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Outreach Programme
The Outreach Programme aims to promote Arabic, Persian, Urdu and other Pakistani languages by organising academic activies and literary events, including seminars and conferences.
The literary study circle of the Centre, Halqa-e Danish was initially established by the Social Sciences Department at LUMS in April 2009. It later became part of the Gurmani Centre. The Halqa offers weekly literary sessions in each semester.
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Halqa-e Dānish Fall 2012-13
A Student Council of Halqa-e Danish was nominated in Fall 2012-13 and 6 sessions conducted by the Council. Details are:
| Events | Guest(s) |
|---|---|
| An Event Dedicated to Amir Khusrow |
Speaker: Athar Masood & Madiha Shaukat, Sitar: Noor Habib Singing: Kabir Altaf |
| A Tribute to the Brilliant Humorists of Urdu Literature | Dr. Ashfaq Virk |
| Seminar on Urdu Poet Meeraji | Dr. Tabbsum Kashmiri, Sarmad Sehbai, Dr. Sadat Saeed and Dr. Najeeb Jamal |
| "Iqbal's Message for the Youth" | Justice Javed Iqbal |
| "Hallaj, Kitab al-Tawasin and Faiz" | Dr. Noman Ul Haq |
| "Apne hisse ki koi shama jalate jate" | Ata ul Haq Qasmi |
Conference on " Naya Urdu Afsana" Commemorating Saadat Hasan Manto
Event Details | Conference Details
Halqa-e Dānish Spring 2011-12
Nine weekly sessions were conducted on the ‘Urdu Short Story and Prose’ in Spring 2011-12. Nine writers were read and discussed during the sessions. Details are:
| Text / Short Story | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Tilism-e Hoshruba | Shahnaz Aijazuddin |
| Enver Sajjad / Cinderella | Mirza Athar Baig |
| Intezar Husain / Shehr-e Afsos | Dr. Farrukh Khan |
| Khalida Husain / Pehchan | Amjad Tufail |
| Rasheed Amjad / Bigle Vala | Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar |
| Mirza Athar Baig / Tom aur Jerry ki Kartuni Jadaliat | Mahmood Gilani |
| Naiyer Masud / Bad-numa | Mirza Athar Baig |
| Asad Muhammad Khan / Basaude ki Maryam | Dr. Zia-ul-Hassan |
| Abdul Halim Sharar / Firdaus-e Barin | Dr. Syed Noman-ul-Haq |
Lecture by Dr. Shamim Hanfi / Hum Adab Kyun Parhte Hain (Why Do We Study Literature)
Halqa-e Dānish Fall 2011-12
Eleven weekly lectures on "Women Writers of Urdu, Persian and Arabic Before the Twentieth Century" were conducted in Fall 2011-12. Details are:
| Lecture Title | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Qurrat al-ain Tahira | Dr. Noman-ul-Haq |
| Zebunnisa Makhfi | Dr. Athar Masood |
| Rabia Khuzdari | Dr. Moeen Nizami |
| Khansa | Dr. Khurshid Rizvi |
| Rabia Basari | Ahmed Javed |
| Women Writing in Urdu Before the Twentieth Century | Yasmeen Hameed |
| Mahasti Ganjavi | Dr. Tahseen Firaqi |
| Lalla Arifa and Habba Khatun | Dr. Yusuf Bokhari |
| Mira Bai | Iftikhar Arif |
| Women Writers in the Western Tradition before the Twentieth Century | Iffat Saeed |
| Contemporary Women Writers | Zaheda Hina and Shahida Hasan |
Colloquium on Faiz Ahmad Faiz
Faiz Colloquium was organised by GCLL in collaboration with the Faiz Foundation in February 2011. A brief account of the event can be found here.
