The Brown Joy Project: Participant Readings and Creative Workshop
Friday, 06 March 2026 | 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. | Room 305, Third Floor, Founders College, Keele Campus York University
Hybrid Readings & Discussion | 10:00 a.m. to Noon
- Harjant Gill (Towson University)
- Ramah McKay (University of Pennsylvania)
- Christen Smith (Yale University)
- Martin Manalansan (Rutgers University)
- Shana Redmond (Columbia University)
- Hareem Khan (CSUSB)
- Kim Lopez (University of Waterloo)
- Lalaie Ameeriar (York University)
- Hannah Ali (Cornell University)
- Ritty Lukose (New York University)
- Jayna Brown (Brown University)
- Sumayya Kassamali (University of Toronto)
- Alisha Cherian (NYU)
- Erica Williams (Spelman College)
Readings by invited contributors not present will be read by Lalaie Ameeriar, including a work by Ocean Vuong.
Creative Art Workshop | 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A participatory art-making workshop exploring collective joy, memory and resilience.
Hosted by SVAC (South Asia Visual Arts Centre)
Please register at this link. Lunch will be provided.
For more information: lalaie[at]yorku.ca
Presented with support from: Global & Community Engagement (GCE) Collaborative Project Fund; Global Research Excellence Fund; SSHRC Explore Grant; York Centre for Asian Research; Department of Anthropology
