JMI organizes Third Young Researchers’ Conference 2023 on Trauma and Memory Studies

To ensure a wide range of viewership and participation, the entire conference was also live streamed on YouTube.

The Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organized its Third Young Researchers’ Conference titled ‘Trauma and Memory Studies: Responses from the Global South’ from January 19 to January 21, 2024, on Zoom platform.

Day One commenced with Prof. Simi Malhotra, Head, Department of English, JMI and the organizer of the conference welcoming everyone on behalf of the robust English department. Underscoring the relevance of the themes of the conference she shared how the CFP received an overwhelming response. As a tangible outcome of the conference, she also expressed the need to publish a volume of essays from the conference proceedings with voices in the field of Trauma and Memory Studies from the Global South.

This was followed by a brief introduction of the theme of the conference by Sheikh Sana Assad, co-organizer and a PhD scholar at the Department of English, JMI. Session one was the Inaugural Keynote Address by Prof. Roger Luckhurst, Geoffrey Tillotson Chair of Nineteenth Century Studies, Birkbeck, University of London. In his talk titled "Questions for the Floor: Delinking Coloniality and Trauma", Prof. Luckhurst put some thought-provoking questions in front of the audience. He actively engaged with questions from the participants, providing thorough and insightful responses to their inquiries. This session was

chaired by Farhana Tasnim and moderated by Somya Charan Pahadi, co-organizers and PhD scholars at the Department of English.

The conference came to an end with the closing address delivered by Farhana Tasnim, PhD Scholar at the Department of English, JMI and a co-organizer of the conference. This was followed by comments from Prof. Simi Malhotra, Head, Department of English. Besides her words of encouragement and appreciation for the participants of the conference she also expressed her immense gratitude toward the audience who had managed to join from across time zones. The official Vote of Thanks was delivered by Sheikh Sana Assad, PhD Scholar at the Department of English, JMI and a co-organizer of the conference.

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