the Victims of the post-Babri Mosque demolition riots - Screening of the documentary Dharmayudh (The Holy War) at the Open Space - Lucknow Office

7th to 12th December: A Week of Stories from Nazi Concentration Camps: Reading of Yogendra Krishna's Hindi translations of Tadeusz Borowski's Polish stories from his collection This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (गैस चेम्बर के लिए कृपया इस तरफ) at the Open Space - Lucknow Office

10th December: Screening of the documentary The Romany Trail - Part I on International Human Rights Day at the Open Space - Lucknow Office

18th December: Screening of the documentary Being Osama on International Migrants Day at the Open Space - Lucknow Office

2010

20th January: Screening of the documentary War & Peace as the first event of the year 2010, declared by the UN as the International Year of the Rapprochement of Cultures, at the Open Space - Lucknow Office

23rd January: Discussion on Secular Humanism and recitation of the Secular Humanist Urdu poet Khalid Sohail's poems at the Academy of Mass Communication

30th January: Screening of Gandhi (1982) on Gandhi's martyrdom day at the Open Space - Lucknow Office

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