Rushdie appearances public service announcement

Hey,
IIRC correctly somebody (doctorjones24?) had a Salmon Rushdie Play Midnight's Children (play) thread going, but I couldn't find it. Here are some public events, including appearances by Rushdie, at U of Michigan in connection with the play based on that book.

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THEMES OF "MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN"

Discussion
Monday, March 10, 12:00-2:00 p.m.
1636 School of Social Work Building, 1080 S. University Ave.

A facilitated discussion with actors of Royal Shakespeare Company, UM students and the public led by Sita Brahmachari, Royal Shakespeare Company. Students and actors will share the outcomes of their interactions on March 8 and discuss themes around the book and the making of the play. All are welcome and the audience is invited to participate in the discussion.

Sponsor: Center for South Asian Studies
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INDIAN HISTORY, POLITICS AND THE MAKING OF "MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN"

Public Interview
Tuesday, March 11, 7:00 p.m.
Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St.

Salman Rushdie is interviewed by Ashutosh Varshney, associate professor of political science and director of the Center for South Asian Studies at UM, in discussion of Indian politics, history, and the production of "Midnight's Children".

Although Salman Rushdie is well known for his literary works, he is also a thoughtful and opinionated observer in many other areas of inquiry. >From the media, intellectual freedom, and free speech, to politics, religion, and family life, Rushdie always seems to have something crucial to say. Ashutosh Varshney, author of the recent publication "Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India", will engage Rushdie in these subjects and the RSC's new stage adaptation of Rushdie's Booker Award-winning novel, "Midnight's Children".

Sponsors: Center for South Asian Studies, International Institute, Pfizer Inc, and University Musical Society
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THE LITERARY RUSHDIE

Public Interview and Reading
Wednesday, March 12, 11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St.

Gauri Viswanathan, Class of 1933 Professor in the Humanities and director of the Southern Asian Institute at Columbia University, leads a public conversation with and reading by Salman Rushdie. Program will be introduced by UM President Mary Sue Coleman.

Outside literary circles, Salman Rushdie is probably most famous for his book The Satanic Verses (1988). But he was an accomplished author long before that book brought him international notoriety. His many fiction and non-fiction publications include "Step Across This Line" (2002), "Midnight's Children" (1980), "Shame" (1983), and "Fury" (2001), to name a few. Noted Rushdie literary expert Guari Viswanathan (author of "Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India" (1989), among other titles) will talk with Rushdie about his body of work. Rushdie will also read selections from his work.

Sponsors: Center for South Asian Studies, Department of English Language and Literature, International Institute, Pfizer Inc, and University Musical Society
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REFLECTIONS ON THE WORLD OF SALMAN RUSHDIE

International Symposium
Wednesday, March 12, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St.

Salman Rushdie will respond to the panelists' papers. This international symposium will elaborate on the complex links between nation, religion, and diversity in the writings of Salman Rushdie. Topics will include a portrait of South Asia after the partition; Rushdie and the Indian diaspora; Rushdie and Pakistan; nationalism and gender; Rushdie and South Asian and Middle Eastern Muslims; and the impact of Rushdie's works on Indian and Pakistani writers of his generation.

Panelists:

Juan Cole, professor of history at UM and author of Sacred Space and Holy War: the Politics, Culture, and History of Shi'ite Islam

"Midnight's Other Children: Reading Rushdie in the Middle East"

Sara Suleri Goodyear, professor of English, Yale University and author of The Rhetoric of English India

"Rushdie Beyond the Veil"

Husain Haqqani, visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former advisor to Prime Ministers Benzir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, and former ambassador to Sri Lanka

"Inhospitable Homeland: Salman Rushdie and Pakistan"

Sunil Khilnani, professor of political science and director of the South Asia Program at Johns Hopkins University and author of The Idea of India

"India and the Sea of Stories"

Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information for the United Nations and author of India: From Midnight to the Millennium

"Rushdie's "Overartist": Indianness from Midnight to the Millennium"

Ashutosh Varshney, associate professor of political science and director of the Center for South Asia Studies at UM and author of Ethnic Conflict and Civil Life: Hindus & Muslims in India

"Can Nations be Insufficiently Imagined?"

Respondent:

Salman Rushdie

Moderator:

Daniel Herwitz, Mary Fair Croushore Professor of Humanities and director of the Institute for the Humanities at UM

Sponsors: Center for South Asian Studies, Center for World Performance Studies, Institute for Humanities, International Institute, Office of the Vice President for Research, Pfizer Inc, and University Musical Society

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