Goa: A Postcolonial Society between Cultures
Friday, April 5
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 120 High Street
1 p.m. Goa Between CulturesVictor Rangel-Ribeiro, Coordinator
K. David Jackson,“Introduction: Goa between Cultures”Filipa Vicente, “Circulating Knowledge, Objects, and Images: Displays of Colonial Goa in Indian and European Exhibitions (1860-1950)”Cristiana Bastos,“Between Predicaments: Goan Physicians, Portuguese Rules, and African Places”
Discussant: Bob Newman
3 p.m. Goan Diaspora
André de Quadros,“Minority and Exclusion: A Personal Narrative and Genre Sketch from a Bombay Goan”
Rochelle Almeida, “Imaginary Goanlands: Major Immigrant Writers in the Diaspora”
Discussant: Bob Newman
5:30 p.m. From Rome to Goa: Music of Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (1580-1651)
Concert at Dwight Chapel, Old CampusVictor Coelho, theorbo and Robert Crowe, male soprano
7:30 p.m. Poynter Lecture
Luce Hall Common Room, 34 Hillhouse AvenueAshley D’Mello,“Portuguese Colonial History and Contemporary Goan Elections: Impact of the Catholic Church on the Electorate”
Saturday, April 6
Romance Languages Lounge, 82-90 Wall Street, 3rd floor
9:30 a.m. Goan Arts, Religion, DiasporaMargaret Mascarenhas, Coordinator
Neeta Omprakash,“Diversity of Goan Art in the Post-colonial Period”Victor Coelho,“Goa in Musicology: A Colonial and Postcolonial Inquiry”Johns Webb Graham III,“Pepper, Padroado, and Prester John: Portuguese-St. Thomas Christian Relations and the Creation of an Imperial Saint, 1500-1653”Konrad Coutinho (Yale ’13), “The Goan Diaspora”
1:30 p.m. The Goan Novel
Filipa Vicente, Coordinator
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro;Margaret Mascarenhas; Tara Menon
Discussants: António Gomes,Gita Rajan
4 p.m. Goa Between Cultures SummationBob Newman, Coordinator