Cullum Lecture Series begins January 13

The Cullum Lecture Series will kick off January 13 in the Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre with keynote speaker Dr. Robert Goldman.

Dr. Goldman is a professor at the University of California-Berkeley in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Oriental Studies (Sanskrit) at Columbia College in 1964, graduating with the Taraknath Das Prize in Oriental Studies. He received his doctorate in Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania in 1971.

Dr. Goldman has authored numerous books on Sanskrit literature and Indian culture with particular emphasis on studies of the great Indian epics. He is the director of and a principal translator in a major ongoing collaborative project on the translation and annotation of the critical edition of the monumental Sanskrit epic the Valmiki Ramayana, a seminal work of Asian civilization.

As the keynote speaker for the first lecture, Dr. Goldman will present The First Poem and the Kingdom of God and Earth and Valmiki Ramayana and the Cultural Universe of Southern Asia.

The Cullum Lecture Series is an inter-disciplinary program that began more than 20 years ago to provide students, faculty, and staff of ASU access to nationally and internationally-known speakers on diverse topics. The semester-long series, supported by the Cullum Foundation of Augusta, ASU, and individual donations provides the campus and the community opportunities to hear experts in a variety of fields, view performances, see films, and tour art exhibits.

This year’s series will also offer speakers on music, art, women’s studies, philosophy, religion, film, political science, geography, and history.

For more information, call Dr. Michael Bishku at 737-1709 or automation librarian Jeff Heck at 667-4905, or go online to www.aug.edu/library/cullum2004/.

Cullum Lecture Series Calendar
Tuesday, Jan. 13 – Dr. Robert Goldman, University of California-Berkeley
11:30 a.m. – The First Poem and the Kingdom of God on Earth
7 p.m. – Valmiki Ramayana and the Cultural Universe of Southern Asia

Thursday, Jan. 15 – Cancelled.

Tuesday, Jan. 20 – Film
11:30 a.m. – Bhutan: The Last Shangri-la

Tuesday, Jan. 27 – Dr. Sunita George, Alabama State University
11:30 a.m. – Women, Work and Occupational Structure in Hyderabad, India
7 p.m. – Hinduism in South Asia

Tuesday, Feb. 10 – Dr. Harold Gould, University of Virginia
11:30 a.m. – Why Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia? Where It All Went Wrong
7 p.m. – The Kashmir Tragedy: Why It Won’t Go Away

Tuesday, Feb. 17 – Film and speaker
11:30 a.m. – Ghare Baire (English title, Home and the World)
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

Tuesday, Feb. 24 – Film and commentary
11:30 a.m. – Dr. Michael Bishku, Augusta State University; commentary on Muhammad Ali Jinnah (first half of film)
7 p.m. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (second half of film)

Thursday, Feb. 26 – Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad, Hampton University
11:30 a.m. – Religion and Politics in Pakistan
7 p.m. – The Prospects for Democracy in Pakistan

Tuesday, March 2 – Dr. Sudha Ratan, Augusta State University
11:30 a.m. – Ethnic Identity and the Politics of Sri Lanka

Tuesday, March 9 – Film and commentary
11:30 a.m. – Dr. Mary McCormack, Augusta State University; commentary on A Passage to India (first half of film)
7 p.m. – A Passage to India (second half of film)

Monday, March 15 – Cancelled.

Thursday, March 18 – Festival (location TBA)
Time (TBA) – International Festival; co-sponsored by the International Club and the Cullum Committee

Thursday, March 25 – Dr. Jacob Abadi, U.S. Air Force Academy
11:30 a.m. – The British and the Muslim League
7 p.m. – The British and the Indian National Congress

Thursday, April 1 – Dr. Selima Sultana, Auburn University
11:30 a.m. – Bangladesh: A Small Land, but with Large Dreams
7 p.m. – The Status of Women in Bangladesh: The Dark and Lighter Sides of Bengali Nationalism

Tuesday, April 13 – Dr. Muralidharan Jagadeesan, Medical College of Georgia
7 p.m. – Health Issues in South Asia

Thursday, April 15 – Film and speaker
7 p.m. – Drs. Janice and Ray Whiting, Augusta State University; the Erotic Art of India

Tuesday, April 20 – Dr. Michael Bishku, Augusta State University
11:30 a.m. – Modern History and Politics of Afghanistan

Tuesday, April 27 – Film
11:30 a.m. – Mystic Masseur – introduction by Dr. Sudha Ratan, Augusta State
7 p.m. – Mystic Masseur

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