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REVIVING THE TRADITION OF ART, CULTURE & HISTORICAL LEGACY Interactive Sessions Debates and Discussions Workshop TH Book Launch Art Exhibition Artist Talk 4EDIT I O N Pandemic special 7-9 APRIL, 2021 LITERARY FESTIVAL SLF 21 1 Forewords 2 About SLF’21 3 Schedule of Sessions 4 Panelists' Profiles 5 Recap 6 About SLF’20 7 About SLF’19 8 About SLF’18 We are delighted to host the 4th Literary Festival of the University of Sargodha, which goes digital to broaden the literary horizon beyond the premises of our main campus. Sargodha Literary Festival has become an intrinsic part of our annual tradition to commemorate our rich legacy of literature, art and culture. We hold this festival to create an intellectual space for our students and young faculty. The success of our debut SLF in 2018 as an incredibly vibrant event of diverse ideas led to two other festivals in 2019 and 2020. Each time, the insightful perspectives by scholars, thinkers, artists, critics, journalists and authors have engaged the youth in a constructive dialogue and helped to promote critical thinking among them on contemporary issues. Like before, SLF 2021 includes a diversified set of topics, panels and speakers to serve the same purpose. Therefore, I look forward to critical debates and discussions among the panelists and participants during the course of three days. I am grateful to all the speakers for gracing the University of Sargodha with their presence as well as to the participants for their online registration and attendance. Our organizing team deserves special thanks for ensuring strict compliance of COVID-19 SOPs and once again making SLF 2021 a great success. Ishtiaq ViceAhmad Chancellor Sargodha University has a legacy of reviving art, literature, and historically significant events through the Sargodha Literary Festival every year. It seeks to create an intellectual space in which the diversity and pluralism in Pakistan’s society are expressed by the notable personalities having aesthetics for literary and cultural traditions. To flourish the rich culture of art and Literature, Sargodha University invites renowned scholars, authors, thinkers, critics, historians, journalists and artists every year. The Literary Festival at Sargodha University was launched for the first time in April 2018. After the huge success of three festivals in a row, the 4th annual Sargodha Literary Festival is set to begin on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at the Main Campus of Sargodha 21 University. SLF’ 21 comprises of 14 sessions, 35 experts, a book launch, 2 art exhibitions and workshop. Sargodha University has invited renowned writers, historians, artists, and opinion makers to generate critical discourse by providing a platform of SLF for translucent discussions of diverse nature. Varied topics encapsulating trends of literature, art, culture, media and 50+ Workshop politics are the signature style of this Festival. SLF’21 aims to Live Streaming 14 Artists on Sessions 2 Art Book continue its legacy by presenting the youth with an incredible 35 Exhibitions Launch opportunity to enhance their vision through scholarly talks, Experts interactive debates and discussion sessions. NOON AUDITORIUM: 1:00 PM – Opening Session 2:00 PM LUNCH BREAK Welcome Remarks by Ishtiaq Ahmad, Vice Chancellor Sargodha University NOON AUDITORIUM: 10:00 AM – Unity in Diversity: 10:45 AM Keynote Speech Religious, Ethnic, Gender and Class Inclusion in Pakistan Developing understanding about the unity through discussion on varied socio- (political, religious and A talk by Fayyaz Baqir economic) indifferences. Panelists: Kapil Dev, Rafiullah Kakar, Rida Qazi, Danish Khan 10:45 AM – TEA BREAK Moderator: Adnan Rafiq 11:00 AM 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM NOON AUDITORIUM: LINCOLN CORNER: Urdu Journalism and Prose Humour Pursuit of Identity in a Multicultural Society Tracing the role of Urdu language in breaking the Exploring social trends shaping the identity of ‘Self’ monotony, boredom, and dullness of life in the embedded in a society with overlapping cultures. contemporary world. Panelists: Panelists: Gul E Naukhez Akhtar, Yousaf Khushk, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Sabookh Syed Nasir Abbas Nayyer, Najeeb Jamal 11:00 AM – Moderator: Amir Sohail 1:00 PM LINCOLN CORNER: Literature and Modern Society Understanding human interaction and its depiction in the literature of modern times. WEDNESDAY Panelists: Ravish Nadeem, Khawar Nawazish, APRIL Mehboob Tabish, Yousaf Khalid 07, 2021 Moderator: Shahid Nawaz 1:00 PM – NOON AUDITORIUM: Artist: Ahmed Faraz Art and Liberation 2:00 PM LUNCH BREAK Interpreting art as a medium to express, invent and comprehend. NOON AUDITORIUM: Panelists: Ahmad Bilal, Shahnawaz Zaidi, Asrar Hussain Chishti, Nirmal Bano, R.M.Naeem Future of Social Media Growth and repercussions. A discussion of analyzing Moderator: Aysha Bilal the future with all the possibilities in the digital world. LINCOLN CORNER: Panelists: Sabookh Syed, Ambar Shamsi, Freedom of Expression in Folk Literature Azaz Syed 2:00 PM – (Punjabi Session) 4:30 PM Reimagining