Past Events



South Asia Archives Conference

Feb 24, 2017 - Feb 25, 2017 at -

 

South Asia Archives

A conference organized by The South Asia Studies Department

With generous support from the South Asia Center and…



Asia Day: Understanding Asia through the lens of Media

Feb 24, 2017 at -

High school educators and their students are invited to participate in Asia Day 2017. This free one-day event provides high school students with an opportunity to nurture interest in Asia…



Levin Family Dean's Forum Presents: "Fear Inc.: Confronting Islamophobia in America"

Feb 23, 2017 at

The Levin Family Dean's Forum presents Fear Inc.: Confronting Islamophobia in America

Featuring internationally renowned writer, commentator, professor, producer, and scholar of…



Religious Studies Presents: "In the land of Eternal Eid: Maulana Bhashani & the Political Mobilisation of Peasants and Urban Workers in Bengal, c. 1930s-1971"

Feb 22, 2017 at -

Department of Religious Studies and the South Asia Center are pleased to welcome Dr. Layli Uddin, the Bengali Curator at the British Library for a lecture entitled, "In the land of Eternal Eid:…



Fractured Lands: How The Arab World Came Apart

Feb 21, 2017 at

 

At this talk award winning journalist Scott Anderson will discuss his landmark report on the Middle East titled, “Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart”.  His report was the longest published…



South Asia Colloquium Presents: Darielle Mason

Feb 15, 2017 at -

Making The New South Asian Galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, A Curatorial Perspective

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South Asia Colloquium Presents: Xinru Liu

Feb 1, 2017 at -

 

“Creating a narrative of the Kushan Empire”

a lecture by Xinru …



Foreign Languages and Area Studies (FLAS) Information Session

Jan 20, 2017 at

 

For more information about FLAS fellowships, please visit the following website: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/flas/



Sitar and Tabla Class Performance

Dec 8, 2016 at

The Sitar and Tabla Classes at Penn will be performing North Indian classical music. The instructors, Allyn Miner and Aqeel Bhatti, will also be performing. Samosas will be served. 



A Conversation with Michael Collins

Dec 5, 2016 at -

On the occasion of the publication of Telugu Dalit Writing, Michael Collins, a translator of the volume and PhD candidate in South Asian Studies, will speak on on Dalit politics and poetics in South India.