Monday, November 26, 2007

Meghay Dhaka Tara - Tues 27.11.07

মেঘে ঢাকা তারা
Meghay Dhaka Tara
(The Cloud-Capped Star)

A film by Ritwik Ghatak 1960

Set at the time of partition, a bengali Bhadralok family (from East Bengal, moved to Calcutta) endures. But Nita, loved only by her brother, who wants to be a singer, suffers misfortune after misfortune. Melodrama poignant.

All welcome, Goldsmiths Cinema, 6pm Tuesday 27 November.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

November 15, 2007 The People's Struggle In Nepal And Its International Importance

Very special speaker With Gaurav (aka C.P. Gajurel) a Senior Leader of the Nepalese revolution
Host: Goldsmiths College Centre for Culture Studies & Nepali Samaj
Type: Education - Lecture
Time and Place Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: at Richard Hoggart Building (formerly Main Building), room 308 (3rd Floor), Goldsmiths Uni, Lewisham
City/Town: London

Description
A senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), CPN (M) is coming to speak in London. Comrade Gaurav (C.P. Gajurel) is in charge of the party's International Bureau.

(Please note: Gaurav is also speaking on Wednesday 14th November at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn at 7pm)

talk at Nottingham

Tuesday November 20 2007

Seminar
IAPS Seminar 4 of 6 JOHN HUTNYK
Room A40, Sir Clive Granger Building
5.00 - 6.30pm

School of Politics presents JOHN HUTNYK from GOLDSMITHS

seminar on 'SCREENING SOUTH ASIA (INDIAN MEDIA)'

All seminars take place in the Clive Granger Building, 5.00-6.30

A discussion of the politics of news media in India. The talk includes an updateon the case of Mohammad Afzal.

Further details can be found at:

www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics

Friday, November 09, 2007

Ritwik Ghatak tues 13 Nov 2007

You are invited to view a film by Ritwik Ghatak - Nagarik 1953

6pm - Cinema Goldsmiths - all welcome.

Part of the Centre for Cultural Studies series on Bengali Cinema.

Nagarik was only released after Ritwik's death, it deals with varous small personal trials - job search, marriage negotiatons, bustee-life - in the context of the trauma of partition and the plight of refugees. Not without melodrama, but also with optimism. The film predates Ray's 'Pather Panchali' and might be said to be superior in both in sensibility and politics. No apreciation of Bangali cinema is complete without this (almost lost) film noir classic.

The Cinematic Mode of Production - Jonathan Beller at Goldsmiths

The Cinematic Mode of Production
Tagline: Jonathan Beller at Goldsmiths
Host: Goldsmiths
Type: Education - Workshop
Time and Place Date: Monday, November 12, 2007
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: The Great Hall, Richard Hoggart Building
Street: 8 Lewisham Way, Lewisham, London SE14
City/Town: London, United Kingdom

Contact Info Email: jeff @ sakerna.se

Description
Jonathan Beller will be discussing his latest book, The Cinematic Mode of Production, at a workshop at Goldsmiths on 12 November 1-4. The book has been widely praised with Steven Shaviro (The Cinematic Body, Connected) calling it 'the most important work of film theory since Deleuze’s two Cinema volumes appeared more than two decades ago.' Beller's presentation will be followed by three respondents (yet to be confirmed) and a general discussion. Please circulate

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Spivak poster for 8th Nov 2007

Gayatri Spivak 8th November 2007

As part of the MA Postcolonial Studies program taught by the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths we are very happy to announce a talk by Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.


Great Hall, Goldsmiths New Cross on Thursday 8th of November 2007, from 5pm.



Topic :
"Revisiting Postcolonialism"


ALL WELCOME


there will also now be a book launch at 2pm on friday the 9th of November. More details as they arrive.


co sponsors - Centre for Cultural Studies, Graduate School, Media and Communications, Politics Department.