Post Tagged with: "Amritjit Singh"

Pakistan Paper Writes about Singh’s Visit to University of Peshawar

Pakistan Paper Writes about Singh’s Visit to University of Peshawar

Dawn newspaper in Pakistan published an article headlined “US professor stresses need for mending relations among nations” about Dr. Amritjit Singh’s visit to the University of Peshawar. PESHAWAR: Amritjit Singh, Langston Hughes Professor of English and African American Studies at Ohio University, United States, visited not only a gurdwara but […]

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October 12, 2017 at 7:57 amFaculty in the News In the News

Graduate Student Named among Best New Poets of 2016

Christine Adams

by Kristin M. Distel Christine Adams’ poem, “The Root Systems of Orchids,” has been selected by poet Mary Szybist to appear in Best New Poets 2016, an annual anthology of 50 poems from emerging writers. Adams is a second-year doctoral student and teaching assistant in Ohio University’s English Department, where […]

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December 10, 2016 at 1:26 pmNews

Professors Participate in Panel Discussion on India’s Partition

Professors Participate in Panel Discussion on India’s Partition

On Monday, Nov. 21, a panel discussion on India’s Partition took place to mark the publication of Professor Amritjit Singh’s co-edited volume, India’s Partition: New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics (Lexington Books). Panelists included Singh, Professor Ghirmai Negash, and Professor Brian Collins. Singh is the Langston Hughes Professor of […]

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November 20, 2016 at 12:04 amResearch

Reviewers Respond Positively to Singh’s Partition Book

Professor Emeritus Amritjit Singh

by Kristin M. Distel Dr. Amritjit Singh’s edited volume, Revisiting India’s Partition: New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics (Lexington Books, June 2016), has begun to receive strong reviews from international news outlets. The book, co-edited by Singh with Professor Nalini Iyer and Dr. Rahul K. Gairola, has also been […]

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November 9, 2016 at 8:24 amFaculty in the News In the News

Singh Discusses Sikh Ideals of Equality, Social Justice at White House Celebration

Professor Amritjit Singh

Dr. Amritjit Singh gave a keynote address to a gathering of more than 125 Sikhs at a White House celebration of Guru Nanak’s birth-anniversary on Dec. 14. “In recent weeks, tolerance has become the buzzword of public discourses in the United States and elsewhere. Guru Nanak would rather plead for […]

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December 16, 2015 at 2:20 pmNews

Singh Lectures on the ‘Frontier’ and the American Imagination in India

Dr. Amrit Singh receives a gift from his hosts, Dr. Meenakshi Raman and Dr. Nilak Datta of BITS Pilani (Goa Campus) after giving a talk on the American Frontier on April 16, 2015.

Dr. Amritjit Singh gave a public lecture on “The ‘Frontier’ and the American Imagination: A Retrospective View” on April 16 at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa Campus, India. Singh, Langston Hughes Professor of English at Ohio University, is currently a Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Professor of English at the University of Delhi. […]

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April 17, 2015 at 9:32 amResearch

Singh Talks on ‘Minority Psyche: Between South Asia and North America’ at Delhi University

Dr. Amrit Singh

Dr. Amritjit Singh gives a talk on “The Minority Psyche: Between South Asia and North America” on April 20 at Delhi University in India. Singh, Langston Hughes Professor of English at Ohio University, is currently a Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Professor of English at the University of Delhi. Abstract: In my talk, I […]

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April 14, 2015 at 9:37 amResearch