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Ray Smith Symposium: Rupture, Resistance, and Community: The Crisis of Violence against Women

October 18October 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

Register here!

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

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

Details

Start:
October 18
End:
October 20