Literature and Resistance: a talk by Tenzin Tsundue

Tenzin Tsundue is a Tibetan writer and activist, born and raised in India. The
award-winning author has four books to his credit and is working on his fifth.
Tsundue combines activism and academia, and tours all over India giving lectures on
exile writing, resistance, culture and identity. His writing has inspired plays, films and
poetry in various languages. If his speaking has taken him to 20 foreign countries
including Germany, the US and UK, Taiwan, France, his political activism has sent him
to jail 16 times, including the one in Lhasa where he was locked up for three months.

Panelists
Prof. Christina Kullberg (Department of Modern Languages)
Prof. Michał Krzyżanowski (Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism)
Prof. Heinz Werner Wessler (Department of Linguistics and Philology)