January 28, 2010
Complex Configurations: Śiva, Avalokiteśvara and the Golden Window in Patan
Gudrun Bühnemann (Professor, Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
February 4, 2010
Neoliberalism, Neofundamentalism and Educational Technology in Pakistan
Michael Thomas (Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
February 5, 2010
The Context and Song texts of North Indian Art Music
Lalita du Perron (Associate Director, Center for South Asia)
Time: 4-5:30 PM
Location: 1641 Humanities
February 11, 2010
Archaeology and Culture in Pakistan Today
J. Mark Kenoyer (Professor, Department of Anthropology & Director, Center for South Asia,
University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Time: 6-7 PM
Location: 1190 Grainger Hall
February 18, 2010
Stone Beads in Buddhist Art, Culture and Ritual: An Investigation of Technology and Trade during the Early Historic Period in South Asia
J. Mark Kenoyer (Professor, Department of Anthropology & Director, Center for South Asia,
University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
February 25, 2010
Who’s Being Political? Reflections on a Demonstration in Bhutan
Jason Hopper (PhD student, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 4, 2010
Arguments for Religious Authority in Buddhism and Hinduism
Eli Franco (Professor, Institute for Indology, University of Leipzig, Germany)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 11, 2010
The Punjabi Literary Formation: Language and Affect in a Vernacular Culture
Farina Mir (Assistant Professor, History, University of Michigan)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
March 16, 2010
The Look East Policy and the North East India
Dr. Asok Kumar Ray (National Foundation India, New Delhi)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 336 Ingraham Hall
March 25, 2010
Funding India’s Secular Democracy: The Relationship Between Religious Law and Income Tax
Eleanor Newbigin (Research Fellow, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 8, 2010
Swat: An Analysis of Political, Administrative, Socio-Political and Economic Developments
Sultan-i-Rome (Assistant Professor, History, Jahanzeb College, Pakistan)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 15, 2010
Precious and Slumdog Millionaire: Beyond the Urban and the Melodramatic, Integrating American Popular Culture
Roopa Singh (Adjunct Professor, Political Science, CUNY & Pace University)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 15, 2010
Secrets of Shangri-la: The Ancient Caves of Mustang
Broughton Coburn
Time: 7-9 PM
Location: 335 Pyle Center
April 22, 2010
Sri Lanka: A Crisis of Institutions and Constitutions
Mario Gomez (Independent Consultant and formerly, University of Colombo Law School &
Consultant, Law & Society Trust, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
April 29, 2010
Mapping Glass Production at Papanaidupet, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alok Kanungo (Fulbright Scholar, UW-Madison; Deccan College, Pune, India)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
May 6, 2010
The Archaeology of Early Historic Swat: Activities and Challenges of the Italian Mission 2000-2010
Luca M. Olivieri (Co-Director, Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall