Spring 2008 Events

South Asian Studies Seminar - Spring 2008

Celebrating Urban Dharma: the Indra festival and the South Asian city

Date: Thursday, January 31
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: IP Commons
Presenter: Michael Baltutis, The University of Iowa

Languages and Cultures of Northern Pakistan

Date: Feb 7, 2008
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: IP Commons
Presenter: Elena Bashir, University of Chicago

Massive Waves and Modern Water: Post-tsunami Hydro-logics in Coastal Sri Lanka

Date: Feb 21, 2008
Time: 4:00-5:10 pm
Location: 1100 UCC (note change in location)
Presenter: Paul Greenough, University of Iowa

Re-thinking Historiography: Building Bridges between the Temple and the Classical in North Indian Music

Date: March 13, 2008
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: UCC-2520D, Conference Center on second floor of UCC
Presenter: Dr. Meilu Ho - Ethnomusicologist and Visiting Fellow
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Iowa

Ambedkar and the Politics of Minority

Date: March 27, 2008
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: IP Commons
Presenter: Anupama Rao, Barnard College, Columbia University

Localizing News, Localizing Politics: The Case of the Amar Ujala and the Dainik Jagran

Date: April 10, 2008
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: IP Commons
Presenter: Anup Kumar, University of Iowa

Title TBA

Date: April 17, 2008
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: IP Commons
Presenter: Arvind Rajagopal, New York University

Faqirs in the Colony

Date: April 24, 2008
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: IP Commons
Presenter: Timothy Dobe, Grinnell College