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Each semester, the Indiana University India Studies
Program sponsors a series of guest lectures and other events designed to
bring the leading figures of the politics, arts, and cultures of India
and South Asia to the Bloomington campus. Our events are open to
students, faculty, and the community at large and are presented free of
charge.
The lineup of spring programming:
February 22 - Lecture, Coming Down with Modernity: Confusions, Questions and Some
Perceptions from South Asia, Tithi Bhattacharya, Associate Professor, Department of
History, Purdue University. 5:30 pm in Fine Arts 102.
March 8 - Lecture, The Bhakti Movement: India’s National Religion and the Shadow of the Raj, John Stratton Hawley, Professor,
Department of Religion, Barnard College, Columbia University. 6:00 pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE) in Woodburn 007.
April 1 - Lecture, Sacrificed Wife Revisited: A Debate about Women's Religious Roles in Ancient India, Stephanie Jamison, Professor, Department of
Asian Cultures and Literatures, University of California, Los Angeles. 5:30 pm in Lindley 102.
April 8 - Lecture, Tribal and Folk Musics of India, Lewis Rowell, Professor Emeritus,
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington. 5:00 pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE) in Sweeney Lecture Hall, Simon Music Building 015.
April 21 - The Hrishikesh and Sailabala Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture, Early Indian Mathematics, Samir Bose, Professor Emeritus, Department
of Physics, University of Notre Dame. 5:30 pm in Indiana Memorial Union, State Room East.
May 1 (NOTE DATE CHANGE) – Concert, Ashwini Deshpande, Classical Indian Vocalist. 7:00 pm in Rawles 100. Co-sponsored by the India Association of Indianapolis Fine Arts Committee.
POSTPONED – Readings from The Toss of a Lemon, Padma Viswanathan, Novelist. Co-sponsored by the Lilly Library. Will be rescheduled.
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