South Asian Studies ProgramSpring 2020 Events

For further information, visit southasia.rutgers.edu

Thursday, January 30, 4:30 PMFarina Mir, History, University of Michigan Urdu Ethics, Literature and the Diversity of Muslim Thought in Colonial IndiaVan Dyck Hall Room 301, College Ave Campus

Friday, January 31, 3:30 PMAnand Pandian, Anthropology, Johns Hopkins UniversityA Possible Anthropology: Methods for Uneasy TimesRuth Adams Building, Room 001, Douglass Campus

Monday, March 2, 7:00-9:00 PMMarking Feminine Power: Women, the Sacred, and EquityAn Interactive Arts Celebration of Women's History MonthFeaturing Purvi Shah, Aditi Dhruv and Kuldeep SinghCollege Avenue Student Center, Multipurpose Room

Wednesday, March 25, 11:30-1 PMPawan Dhingra, American Studies, Amherst CollegeHyper Education: Why Good Grades, Good School and Good Behavior Are Not Enough Sociology Seminar Room, Davidson Hall, Douglas Campus

Tuesday, March 31, 1 PMPriyamavada Gopal, English, Cambridge UniversityInsurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British DissentPane Room, Alexander Library, College Ave CampusSponsored by the Department of English

Wednesday, April 1, 2:30-6 PMSymposium on KashmirSpeakers include: Hafsa Kanjwal, History, Lafayette College on "The Impossibility of Progress: Development and the Politics of State-building in Indian Occupied Kashmir"Mona Bhan, Anthropology, Syracuse University on “Dams, Dust, and the Politics of Infrastructure in Kashmir"Van Dyck Hall, Room 301, College Ave Campus

Monday, April 13, 4:30-6 PMSuraj Yengde, Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability, Harvard Kennedy SchoolDiscussion of his new book, Caste Matters, recently listed as one of the “Best Non-fiction Books of the Decade” by The HinduAcademic Building, Room 6051, College Ave Campus

Friday, April 17, 12 PMSwathi Chattopadhyay, Architectural History, UC Santa Barbara An Urban Humanities EventAcademic Building, Room 4052 (West Wing), College Ave Campus

Saturday, May 9, 9 AM-4 PMRutgers Global - Observer Research Foundation Presents: Rutgers India DialoguesCollege Ave Student Center, Multipurpose Room