The South Asian Studies Council at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies has organized a nine-day festival highlighting a wide-range of scholarship in the region.
"Celebrating South Asia," to be held April 13-21, will explore topics in political science, anthropology, religious studies, literature, women's studies, archaeology, ethnicity and migration. One highlight of the festival will be the "Knowing South Asia" workshop on April 15, in which four acclaimed authors will reflect on South Asian authenticity, belonging, nationhood and diaspora.
The schedule follows. All events are free and open to the public.
* The annual Rustgi Lecture, "An Outline of a Revisionist Theory of Modernity," by Sudipta Kaviraj, Department of Politics and International Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Wednesday, April 13, 4 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave.
* The Tarak Nath Das Lecture, "Amaravati: The Modern History of an Ancient Buddhist Monument," by Upinder Singh, Department of History, Delhi University. Thursday, April 14, 4 p.m. Rm. 1, 51 Hillhouse Ave.
* "Knowing South Asia" workshop, featuring writers M.G. Vassanji, author and founder of the "Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad"; Samina Ali, author of "Madras on Rainy Days"; Suketu Mehta, fiction writer and journalist; and Meena Alexander, author of the autobiography "Fault Lines." Friday, April 15, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Luce Hall.
* A conference titled "Manipulating Magic: Sages, Sorcerers and Scholars," April 15-17, Luce Hall. The event will feature a keynote address by Gregory Schopen of the University of California at Los Angeles titled "The Life and Travels of a Sanskrit Verse, or: Why We Are All in the Same Room Today" at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 15. Call (203) 432-3426 to register for this event.
* A talk titled "A Security Perspective on India and the World" by General Ven Prakash Malik, chief of staff of the Indian Army 1997-2000. Monday, April 18, 4 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall.
* A talk titled "The (Un)Making of a South Asian Aesthetic: The Circulation of Bollywood in Pakistan and Amongst Pakistani Immigrants in the West" by Ahmed Afzal, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at Yale. Thursday, April 21, noon. Rm. 1, 51 Hillhouse Ave. Lunch provided.
For more information on any of the events, send e-mail to south.asia@yale.edu or call (203) 432-5596.
Sponsors of "Celebrating South Asia" include the Departments of Anthropology and History, the Council on East Asian Studies, Canadian Studies, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies, the Asian American Cultural Center and the South Asian Graduate Students Colloquium. Support was also provided by the Rustgi Family Fund, Tarak Nath Das Fund and the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund.
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