Event: Reading ‘In Theory: Classes, Nations and Literature’, by Aijaz Ahmed

Friday 7th October I 16:00 – 18:00 I Online

This reading session will engage with the work of Aijaz Ahmad, an Indian-born American philosopher literary theorist and political commentator.
Aijaz Ahmad died in March 2022; his presence in India was a source of extraordinary stimulus for the intellectual and political life in the country. His celebrated work In Theory: Classes, Nations and Literature contained an important critique of Edward Said’s Orientalism that sought above all to establish the primacy of the Indian classical Marxist tradition.
The session will be introduced by Rahul Patel and Dr Gurnam Singh. The group will discuss through a chapter from this book, which will be forwarded to all those who register for this session.
You can register to attend the event here

Dr Gurnam Singh is an activist, researcher, writer, and educator. His work is dedicated to highlighting and disrupting systems and mechanisms of power, privilege and violence that lead to human suffering and inequity. He has been a visiting Fellow in Race and Education at the University of Arts, London for the past 4 years.
Rahul Patel is an UAL Associate & Senior Lecturer