 Save the Date for the Asian Elephant Extravaganza The South Asia Center is pleased to announce that we will be partnering with the Rosamond Gifford Zoo for another Asian Elephant Extravaganza. This year's extravaganza will be held on Saturday, August 18th, from 10 am until 4 pm at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.
 The Landscape of GMOs in India Dr. Ronald Herring, Professor of Government at Cornell University, will be speaking on Tuesday, April 10 at 12 30 in 341 Eggers about the politics surrounding the introduction of GMOs in India.
 Art Historian explores vision in a Hindu Temple The South Asia Center welcomes art historian Padma Kaimal to speak on Tuesday, April 3 at 12 pm in 032 Eggers. Her talk will address the challenges of interpreting temples through their history and architecture.
 Examining Post-Conflict Sri Lanka Dr. Neil DeVotta (Wake Forest University) will be the next speaker in the South Asia Center's Spring Speaker Series on Tuesday March 6, 2012 at 12:30 in 341 Eggers.
Challenging the Cain and Abel Myth The South Asia Center welcomes Karim-Aly Kassam, International Associate Professor of Environmental and Indigenous Studies, Department of Natural Resources & American Indian Program at Cornell, who will speak on Wednesday, February 15 at 12:45 in 341 Eggers.
 Tzen to discuss a Path to Water Victor Tzen, Assistant Professor of Architecture at SU, will speak about stepwells and stepped ponds in India and the SUAbroad short term program that studied them on Monday, February 6 at 11:40 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall.
 Ruparelia to Address Paradox of Indian Democracy Dr. Sanjay Ruparelia, from the Department of Political Science at The New School, will speak about the rise of communist, regional, and lower caste-oriented socialist parties in modern Indian democracy on Tuesday, January 31 at 12:30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall.
Political Economy of Farmer Suicides The South Asia Center’s Spring 2012 Speaker Series hosts Dr. Anoop Sadanandan for the first talk of the Spring semester on Tuesday, January 24th, 12:30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall.
One Day Film Festival Highlights Afghanistan The South Asia Center is pleased to announce its first event of the semester, "Afghanistan Through Film," a one day film festival on Friday, January 20th from 12 4 pm in 060 Eggers (Global Collaboratory).
 Everyone Knows the Story of the Greedy Dog The South Asia Center welcomes Nicole A. Wilson, who will be the final speaker in this semester's Speaker Series. Her talk, entitled “'Everyone Knows the Story of the Greedy Dog': The Middle Class Moral Dilemma in South India,"will be held on Tuesday, December 6th at 12:30 pm in 341 Eggers.
Ann Gold named Watson Professor of Religion Dr. Ann Grodzins Gold has recently been appointed as the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion. She will be giving her inaugural lecture on Wednesday, November 9th at 4 pm at the University Sheraton Hotel. Dr. Gold served as the Director of the South Asia Center from 2005 until 2008.
Addressing Unknown Origin of Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka The South Asia Center’s Fall 2011 Speaker Series continues Tuesday, November 15th at 12:30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall. Dr. Chandani Liyanage, Senior Sociology Lecturer of University of Colombo, Sri Lanka will present a talk on the discourse between laypeople and the experts on the unknown etiology of chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka.
 SAC Welcomes Award Winning Musican To Campus The South Asia Center and the Department of Art and Music Histories is pleased to announce that Steve Gorn, an award winning bansuri flutist, will perform at Syracuse University on November 1st at 8 pm in Setnor Auditorium.
 Landscape and Emotion in Indian Film The South Asia Center’s Fall 2011 Speaker Series continues on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 12 30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall. Johns Hopkins University Associate Professor of Anthropology Anand Pandian will speak about landscape and affective response in Tamil film.
Hurgobin to Put the Spotlight on Indians in Mauritius The South Asia Center’s welcomes Yoshina Hurgobin on Tuesday, October 11, at 12 30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall as part of the on going Speaker Series. Hurgobin’s work focuses on the transormation of Indian migrant workers from diasporic subjects to Mauritian citizens.
Carol Babiracki to speak about ethnographic fiction The South Asia Center’s Fall 2011 Speaker Series continues Tuesday September 27th at 12 30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall. Syracuse University’s very own Dr. Carol M. Babiracki will be discussing how ethnographic fiction may be used as a tool for activism.
 Ganti to talk about Bollywood Tejaswini Ganti's talk titled "Producing Bollywood: The Hindi Film Industry in an Age of Neoliberalism" will be held on Tuesday, September 20th at 12:30 pm in 341 Eggers.
 South Asia Center invites you to our Hindi-Urdu Table The South Asia Center invites those students, faculty, staff, and community members who speak Hindi or Urdu to our biweekly Hindi Urdu language table.
 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival begins next week The South Asia Center is pleased to announce that the "Illuminating Oppression" 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival is scheduled for September 15 17, 2011.
A Dialogue about Peace in Sri Lanka On Tuesday, April 12, the South Asia Center will sponsor an event to encourage the ongoing reconciliation process between the Sri Lankan government and Sri Lankan Tamils. Professor Lou Kriesberg, Maxwell Professor of Social Conflict Studies, will moderate a dialogue between Dr. P. Kohana, the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United Nations, and Dr. K. Arulanantham, a representative of the U.S. Tamil Political Action Council.
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