Spring 2025 Lecture Series

Spring 2025 Schedule

Jan 23, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT

Swapnil Rai

Networked Bollywood: How Star Power Globalized Hindi Cinema

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Feb 6, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT 

Sayed Gul Kalash

Impact of Modernization on Kalash Traditions of Northern Pakistan

206 Ingraham Hall

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Feb 13, 2025, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT

Prof. Arun Luthra

206 Ingraham Hall

History of the Blending of Indian Musics with Jazz/Black American Music

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Feb 20, 2025, 12 pm CT

Prof. Ulrike Niklas

Aiyanar and his Devotees – A Glimpse into a South-Indian Village Religion

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Feb 27, 2025, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT

Mou Banerjee

The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India

206 Ingraham Hall

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April 10, 2025, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT

Natalie Gummer

Toward a Ritual Theory of Metaphor in Buddhist Literature

206 Ingraham Hall