12 June 2024 | Contemporary Tibetan Women’s Writing in English (Reading group + seminar)
Date:Wednesday, 12th June 2024
Time:10.30am-4pm
Venue:Humanities Institute, H204
- Places are free but please register (opens in a new window)HERE
This event comprises areading groupfollowed by aseminarwhere three of the most celebrated and emerging Tibetan female writers- Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Tenzin Dickie and Tsering Yangzom Lama, in their capacities as writers, editors, translators, come together to introduce, inform and critically discuss their work as well as the future of Tibetan literature in English from the perspective of many combinatory concepts like exile and diaspora studies, neo-colonialism, resistance writing, among others. This gathering aims to put Contemporary Tibetan Women’s Writing on the World Literary map by providing a platform to such writers who are working on a burgeoning field of literature.