Dr Ananya Jahanara Kabir BA (Hons) Calcutta; MPhil Oxford; PhD Cambridge.

Dr Ananya Jahanara Kabir is based at the School of English in the University of Leeds.  Her research interests include:

• political conflict and cultural belonging in South Asia;
• the Kashmir conflict;
• the memorial repercussions of the Partition of India;
• the postcolonial metropolis/ South Asian vernacular modernities;
• the cultures of global and local Islam, including Sufi music and performance;
• and cultural and identity politics in South Asian diasporas.

Her research spans film, visual arts, music, photography, and the written text. For 'Women Writing Rape', Dr. Ananya Jahanara Kabir will be talking about representations of sexual violence in South Asia. The keynote speech is entitled, 'Double Violation? (Not)Talking about Rape in Contemporary South Asia'.

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