February 23, 2006
When was India Modern? Precolonial Modernities in Indian Literature
Velcheru N Rao (Professor, Languages and Cultures of Asia, UW-Madison)
Time:12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 2, 2006
The Architectural Education of an Indian Engineer: Ganga Ram Goes to England
William Glover (Assistant Professor, Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 9, 2006
Women’s Role in Nation Building: An Afghan Experience
Malalai Joya (Afghan Parliamentarian and Human Right Activist)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 23, 2006
Who Does Your Dirty Work? NOT Michael Madhusudan Datta’s Hanuman
Clint Seely (Associate Professor, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 30, 2006
Print and Pleasure: Commercial Publishing and its Genres in 19th C. North India
Francesca Orsini (Lecturer, Hindi, Cambridge University)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 6, 2006
Audio-Visualizing Buddhist Studies as a Teaching Methodology: Videography Selections
from the Buddhism and Mysticism Seminar Fall 2005
James K Powell (Visiting Assistant Professor, Languages and Cultures of Asia, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 13, 2006
Understanding the Sikhs
Harinder Singh (Executive Director Sikh Research Institute)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 20, 2006
Rules of Engagement: War Crimes, Riik~asa Rights and the Political and Military Strategies
of the Great Sanskrit Epics
Robert Goldman (Professor, South Asian Studies, University of California at Berkeley)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 27, 2006
Population Interactions across the Central Asian Borderlands and Indo-Aryan Identity
Brian Hemphill (Associate Professor, Anthropology, California State University at Bakersfield)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
May 4, 2006
The Politics of Exposure: Democracy, Transparency, and Anti-Corruption Activism
Dr. Robert Jenkins (Professor, Political Science, Birkbeck College, University of
London)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall