Fall 2016 South Asia Seminar Series

Fall 2016 South Asia Seminar Series

Hosted by ICGC – 537 Heller Hall

Wednesday, October 5 
Book Discussion on Acting Up: Gender and Theatre in India, 1979 Onwards
A. Mangai, Stella Maris College, Chennai
3:30-5 pm
If interested in participating, please contact Richa Nagar (nagar@umn.edu)

Wednesday, October 19
Book Discussion on Relocating Modern Science: Circulation and the Construction of Knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900
Kapil Raj, Ecole des Hautes Eudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
3:30-5 pm
Facilitator : Ajay Skaria

Wednesday, October 26
Performing Violence: Politics Through Feminist Theatre
A. Mangai, Stella Maris College, Chennai
3:30-5 pm

Wednesday, November 2
Book Discussion on Unconditional Equality
Ajay Skaria, University of Minnesota
Recommended reading: http://permanent-black.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-religion-of-gandhi-conversation.html
4 -5:30 pm
Facilitator : Vinay Gidwani

Thursday, November 17
Book Discussion on Poverty and the Quest for Life: Somewhere between the Rural and the Urban in South Asia
Bhrigupati Singh, Brown University, Rhode Island
4 -5:30 pm

Thursday, December 1
Sexuality and the Science of Kinship in Colonial India
Durba Mitra, Fordham University, New York City
4 -5:30 pm

South Asia Scholarly Events calendar