Theme: Identities: Reflections on Global Gujarati Communities

Date: 23rd - 24th May, 2008, Venue: University of Toronto (St. George Campus), Canada

Keynote Speakers: Professor Raymond B. Williams (Wabash College), Professor Ali Asani (Harvard University), Professor Radhika Desai (University of Manitoba)

From ancient times to the present people have sought to understand their identities both from an individual as well as collective perspective. In so doing, not only do they define who they are, but also who they are not. In the mass migrations of the last 200 years, millions of people have left their ancestral homelands and cultures to settle in new places.

This conference will explore the connections between ancestral homelands and new belongings, and focus on the complexities of shaping and reshaping linguistic, cultural and religious identities.

The preliminary programme is now available online at: http://www.gujaratstudies.org/index_files/page0012.htm

Further details and registration forms are available from www.gujaratstudies.org . Registration Deadline: 17 March 2008