Speakers
/ Events
(all events held in Butler Hall Auditorium, Room 7, unless otherwise noted
)
| Keynote | Dr. Robert Goldman, University of California-Berkeley | |
| ****************** | *************** | Held in the Performing Arts Center (PAT) |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
The First Poem and the Kingdom of God on Earth |
| January 13 | 7
p.m. |
Valmiki Ramayana and the Cultural Universe of Southern Asia |
| Speaker | Cancelled | Dr. Michael Braz, Georgia Southern University |
| Thursday | 11:30
a.m |
Cancelled
due to death in the family- A Yam between Two Boulders: Culture and Conflict in Nepal |
| January 15 | 7
p.m. |
| Film | ||
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Bhutan: The Last Shangri-la (film) |
| January 20 | 7
p.m. |
| Speaker | Cancelled | Dr. Sunita George, Alabama State University |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Cancelled
due family illness- A substitution may occur. Women, Work and Occupational Structure in Hyderabad, India |
| January 27 | 7
p.m. |
A Melting Pot or Cultural Mosaic: A Brief Human Geography of India |
| Speaker | Dr. Glenn Wallis, University of Georgia | |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Buddhism in South Asia |
| February 3 | 7
p.m. |
Hinduism in South Asia |
| Thursday | 11:30
a.m |
|
| February 5 | 7
p.m. |
| Speaker | Dr. Harold Gould, University of Virginia | |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Why Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia? Where it all went wrong |
| February 10 | 7
p.m. |
The Kashmir Tragedy: Why it won't go away |
| Film/Speaker | ||
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Ghare Baire (English title: Home and the World) (film) |
| February 17 | 7 p.m. | Dr. Gautam Kundu, Georgia Southern University |
| The Politics of Indian Nationalism in Fiction and Film: Rabindranath Tangore, Satyajit Ray and Ghare Baire |
| Film/Commentary | Dr. Michael Bishku, Augusta State University | |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Commentary by Dr. Bishku; Muhammad Ali Jinnah (first half of film) |
| February 24 | 7
p.m. |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (second half of film) |
| Speaker | Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad, Hampton University | |
| Thursday | 11:30
a.m |
Religion and Politics in Pakistan |
| February 26 | 7
p.m. |
The Prospects for Democracy in Pakistan |
| Speaker | Dr. Sudha Ratan, Augusta State University | |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Ethnic Identity and the Politics of Sri Lanka |
| March 2 | 7
p.m. |
| Film/Commentary | Dr. Mary McCormack, Augusta State University | |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Commentary by Dr. McCormack; A Passage to India (first half of film) |
| March 9 | 7
p.m. |
A Passage to India (second half of film) |
| Performance | Cancelled | Cancelled due to visa problems. A substitution may occur. |
| Monday | 7:30-9
p.m. |
Nritaya Malika (Garland of Dances) |
| March 15 | CoSponsored by Lyceum and Cullum Committees |
| Festival | ************* | Location TBA |
| Thursday | TBA |
International Festival |
| March 18 | CoSponsored by the International Club and the Cullum Committee |
| Speaker | Dr. Jacob Abadi, U.S. Air Force Academy | |
| Thursday | 11:30
a.m |
The British and the Muslim League |
| March 25 | 7
p.m. |
The British and the Indian National Congress |
| Speaker | Dr. Selima Sultana, Auburn University | |
| Thursday | 11:30
a.m |
Bangladesh: A small land, but with large dreams |
| April 1 | 7
p.m. |
The Status of Women in Bangladesh: The dark and lighter sides of Bengali nationalism |
| Speaker | Dr. Muralidharan Jagadeesan, Medical College of Georgia | |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
|
| April 13 | 7
p.m. |
Health Issues in South Asia |
| Film/Speaker | Drs. Janice and Ray Whiting, Augusta State University | |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
|
| April 15 | 7
p.m. |
Erotic Art of India |
| Speaker | Dr. Michael Bishku, Augusta State University | |
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Modern History and Politics of Afghanistan |
| April 20 | 7
p.m. |
| Speaker - NEW | Dr. Sunita Manian | |
| Thursday | 11:30
a.m |
Of
Rice and Men: Patriarchy, Poverty and Perceptions in South Asia |
| April 22 | 7
p.m. |
| Film | ||
| Tuesday | 11:30
a.m |
Mystic Masseur - Introduction by Sudha Ratan |
| April 27 | 7
p.m. |
Mystic Masseur |
