“I am free, but I feel that there are stories that need to be told,” she says. Nadeesha Uyangoda, a writer born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and raised in Milan, has written articles (for outlets ranging from Al Jazeera to Open Democracy, as well as a column in Internazionale) and essays in Italian and English that, she assures us, "raise uncomfortable questions." One need only mention the topic of race, on which Uyangoda is also the creator and host of one of the first Italian-language podcasts and has published a beautiful book, for 66thand2nd, with the significant title "The Only Black Person in the Room."
Today she is at her first narrative attempt with a novel, published by Einaudi, "Dirty Water": a story of migration and identity, between Italy and Sri Lanka, where many female figures from different generations intertwine: those who left, those who stayed, those who have offered their services as caregivers, those who are seeking their path as artists who, she specifies, have no desire to "be a puppet of diversity."
She will be in conversation with sociologist Anna Rita Calabrò, former Director of the Master's Degree in "Immigration, Gender, Family Models and Integration Strategies" and President of the Interdepartmental Center MeRGED - University of Pavia.
The meeting will be held in person (Aula Magna del Collegio Nuovo, via Abbiategrasso 404, Pavia) and remotely. Registration is required by November 4th for in-person attendance; by November 5th at 6:30 PM for those wishing to join remotely.
The initiative is included, subject to confirmation by the individual interested College member of the CCUM, in the recognized training activities and is accredited as part of the IUSS extra-class training activity.
