January 24, 2026 | 8:00PM
Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 North Clark Street, 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60640
Join us for a concert of Rohingya tarana songs as part of Liminal Encounters: Counternarratives of The Rohingya, the 3rd Annual Symposium of “Borderlands of Sonic Encounter”, an International Balzan Prize Project (2023–28) led by Professor Philip V. Bohlmanan. Liminal Encounters is an interdisciplinary symposium on the intersections between diaspora, statelessness, and borders/borderlands through an exploration of creative practices and multimedia production and circulation among and about the Rohingya people.
Featuring:
Hamid Ullah, lead vocals and mandolin
Tomal Hossain, backing vocals and harmonium
Ronnie Malley, zúri and miscellaneous percussion
Arun Sabapathy, tabla
Lucia Thomas, violin
Doors open at 7:30 PM.
Free admission. Please RSVP to attend.
Organized by: Philip V. Bohlman, Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, Tomal Hossain, PhD Candidate and Project Assistant, University of Chicago, and Vicky Mogollón Montagne, Postdoctoral Instructor and Project Assistant, University of Chicago
Co-sponsored by the UChicago Committee on Southern Asian Studies, Crossing Borders Music, Franke Institute for the Humanities, International Balzan Foundation, UChicago Department of Music, and UChicago Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity.