{"id":7790,"date":"2020-11-10T16:25:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T16:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/?p=7790"},"modified":"2020-11-10T16:31:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T16:31:51","slug":"tsal-symposium-south-asian-diaspora-and-black-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/news\/tsal-symposium-south-asian-diaspora-and-black-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"#TSAL Symposium: South Asian Diaspora and Black Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 29, <a href=\"https:\/\/gwss.washington.edu\/people\/akanksha-misra\">Dr. Akanksha Misra<\/a> (PhD &#8217;20, UW GWSS) moderated a symposium entitled &#8220;South Asian Diaspora and Black Lives Matter: A Cinematic and Literary Perspective&#8221; as part of the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/tasveer.org\/\">Tasveer<\/a> South Asian Literature Festival. This virtual conversation brought together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleu.edu\/artsci\/departments\/english\/faculty-and-staff\/nalini-iyer-phd.html\">Professor Nalini Iyer<\/a> (Seattle University), journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashicadutt?lang=en\">Yashica Dutt<\/a>, author <a href=\"http:\/\/maryannemohanraj.com\/\">Mary Anne Mohanraj<\/a>, and filmmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bureauofcreative.works\/film\/amma-meri\">Tarun Jain<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/austinfilmfestival.com\/blog\/aff-teamwork-yasir-masood\/\">Yasir Masood<\/a>. 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