Southern Asia at Chicago Highlights — 2009-2010
May 28, 2010
Bureaucratics, a Spring quarter exhibition of Dutch photographer Jan Banning's comparative series on global bureaucracy, with a visit by the artist.
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May 17, 2010
Hindus in India and America, a 2-day conference at the Divinity School, featuring responses to Wendy Doniger's new book, The Hindus.
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May 5, 2010
Author Jhumpa Lahiri reads from her work at International House.
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April 27, 2010
Lecture series on Vajrayana Buddhism, a series of three events by noted Tantric priest in the Newar tradition, Naresh Man Bajracharya.
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April 16, 2010
The 7th Annual South Asia Graduate Student Conference, a two-day conference featuring current research by South Asianist graduate students from around the world.
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March 12, 2010
After Europe: Postcolonial Knowledge in the Age of Globalization, a one-day conference on the decennial of Dipesh Chakrabarty's Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference.
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March 9, 2010
"The Consequences of the Escalation of War in Afghanistan", a lecture by Gilles Dorronsoro in the World Beyond the Headlines series.
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December 2, 2009
HipHopistan: Feature-length video. HipHopistan, "Land of Hip-hop" -- A series of concerts and events held in April 2008, featuring hip-hop artists of South Asian descent.
Watch the 50-minute video online...
August 24, 2009
The Other Pakistan, an exhibition by nineteen Pakistani photographers.
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