the traditions and culture of the past to LINCOLN CORNER: understand the present. Art as a Therapeutic Language 10:00 AM – Panelists: Saeed Bhutta, Ashu Laal, Instilling creative expression to foster healing and 1:00 PM Azhar Chaudhary, Faisal Jappa combat depression for mental well-being. Moderator: Munir Gujjar Artist: Asim Amjad ZUBEIDA AGHA ART GALLERY: Art and Liberation A painting exhibition, portraying the scenic beauty of Punjab through the canvasses of various painters across the Punjab. Artists: 50+ Artists from all over the Punjab Curator: Sumera Jawad, Rifaat Dar, Sumaira Amin, Ahmed Faraz, Hassan Babar 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM National Contemporary Art Exhibition THURSDAY The use of bold elementary colors, patchy stock in line with high intensity of light is an embodiment of Expressionism that induces life to the paintings. APRIL Artist: Asrar Farooqi 08, 2021 Curator: Ahmed Faraz, Nadia Abbasi, Naila Khan NOON AUDITORIUM: Book Launch Preserving the glorious history of Govt. College Sargodha in a book. A book on history of Govt. College Sargodha 10:00 AM – by Syed Sajjad Hussain Sherazi 1:00 PM Panelists: Farrukh Sohail Goindi, Sheraz Haider, M. Ameer Khan Ranjha Moderator: Muhammad Abrar Zahoor 1:00 PM – Artist: Ahmed Faraz 2:00 PM LUNCH BREAK NOON AUDITORIUM: 70 Years of Pak-China Relations Celebrating the seven decades of cordial ties with China. 2:00 PM – 4:45 PM Keynote Speech H.E. Nong Rong, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China. Panelists: Hamayoun Khan, Fazal Ur Rehman NOON AUDITORIUM: Closing Session 5:00 PM Closing Remarks by the Vice Chancellor FRIDAY APRIL 09, 2021 PANELISTS' PROFILES DAY ONE Noon Auditorium KEYNOTE SPEECH: A talk by Fayyaz Baqir WEDNESDAY 10:00 am -10:45 am APRIL FAYYAZ BAQIR 2021 Fayyaz Baqir, Professor of Development Practice, Ottawa Canada. Fayyaz Baqir is a community 07 development practitioner. He has served in managerial and technical positions at the United Nations, AKRSP, TVO, and AHKRC. He has taught and researched at the University of Ottawa, McGill University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, University of Idaho, Tilburg University, Gothenburg University, JOIN ME Quaid e Azam University, Punjab University, and National Defence University. Exploring social trends shaping the identity of ‘Self’ embedded Noon Auditorium in a society with overlapping cultures. WEDNESDAY 11:00 am - 01:00 pm APRIL 07 2021 IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY ASGHAR NADEEM SYED NASIR ABBAS NAYYER Asghar Nadeem Syed is a Pakistani playwright, TV drama serial writer, and Nasir Abbas Nayyar is a scholar, author, and short story writer. His research poet. He has written shows for the Pakistani state channel, PTV. He has many interests include modern and postmodern literary theory, linguistics, modern super hit drama serials on his credit and won the Pride of Performance for his Urdu literature, and postcolonialism. He is the author of award-winning books such as Urdu Adab ki Tashkeel e Jadid that won the best Urdu Book Prize, KLF literary contributions. His particular field is the depiction of social injustice in JOIN ME society. He has written plays depicting the feudal culture in rural Sindh, JOIN ME 2017 and Baba-e-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq Award 2016 for Urdu prose from the exploitation of women, the oligarchic structure in Pakistan comprising Pakistan Academy of Letters. His book Nazm Kaisay Parhain(How to read politicians, feudal, media moguls, and the bureaucracy. poem) is the first of it's kind in Urdu literature. NAJEEB JAMAL YOUSAF KHUSHK Najeeb Jamal, currently working as Professor of Urdu at Forman Christian Muhammad Yousuf Khushk is a meritorious Professor of Urdu currently College University Lahore, has previously served as Dean Faculty of Arts and serving as the Chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad. He has Humanities at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. He also held the Pakistan the distinction to be the first Pakistani who completed Post Doctorate in the Chair at the historic Jamae Al Azhar Egypt for four years. He has written vastly field of Urdu. He has written immensely on literary topics of Urdu and was JOIN ME on the topics relating to Urdu poetry, literary research, and criticism. He has 14 JOIN ME awarded numerous national awards, including the best university teacher books and numerous research articles published nationally and internationally. award by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Understanding human interaction and its depiction in the literature of modern times. Lincoln Corner WEDNESDAY 11:00 am - 01:00 pm APRIL 07 2021 KHAWAR NAWAZISH RAVISH NADEEM Khawar Nawazish is a new emerging name in the world of research and critics. Ravish Nadeem is one of the important writers in the enlightened and progressive At the same time, he has established himself in teaching and research at the circles of Urdu language and literature. He has presented his ideology in poetry, universities. For this very reason, HEC awarded him the Best Young research, and criticism in a very good way.