Fall 2007 Events
September 20
CSAS Annual Reception
5-7pm, Stephens Courtyard
November 20
"Something Fishy about Hanuman"
Philip Lutgendorf, University of Colorado at Boulder/University of Iowa
2pm, 341 Dwinelle Hall
November 27
"Melancholia
of Freedom: The burden of autonomy and the pleasure of ethnic 'closures'
in post-apartheid South Africa"
Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Senior Research Scientist, Yale University
5pm,10 Stephens Hall
November 28
"Subaltern
Modernisms: The Transnational Poetics of Banality and Boredom."
Saikat Majumdar, Assistant Professor of English, Stanford University
4 pm, Maud Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall
November 30
"Reproductive
Anxiety and the 11th-century Turkic Conquest of North India: The Curious
Case of a Son-granting Warrior Saint"
Shahid Amin, Professor of History, University of Delhi
3pm, Stephens Hall
December 5
"Voice of the People"
Dayamani Barla, Award-winning Journalist and Activist from India
Also documentary screening of "Burru Gara"
6:30pm, 20 Wheeler
December 6
Round
Table Discussion on "The Crisis in Pakistan"
Dr. Neil Joeck, CSAS Research Associate; Senior Fellow, Center for Global
Security Research, LLNL
Dr. Ahmad Faruqui, Principal, The Brattle Group, San Francisco
12-1:30 pm, 10 Stephens Hall
Spring
2008 Events
February 15 & 16
23rd Annual South Asia Conference
International House
Recent Events
February 1
From the Land of the Rajas: Creativity
in Rajasthan (sample
slideshow)
7-9pm, Phoebe Hearst Museum
of Anthropology
RSVP by January 29th (510-642-3682 or pahma AT berkeley.edu)
February 16-17
Conference: 22nd
Annual South Asia Conference at the University of California, Berkeley
March 12
"Natural Inequality: Conceptualising Justice in Brahmanical Discourses"
A lecture by Kunal Chakrabarti, Professor, Centre for Historical Studies,
JNU
5pm, 341 Dwinelle (SSEAS Library)
March 15
"Imagining the City: Two Films on Mumbai"
With Filmmakers Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar
4pm, 20 Stephens Hall
March 26
"What are the Lessons of South Asian Secularism?"
Rajeev Bhargava, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi,
India
12pm, 20 Stephens Hall
April 4
Film Screening: "Seven Islands and a Metro"
With director Madhusree Dutta
6pm, 20 Stephens Hall
April 14
Amrit Kaur Ahluwalia Memorial Grant Program Celebration
Presentations by student grant recipients followed by reception
3pm, Seaborg Room, Faculty Club
April 21 & 22
"Bridges": Third Annual
Berkeley Tamil Conference
370 Dwinelle Hall
April 28
A Celebration of 101 Years of Sanskrit
at Berkeley
Featuring a panel with eight Berkeley Sanskrit scholars, entertainment,
and a reception.
Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
May 24 & 25
FDRI/Berkeley Seminar on Indian Democracy:
Governance and Empowerment
Featuring leading politicians from India, academics, and policymakers
Great Hall, Bancroft Hotel
June 13
"Mega-Trends in India and Perspectives
on What Exactly is Going on in India"
R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director of Tata Sons, Chairman of Rallis
India, and Vice-Chairman of Tata Chemicals
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm, Room C135, Cheit Hall, Haas School of Business
June 14
"Yusuf Arakkal: The Street"
6-9pm, Aicon Gallery (535 Bryant St., Palo Alto, CA)
July 7
"Strengthening Democracy at
the Grassroots in India"
Sandeep Pandey and Amod Kumar
1pm, International House, Home Room
July 29
"An Afternoon with Rajeev Lochan"
Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
4pm, Aicon Gallery (535 Bryant St., Palo Alto, CA)
Other Past Events:
CSAS Events in Summer - Fall 2006
CSAS Events in Spring 2006
CSAS Events in Fall 2005
CSAS Events in Spring 2005
CSAS Events in Summer - Fall 2004
CSAS Events in Spring 2004
CSAS 2003 Film Series
CSAS Events in Fall 2003
CSAS
Events in Academic Year 2002-03
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