This is a small, cohesive, and welcoming reading group interested in foregrounding a serious and sophisticated critique of war by revisiting twentieth-century responses to the increasing civilianization of military conflict from the ‘global south’ and aimed at facilitating interdisciplinary conversations within the humanities.

The List of Readings:

1. Kuroshima Denji, ‘Siberia in the Snow’ (1927)
2. Mahmoud Darwish, ‘Identity Card’ (1964)
3. Chinua Achebe, ‘Civil Peace’ (1971)
4. Intizar Hussain, ‘The City of Sorrow’ (1973)
5. Leila Baalbaki, ‘Three Maqalats’ (1973)
6. Sivaramani, Pamathi, and Anar, ‘How were we done for in this war?’

Follow this link to the list: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fIY08D40uPYSOvN6xHTFKautD6OmV9Tt

To join our mailing list or other queries, please contact any of the convenors:

Suchintan Das – DPhil candidate, Faculty of History (mailto:suchintan.das@merton.ox.ac.uk)
Urvi Khaitan – DPhil candidate, Faculty of History (mailto:urvi.khaitan@history.ox.ac.uk)
Madhurima Sen – DPhil candidate, Faculty of English (mailto:madhurima.sen@hertford.ox.ac.uk)