2012 Fall Lecture Series

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