September 21, 2006
Measuring the Harappan World: Insights into the Indus Order and Cosmology
J. Mark Kenoyer (Director, Center for South Asia; Professor, Anthropology, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
October 5, 2006
Fiscal Strains in the Indian Federation
Indira Rajaraman (Senior Fellow, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy,
Delhi)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
October 12, 2006
The Tata Group and the Changing Face of Indian Investment in the US
David Good (Chief Representative – North America, The Tata Group)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
October 19, 2006
The Khalsa Heritage Museum, India: A Work in Progress
Bani Singh (Independent Design Consultant at the National Institute of Design,
Ahmedabad, India)
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: L140 Elvehjem/Chazen
October 26, 2006
Urban Traditions of the Early Historic Period: Excavations at the Ancient City of
Sisupalgarh, India
Monica L. Smith (Associate Professor, Anthropology, UCLA)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
November 2, 2006
Tales of Sinister Yogis
David Gordon White (Professor, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
November 9, 2006
Geographical Imagination and Communal Identity in the Sarasvati Purana
Elizabeth Mary Rohlman (Ph.D. Candidate, Religious Studies, University of Virginia)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
November 16, 2006
Prospects of Peace and War in Sri Lanka
A panel discussion with UW-faculty members: Charles Hallisey (Associate
Professor, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia), Aseema Sinha (Assistant
Professor, Department of Political Science), and Sumudu Atapattu (Associate Director,
Global Legal Studies Initiative)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
November 30, 2006
Turning Nets into Nests: Geography, History, and the Last Mughal Poet
Syed Akbar Hyder (Assistant Professor, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
December 7, 2006
Seeing the Dance that can’t be seen: Masked Gods and Everyday Esoteric
Meanings in Newar Religion
Linda Iltis (Lecturer, Comparative Religion, International Studies, South Asian and
African Studies, University of Washington)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall