Ray Smith Symposium: Rupture, Resistance, and Community: The Crisis of Violence against Women
October 18 – October 20
The 2024 Ray Smith Symposium showcases Mithila Art from India within a comparative framework of gender violence globally, and discusses the collective and individual reparative work needed to restore women’s right to dignity and respect.
Symposium Events
Friday, October 18
4-5:30 p.m.
Galleria, Shaffer Art Building
- Reception and viewing of Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century exhibition in the Art Museum
6-7:30 p.m.
Life Sciences Auditorium (LSB 001)
- Film screening: Sama in the Forest2023/Maithili, English with English subtitles/77 mins
Directed by Carlos G. Goméz
- Conversation with producer Coralynn Davis,Bucknell University (CART provided)
Saturday, October 19
9:15-9:45 a.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room (SLR), Maxwell School
- Continental Breakfast
10-11:30 a.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School
- Webinar Panel Discussion”Why I Paint about Women”
Shalinee Kumari, Mithila artist
Mahalakshmi Karn, Mithila artist
Tula Goenka, Syracuse University
Susan Wadley, Syracuse University
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
- Exhibition Viewing: Mithila Women Paint Gender-Based Violence in the 21st Century
1:30-3 p.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School
- Keynote Address”Gender-based Violence, Bangladeshi Feminists, and Late 20th Century Transnational Networks”
Elora Shehabuddin, University of California, Berkeley
3-3:30 p.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School
- Tea
3:30-5 p.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School
- Panel Discussion”Resistance and Repair: Violence against Women in the United States”
Sujata Warrier, Battered Women’s Justice Project
Natasha Senjanovic, Syracuse University
Kamala Ramadoss, Syracuse University
Tiffany Brec, Center for Justice Innovation
Sunday, October 20
9:15-9:45 a.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room (SLR), Maxwell School
- Continental Breakfast
10-11:30 a.m.
220 Eggers Hall, Maxwell School
- Art-Making WorkshopShalinee Kumari, Mithila artist