A Public Lecture by Professor Harish K. Trivedi
17 June 2008 - The Centre for Postcolonial Writing Presents:
An Alternative Postcolonial: Language, Location and Culture
Followed by a discussion with Bill Ashcroft, Bruce Bennett, Lynette Russell and Paul Sharrad (Participating Chair)
Harish Trivedi is Professor of English at the University of Delhi. A former Vice-Chair of the International Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, Prof Trivedi presently holds the position of Vice–President of the Comparative Literature Association of India. He is also co-ordinating the international project in writing a History of World Literature.
Prof Trivedi is the acclaimed author of Colonial Transactions: English Literature and India (Manchester University Press). His co-authored books include Post-colonial Translation: Theory and Practice (Routledge), Literature& Nation: Britain and India 1800-1990 (Routledge), and Interrogating Post-Colonialism: Theory, Text and Context. Prof Trivedi is currently working on two monographs: Translation in India: India in Translation and Anthology of Indian Literature in English Translation from 1500 B.C. to 2000 A.D.
- This lecture was recorded, and is available to download from the English Podcast
Postgraduate Seminar
Postcolonial Translation: A History and Some Issues
Harish Trivedi is Professor of English at the University of Delhi, and has been visiting professor at the University of London and the University of Chicago. He is the acclaimed author of Colonial Transactions: English Literature and India. His co-edited books include Postcolonial Translation: Theory and Practice; Literature and Nation: Britain and India 1800-1990; Interrogating Post-Colonialism: Theory, Text and Context; The Nation across the World: Postcolonial Literary Representations; Tess of the d’Urbervilles; Heritage of English. Professor Trivedi is Chair of the Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS), and also Vice–President of the Comparative Literature Association of India. Professor Trivedi is the Distinguished Resident Scholar of Centre for Postcolonial Writing from 10-20 June 2008.
Recommended Readings: Postcolonial Translation: Theory and Practice, edited by Susan Bassnett and Harish Trivedi
- This seminar was recorded, and is available to download from the English Podcast