The South Asia Institute is delighted to invite you to the lecture "On Such a Full Sea Are We Now Afloat: The 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman" given by Dr. Sonia Amin. This public lecture will contextualize the historic speech delivered by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 7, 1971 at the Ramna Race Course, Dacca, to a people soon to embark on a nine-month long liberation struggle. The lecture will take place on Friday, 26 of January at 16:00 in the Great Lecture Hall of CATS, building 4130, Room 010.01.05. It is a public lecture and all those interested are most welcome to join.

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In a recent issue of the Zurich-based WOZ, the weekly newspaper, Dr. Joanna Simonow, research assistant in the Department of History at the SAI, published an article on Eva Walter (1900-1991). Dr. Simonow describes the exciting life of the communist Eva Walter, who was part of the Indian independence movement. From 1950, she ran an "India Store" in Zurich, which received part of its start-up capital from the later Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, with whom Walter was friends. In addition to the brief outline of Eva Walter´s biography, Dr. Simonow´s article also includes an appeal to contemporary witnesses who know Eva and her sister Luise to get in touch with the academic.

You can read the article (in German) here.

The Department of Political Science is inviting you for a talk by Prof. Dr. Sonia Nishat Amin  titled "Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein´s Allegory "Muktiphal": Empire, Resistance and Gender". Prof. Amin will analyse the work of the pioneering feminist writer and examines various strategies and philosophies of protest and resistance. The talk will take place on Monday, 22 January, 2024 at 2:15 pm at CATS, building 4130, Great Lecture Hall, 010.01.05. Please find further information here.