Conference Videos 2016

Conference Videos

The conference featured keynote addresses, research panels and roundtables, creative performances and artists’ talks, some of which are available below.

Conference Videos

The conference featured keynote addresses, research panels and roundtables, creative performances and artists’ talks, some of which are available below.

 

An Opening Forum, featuring Dr. Chandrima Chakraborty (conference organizer), Dr. Patrick Deane (McMaster University President), Dr. Bal Gupta (AIVFA) and Dr. Amber Dean (McMaster U). Keynote addresses by Dr. Stef Craps (University of Ghent), Mr. Susheel Gupta (Air India family member), and Dr. Sherene Razack (University of Toronto). A roundtable discussion with Air India family members, featuring Anita Dhanjal, Rajiv Kalsi,  Rob Alexander and Anant Anantaraman.

 

A video presentation by Eisha Marjara (filmmaker, photographer, novelist and Air India family member).
A video presentation and discussion by acclaimed dancer, choreographer and Air India family member Lata Pada.
An artist/scholar conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and Dr. Angela Failler.
A research panel on Padma Viswanathan’s Air India novel, featuring Shamika Shabnam (McMaster University) and Joel Guillemette (McMaster University) with Padma Viswanathan as respondent.
A research panel on Canadian history and creative remembrance, featuring Dr. Tera Hubel (Huron University College) and Dr. Ruth Maxey (University of Nottingham).
A research panel on mourning and public memory, featuring Farah Moosa (Vancouver Island University), Raji Singh Soni (Virginia Tech University) and Jessica Young (University of Illionois Urbana-Chanpaign).

Keynote # 1 by Stef Craps – Travelling Trauma (30th Air India Anniversary Conference)

Keynote #2 by Susheel Gupta about Families’ Voices, Communities’ Grief: Victims of Air India

Keynote #3 by Sherene Razack – Anti-Brown Racism Today (30th Air India Anniversary Conference)

Air India Family Perspectives – A Conversation with Anita Dhanjal, Rajiv Kalsi, and Rob Alexander