February 8, 2007
The Changing Horizon of Human Rights in Sri Lanka : The Ethnic Conflict, the Role of
the Supreme Court and the influence of International Law
Sumudu Atapattu (Associate Director, Global Legal Studies Initiative, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
February 15, 2007
Hindutva as a Political Religion: An Historical Perspective
Robert Frykenberg (Emeritus Professor, History, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 8, 2007
After the Deal: How Far can the Indo-US Strategic Partnership go after the Civilian
Nuclear Deal?
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri (Senior Correspondent of the Hindustan Times)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 15, 2007
Is He in Heaven or in Hell? The Elusive Husband in the Newar Mythology of Marriage
Christoph Emmrich (Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of
Toronto at Mississauga, Canada)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 22, 2007
Traps and Escapes: Folklore and Folk Artists in Post-Independence India
Sadhana Naithani (Assistant Professor at the Centre of German Studies, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi, India)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 12, 2007
The Death of a Warlord, 3 June 1804
Vijay Pinch (Associate Professor, History, Wesleyan University)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 19, 2007
Conflict of the Archives and Counter-Signing Memories: Towards A Critical Humanities
Venkat Rao, (Professor School of Critical Humanities Central Institute of English
and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, and Visiting Professor, MIT)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 24, 2007
Practice as Renunciation: The Anarchist Milieu and the Archaisms of Aurobindo Ghose
Prasanta Chakravarty (Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore,
India)
Time: 5:30-7 PM
Location: 336 Ingraham Hall
April 26, 2007
Akbar’s World
Andre Wink (Professor, History, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
May 3, 2007
Indian Literature(s) in English Translation and the Discourse of Resistance and
Representation
Anisur Rahman (Professor of English, Department of English and Modern
European Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall