perspectives' of South Asia
The literature, architecture and music of South Asia and its diasporas will be the focus of a semester-long South Asia Humanities Festival being sponsored by the Council on South Asian Studies in association with the Yale Center for British Art exhibition "Traces of India: Photography, Architecture, and the Politics of Representation" (see related story).
The festival will feature readings, lectures and performances by notable South Asian writers, architects and musicians. The event is also supported by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS).
"With the cultures of South Asia positioned nearer the center of global affairs than at any time in recent history, there can be no more timely moment to reflect on the region's values and perspectives," says Carol A. Breckenridge, associate chair of the Council on South Asian Studies.
Festival highlights include:
* A reading by Yale English Professor Sara Suleri Goodyear from her forthcoming book "Boys Will Be Boys: A Daughter's Elegy," on Monday, Nov. 3. Also speaking at the event will be Homi Bhabha, the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature at Harvard University.
* A reading by Sujata Bhatt, visiting writer-in-residence at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, on a date to be announced.
* A lecture by renowned architect Charles Correa of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) on Thursday, Oct. 30, which will be followed by a conference on Oct. 31 titled "The Modernist City in Globalization." It will bring together architects and scholars for "A Conversation on the city with Charles Correa." This event is hosted by the School of Architecture and will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the school's Hastings Hall, 180 York St. Other conference events will be held in Luce Hall at YCIAS, 34 Hillhouse Ave. Co-sponsors of the event are the Council on South Asian Studies and the Center for Cities and Globalization at YCIAS.
* A public conversation on Thursday, Nov. 6, between British architect Kenneth Frampton and Arjun Appadurai, the William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of International Studies, who is also director of the Initiative on Cities and Globalization. They will talk on the topic "Critical Regionalism Revisited." Frampton's visit is hosted by the School of Architecture as its annual Myriam Bellazoug Lecture. The event will be held in Hastings Hall at 6:30 p.m.
* A concert by the Vijay Iyer Quartet at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. Directly following the concert, there will be a panel discussion exploring South Asian musical forms and concepts. Panelists include Paul Gilroy, professor of sociology and African American Studies, and Arjun Appadurai. Vyjayanthi Rao, research director of the Center for Cities and Globalization, will moderate. Co-sponsors of this event are the Yale Center for British Art and the South Asia Humanities Festival.
More information on festival events will appear in future issues of the Yale Bulletin & Calendar. Complete information about the festival can be obtained by sending an e-mail to south.asia@yale.edu, by calling (203) 432-9343 or by visiting the South Asia at Yale website at www.yale.edu/ycias/SouthAsia.
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