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Speakers in 2001-02

Spring 2002

4/23/2002
Thomas Simons
Pakistan and South Asia at an Historic Crossroads

4/11/2002
Carla Sinopoli
Crafting Empire: Craft and Political Economy in the Vijayanagara Empire

3/20/2002
Ajantha Subramanian
CANCELLED - Indians in North Carolina: Race, Class, and Culture in the Making of Immigrant Identity

3/8/2002
Akhil Gupta
Lunch with Akhil Gupta--The Homeless Self: Problems of Cultural Translation in Autobiography

2/27/2002
Farina Mir
Syncretism Reconsidered: Popular Devotion in Punjabi Oral Tales

2/22/2002
Peter Castro
Public Goods and Public Bads: From Landscapes to Genomes in South Asia, South Asia Consortium Workshop

1/23/2002
Fouzia Saeed
Traditional Prostitution and Gender Roles in Pakistani Society

Fall 2001

1/14/2001
Ved P. Nanda
Ved P. Nanda Lecture

11/12/2001
Amita Baviskar
Red in Tooth and Claw?: Searching for Class in Struggles Over Nature in India

10/30/2001
Martha Selby
Embryology and the Making of Self in Early Sanskrit Medical Literature

10/19/2001
John Mickelwright
Fighting Poverty in Eastern Europe

10/18/2001
Stephen Slawek
The Space Between Us

10/4/2001
R. Grant Smith
The Taliban and the Ex-Commissars: Afghanistan and Central Asia Today

10/4/2001
R. Grant Smith
Pakistan’s Other Border: The India-Pakistan Problem

9/24/2001
Geetha Ramanathan Bennett
The Carnatic Music Ensemble

9/18/2001
Susan Wadley
Astral Battles, Human Pawns: The Battle between Durga, Kali and the Nath Yogis in the North Indian Epic Dhola

8/31/2001
Ayaz Khattak
Ayaz Khattak


Agrarian Crisis in India? Conference, April 5-6, 2013

Agrarian Crisis in India? Conference, April 5-6, 2013

The Cornell-Syracuse South Asia Consortium will hold their annual conference at Cornell University on April 5 and 6, 2013. The focus of the conference this year will be on current debates about agricultural in India.


2013 NESSA Event  Explores Life in Indian-Occupied Kashmir

2013 NESSA Event Explores Life in Indian-Occupied Kashmir

On Friday, February 8, 2013, we will host an afternoon focusing on Indian-Occupied Kashmir, the location of one of the world's most long running conflicts. The event will begin at 2:30 pm in 060 Eggers.


Documentary examines Food, Culture and Politics

Documentary examines Food, Culture and Politics

Stir. Fry. Simmer. raises interesting questions as it addresses issues of food, memory, nostalgia, belonging, family, community, nation, alienation, desire and disgust, politics, prejudice and power…


SU Rising: Bring Awareness to Violence Against Women

SU Rising: Bring Awareness to Violence Against Women

On Thursday, Feb. 14, two events at Syracuse University will address the endemic  problem of violence against women, both globally and locally.  A Community Wide Dialogue will be held in the chapel from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.  From 5:30-6:30 p.m., campus and community members will gather for a candlelight vigil to remember and honor victims and survivors of violence against women.


Memory and Poltics at a Hindu Temple

Memory and Poltics at a Hindu Temple

Anisha Saxena, an art historian and Fulbright Scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, who will give a talk entitled, "Memory, History, Conflict and Claim: Rishabhdeo Temple, Rajasthan" on Tuesday, February 5 at 12:30 pm in 100 Eggers Hall. Her talk will discuss the Rishabhdeo temple in Udaipur, Rajasthan which has had a long history of pluralism.


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