Weekly Lecture Series

Spring 2025 Schedule

Check back here soon to see more of our upcoming Spring 2025 Lecture Series schedule. To see past Lecture Series talk information and recordings, click the archive links below.

Jan 23, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CT

Swapnil Rai

Networked Bollywood: How Star Power Globalized Hindi Cinema

Zoom Talk


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


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

Zoom Talk


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

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April 17, 2025, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT

Nandita Punj

Giving up and Living it Large: a Jain Tale and its Early Modern Painted Iterations

206 Ingraham Hall


April 21, 2025, 3:30 pm- 5pm CT

Anamika Singh

TBD


May 1, 2025, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CT

Ankita Nikalje

Caste Critical Race Theory (CasteCRIT): Caste in the U.S.

206 Ingraham Hall

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