Devi S. Laskar presents Midnight at the War

Event details Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Time: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM Location: Main Library, Media Commons, Room 220 Type: Lecture About this event General Events Calendar home Calendar search Share on Facebook Tweet Email add to calendar contact add an event Event subscriptions General Events Devi S. Laskar presents Midnight at the War Devi S. Laskar presents Midnight at the War Sep 9, 2026 4:00 - 5:30 pm Main Library, Media Commons, Room 220 Join online Lecture Sponsor University Library, Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and Asian American Cultural Center. Speaker Devi S. Laskar Registration RSVP here to attend in person Contact Mara Thacker E-Mail mthacker@illinois.edu Views 124 Originating Calendar Library Calendar Join us for a lively and timely talk with award-winning author and Illinois’ alumna Devi Laskar on her new novel Midnight, At the War . Set in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, an event which had a profound impact on U.S. engagement and policy in the Middle East and South Asia, Laskar’s novel is informed by her own experiences as a journalist in the 1990s and early aughts. Her newest novel follows the story of Rita Das, a foreign correspondent working in the Middle East who must grapple not only with the cultural and political changes sweeping through the United States at that time, but also with her own complicated relationships with family and grief. This talk will be featured in person and on Zoom . There will be a reception and book signing following the talk. For those who can’t attend in person, you can join us on Zoom for a live stream of the lecture portion of the event. This event is free and open to the public. We welcome walk-ins and encourage registrations so we can plan accordingly: RSVP here to attend in person or join on Zoom. This program was made possible thanks to the support of the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Asian American Cultural Center . Official event details: https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/7/33558869