Thursday, September 6, 2018
Fall Semester Welcome Lunch
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Foodways of Ancient South Asia and their modern legacy: New Perspectives from the Indus Civilization and adjacent regions
J. Mark Kenoyer (Professor, Anthropology, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Thursday, September 20, 2018
The List, the Priest, the Client, and the Shopkeeper, or How to Know and How to Get What You Need in Newar Buddhist and Hindu Ritual
Christoph Emmrich (Associate Professor, Buddhist Studies, University of Toronto)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Reassessing Marginality in Bengali (Bangla) Comics: Handa-Bhonda and Bantul The Great
Anwesha Maity (Comparative Literature, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Sealing Technology and Practices in the Indus Civilization: Functioning and Significance of a Bronze Age Administrative System
Dennys Frenez (International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Indus Copper and Bronze Metallurgy: A Model from Harappa
Brett Hoffman (PhD Candidate, Anthropology, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Theatre’s Uncommon Country: The Shaping of Performative Modernity in Urban India
Aparna Dharwadker (Professor, English and Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, UW-Madison)
Time: 12:30-1:30 PM (Please note the later start time)
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Combating “Filth”: The Temple, the State and Urbanisation in Late Nineteenth Century
Ujaan Ghosh (Art History, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Absent-mindedness Through the Lens of Indian Buddhism
Jeremy Manheim (Asian Languages and Cultures, UW-Madison)
Time: 12-1 PM
Location: 206 Ingraham Hall