Maxwell School Events Calendar

South Asia Center Events

• Film and Discussion: Saffron Kingdom (2024)

  March 31, 2026, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EDT

  Physics Building, Stolkin Auditorium

  Saffron Kingdom, directed and produced by Arfat Sheikh, traces the journey of three generations as they confront the political turmoil and personal upheaval shaped by Kashmir’s history.

• The Effect of Judges' Institutional Interests on a Free Press: South Asia, Europe, and the Americas

  March 31, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Stephan Stohler, associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School, will discuss judicial decision-making through the lens of institutional self-interest.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  March 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Join us for a great opportunity to practice your conversation skills and learn more about Hindi-Urdu culture.

• Book Talk | SAC | Mother Tongue and English: The Politics of Language in Indian Higher Education

  March 24, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Chaise LaDousa (Hamilton College) and Christina Davis (Western Illinois Univ.) examine education policy and a campus cultural event to trace ideological constructions of mother tongue and English.

• Tamil Culture and Conversation Table

  March 18, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for the March Tamil table. All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Workshop | Pali Chandra | Embodied Traditions: Indian Classical Techniques for Today’s Dancer

  March 16, 2026, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220 | Dr. Paul & Natalie Strasser Legacy Room

  In this movement-based workshop, Pali Chandra, Ph.D., introduces students to key principles of Indian classical dance.

• Bangla Culture and Conversation Table

  March 04, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Bangla conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Pasang Sherpa | Climate Change and the Third Pole

  March 03, 2026, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 220/341

  Pasang Sherpa (University of British Columbia) presents a workshop, “Whose Climate Change Story Have We Subscribed To?” and a lecture, “Life on the Third Pole under a New Season of Climate Change.”

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  February 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Join us for a great opportunity to practice your conversation skills and learn more about Hindi-Urdu culture.

• Graduate Student Perspectives on South Asian Art

  February 24, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Shaffer Art Building, SU Art Museum

  Syracuse University graduate students of South Asia discuss works of art from the Syracuse University Art Museum collections in relation to their own writing, research and art-making practices.

• Tamil Culture and Conversation Table

  February 18, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for the first Tamil table of the spring semester!

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  February 11, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for the first Hindi-Urdu table of the spring semester!

• Governing by Dispossession: Enemy Property and the Afterlives of the 1971 War in Pakistan

  February 10, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This talk traces how the category of enemy property migrated from a European imperial wartime technology to a postcolonial mode of governing minorities in South Asia.

• Bangla Culture and Conversation Table

  February 04, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Bangla conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  January 28, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for the first Hindi-Urdu table of the spring semester!

• Tamil Culture and Conversation Table

  January 21, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for the first Tamil table of the spring semester!

• Presentation | South Asia Center Graduate Student Research Grant Awardee

  January 20, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  South Asia Center Graduate Student Research Grant awardee Vatya Raina, will present their work.

• Bharati Memorial Awardee Presentation

  January 20, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  The Bharati Memorial Award was established in 1992 to support graduate students at Syracuse University working on South Asia. Awardee Brooklyn Montgomery will present their work.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  January 14, 2026, 3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for the first Hindi-Urdu table of the spring semester!

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  December 05, 2025, 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 352

  Come learn and practice your Hindi-Urdu conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.