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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 Fall programming:
September 11 - Lecture, India's 2009 Elections: The Resilience of Regionalism and Ethnicity, Christophe Jaffrelot, Alliance Visiting Professor at Columbia University and Research Fellow at Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po, Paris. 5:30 pm at India Studies House, 825 East 8th Street.
October 23 - Lecture, We Are Not Mizrahi... We Are Indian Jews: Issues of Culture and Identity in the Indian Jewish Community in Israel, Maina Chawla Singh, Visiting Faculty, American University, Washington, DC and Associate Professor of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi. 12:30 pm, Ballantine Hall room 137. Co-sponsored by the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program.
October 23 - Lecture, India and the US: The Challenges of Partnership, Ambassador Arun Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India to the United States, Washington, DC. 5:30 pm at India Studies House, 825 East 8th Street.
November 13 - Lecture, Prospects for the Indian Economy After the Crisis, Arvind Subramanian, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Senior Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University. 5:30 pm at India Studies House, 825 East 8th Street. Co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President for International Affairs.
November 20 - Lecture, Labor and Love in South Asia:
Negotiating Kinship, Courtship, Marriage and Divorce in an Indian
Call Center, Cari Costanzo Kapur, Academic Director, Undergraduate Advising & Research and
Lecturer, Department of Anthropology,
Stanford University. 5:30 pm, Woodburn Hall room 003. Co-sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology and Gender Studies.
December 4 - Lecture, State Politics and the Resource Curse in India, Sunila Kale, Assistant Professor, Jackson School of Public Affairs, University of Washington. 5:30 pm at India Studies House, 825 East 8th Street. Co-sponsored by the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.
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