Chandigarh: April 20, 2021: The English Literary Club of GGDSD College, Chandigarh successfully concluded its five-day-long international Lecture series "Unravelling the Bard: Through Global Perspectives" from 15 April 2021 to 20 April 2021, that hosted the brilliant Professors and scholars of English from around the world namely Dr. Michael Saenger (Southwestern University), Dr. Katherine Gillen (Texas A&M University), Dr. Vivek Sachdeva (GGSIP University, New Delhi), Andrew James Hartley (Robinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies, UK) and David Lee Miller (University of South Carolina).
The distinguished speakers gave a scholarly lectures encompassing various themes related to studies in Shakespeare such as Racial Genealogies his plays, the notion of whiteness, idea of paternity and fatherhood in his works, global film adaptations of Shakespeare, contemporary performance plays of Shakespeare and tragic mirth in his famous plays.
Attendees, numbering 80, from all over the country as well as abroad found the lectures deeply enriching. Dr. Balraj Thapar, the Principal of the college lauded the efforts of the organizing team and encouraged them to organize similar intellectual events in times to come.
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