FULBRIGHT-HAYS SEMINARS ABROAD PROGRAM
Indian School Education System: Trends & Challenges
Summer 2010
The Center for South Asia (CSA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to serve as the host of the pre-departure orientation for the Summer 2010 Fulbright Seminar program to India. We are delighted to be collaborating with the US Department of Education Fulbright office and with the United States-India Educational Foundation in New Delhi.
The Center for South Asia’s role is to provide you with helpful information as you prepare to leave for India both practically and educationally. Our Staff is available to answer questions that arise for you as you begin this journey. Please feel free to contact us.
2010 Fulbright Teacher Participants
Rebecca Adams Chesapeake, VA
Bianca Alonso Miami, FL View Bianca’s Blog
Mary Borgeson Champaign, IL
Dorthea Camp-White Apopka, FL View Dee’s Blog
Elizabeth Chapman League City, TX View Elizabeth’s Blog
Terri Dye Salinas, CA
Andrea Edson Newton, MA
Kathleen Fernald Yorktown Heights, NY
William Franklin Mount Vernon, WA
Christine Gibson Bronx, NY
Nikita Hunter Brooklyn, NY
Roberta Jacoby Wyncote, PA
Jessica Lura Mountain View, CA View Jessica’s Blog
Linda Mondol Lansing, MI View Linda’s Blog
Byron Prugh Gainesville, FL
Virginia VonReichbauer Moorestown, NJ
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Resources List
Lectures and Handouts
Hindi 101 by Lalita du Perron
Ancient South Asia by J. Mark Kenoyer
India’s Colonial History by Mitra Sharafi (slides and handout)
Additional Readings
Cultures and Societies of the Indus Traditions by J. Mark Kenoyer
Indus Civilization by J. Mark Kenoyer, in the Encyclopedia of Archaeology, Deborah Pearsall, editor-in-chief, 2008
Hindu Beginnings: Assessing the Period 1000 BCE to 300 CE by Guy Welbon
Teaching Islam as an Asian Religion by Vernon James Schubel
Can a Muslim Be an Indian? by Gyanendra Pandey
India’s Democracy: Illusion or Reality? by Philip Oldenburg
From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean: Medieval History in Geographic Perspective by André Wink
India in the World: The World in India 1450-1770 by Howard Spodek and Michele Langford Louro
British Rule in India: An Assessment by Tapan Raychaudhuri (Chapter 15) in The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire edited by P.J. Marshall
Reading Across the Curriculum: Using the Fiction of the Indian Subcontinent in Social Science Classes by Andrea Caron Kempf
Indian Art by Vidya Dehejia
The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless by Alistair Shearer
Buddha: The Intelligent Heart by Alistair Shearer
Traditional Indian Textiles by John Gillow and Nicholas Barnard