A panel discussion, "Voices of Partition," will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the CAC Theater. A reception will precede the program at 5:30 p.m. in the Ulrich Museum of Art. The 1947 Partition is recognized as one of the world's largest mass refugee events. Nearly 2 million died in the communal violence that accompanied the Partition, and up to 20 million were uprooted through the 1950s. Join us as we explore India and its people -- before and after the concurrent horrors of the partition -- with a distinguished panel of scholars and Partition survivors now living in our community.
Panelists include Emily Rook-Koepsel, assistant professor in the Department of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma; Prem Bajaj, WSU Professor Emeritus, and Rai Atul, WSU associate professor and Larry Jones Faculty Fellow, W. Frank Barton School of Business. The discussion will be moderated by POSTDATE curator Jodi Throckmorton, curator of contemporary art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
