September 6
Renewable Energy Development in India in the Context of Climate Change
M.P. Ram Mohan (Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute [TERI], New Delhi)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
September 13
FILM SCREENING — Rx for Survival: Disease Warriors
Moderated by Lalita du Perron, Ph.D. (Associate Director, Center for South Asia, UW-Madison)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
September 20
A New Look at Textiles and Trade in South Asia during the Protohistoric and Early Historic Periods
J. Mark Kenoyer (Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Director, Center for South Asia, UW-Madison)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
September 27
Sustainable Environments: Lessons from Sri Lankan Traditional Architecture
Nisha Fernando (Associate Professor, Division of Interior Architecture, UW– Stevens Point)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
October 4
Excavations at Shikarpur: A Harappan Site in Gujarat
Ajithprasad Pottentavida (Professor, Department of Archaeology, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
October 18
The Counterinsurgency Challenge: A Parable of Leadership and Decision-Making in Modern Conflict
Christopher D. Kolenda (Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
October 25
Tibetan “Madmen” in the Marketplace
David DiValerio (Assistant Professor, History and Religious Studies, UW– Milwaukee)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
November 1
Yes, everyone, there has been progress on women’s rights in Afghanistan. But what now?
Esther Hyneman (Board Member, Women for Afghan Women)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
November 8
Tribals in Uttar Pradesh: Issues of Identity and Political Representation
Anil Verma (Chair, Department of Political Science, Christ Church College, Kanpur)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
November 15
Archaeological finds of al-Mansurah and their Significance in the Context of Islamic History in al-Hind
Ahmad Shahid Rajput (Islamic Art Historian, Chairman, Department of History and Pakistan Studies, International Islamic University, Islamabad)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
November 29
Political Order an Infrastructural Development in India’s Urban Slums
Adam Auerbach (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, UW-Madison)
Time: noon-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall