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Fall 2004 DECEMBER 2004 SATURDAY, DEC 4, 2004 'PROTECTING THE FAITH: EXPLORING THE CONCERNS OF JAIN MONASTIC RULES' AS PART OF FRANCES AND ERNEST BENDER LECTURE Phyllis Granoff, McMaster University Venue: 816 Williams Hall, 36th & Spruce Street Time: 2:00pm –  4:00pm Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies FRIDAY, DEC 3, 2004 'POSTCOLONIAL APORIAS: FUNDAMENTALISM, GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION REFRM IN INIDA' AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SEMINAR SERIES Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts, Amherst  Venue: GSE, Room 427, 3700 Walnut Street Time: 12:00 noon Co-sponsored by Graduate School of Education and South Asia Center, UPenn November 2004 SATURDAY, NOV 20, 2004 'RANG' HOSTED BY BRYN MAWR SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION HIGHLIGHTS THE 'MULTIFACETED IDENTITY OF SOUTH ASIA' Venue: Thomas Great Hall, Bryn Mawr College Time: 8:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center FRIDAY, NOV 19 2004 'CELEBRATING SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE' Allyn Miner, Sitar Presentation, Haimanti Banerjee, Linguistic Diversity Venue: Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA Time: 1:10pm – 2:50pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center THURSDAY, NOV 18, 2004 'CONTEXTUALIZING MONSOON WEDDING AND BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM' Haimanti Banerjee, South Asia Center Venue: Bodine High School for International Students Time: 1:10pm - 2:50pm THURSDAY, NOV 18, 2004 'LANGUAGE FACTOR IN INDIAN DIASPORA' Surendra Gambhir and Fariha Khan, University of Pennsylvania Venue: Crest Room, Arch Building, 3601 Locust Walk Time: 5:00pm Co-sponsored by Asian American Studies Program TUESDAY, NOV 16, 2004 'INDIA PRESENT AND PAST' Haimanti Banerjee, Ali A. Dinar, Nicole Riley, Kathy Spillman (UPenn) Venue: Class of ’55, VanPelt Library Time: 4:30pm Co-sponsored by African Studies Center, Center for East Asian Studies, Middle East Center and South Asia Center MONDAY, NOV 13, 2004 'DIWALI BEATS' PRESENTED BY RANGOLI Venue: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall Co-sponsored by South Asia Center THURSDAY, NOV 11, 2004 'ON PUTTING TIME IN ITS PLACE' PRESENTED BY ETHNOHISTORY PROGRAM Kathleen D. Morrison, University of Chicago Venue: Room 345, University Museum Time: 4:30pm – 6:30pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center TUESDAY, NOV 9, 2004 KHYAL VOCAL MUSIC Pandit Vishwanath Shrikhande, Venue: 812 Williams Hall Time: 3:00pm and 5:00pm Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies SATURDAY, NOV 6, 2004 HINDI-URDU WORKSHOP Gagan Gill , (Hindi, India) and Shahida Hasan , (Urdu, Pakistan) Venue: Logan Hall, Terrace Room Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm Cosposnored by Department of South Asia Studies OCTOBER 2004 SATURDAY, OCT 30, 2004 'AN IDEA NAMED MEERA' PRESENTED BY THE LIBERTY FOUNDATION Mallika Sarabhai  the Darpana troupe Venue: Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center for Performing Arts Time: 7:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center FRIDAY, OCT 29, 2004 'RECEPTION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDETS AND SCHOLARS' HOSTED BY UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Venue: Chinese Rotunda, University Museum Co-sponsored by South Asia Center and other Penn and non-Penn institutions WEDNESDAY, OCT 27, 2004 'FROM HARAPPA TO HASTINAPURA: A STUDY OF THE EARLIEST SOUTH ASIAN CITY AND CIVILIZATION FROM THE PINT OF VIEW OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT INDIAN LITERATURE' Peter Eltsov Venue: 632 Williams Hall Time: 4:30pm Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies and Department of Anthropology SUNDAY, OCT. 24, 2004 'AAINA' PRESENTED BY SOUTH ASIA SOCIETY Venue: Irvine Auditorium Time: 7:30pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center SATURDAY, OCT 23, 2004 'IN INK: A CELEBRATION OF SOUTH ASIAN WRITING' ORGANIZED BY PROJECT IMPACT Shashi Tharoor, Vijay Prashad, Bapsi Sidhwa, Samina Ali and others. Venue: Penn campus Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center FRIDAY, OCT 22, 2004 SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC Sanjoy Bandopadhyay (sitar) and Sai Shyam (tabla) Venue: Hamilton College House Time: 7:30pm Co-sponsored Department of South Asia Studies WEDNESDAY, OCT 20, 2004 'BAUL SONGS OF BENGAL' Purna Das Baul and group Venue: Hamilton Rooftop Lounge Time: 7:00pm Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies MONDAY, OCT 18, 2004 '2004 NJCSS ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE' Venue: National Conference Center at Ramada Inn, East Windsor, NJ Time: 4:30pm Co-sponsored with Center for East Asian Studies and Center for Africana Studies THURSDAY, OCT 14, 2004 SOUTH ASIAN DANCE Bala Devi Chandrashekhar Venue: 812 Williams Hall Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies TUESDAY, OCT 12, 2004 'COMBINIG REGIONAL AND WORLD HISTORIES' AS PART OF ANNENBERG'S DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES Aditya Behl, Lynn Lees, Lee Cassanelli, Bob Vitalis (UPenn) Venue: University Museum at UPenn Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 2004 'MAHATMA GANDHI: MY LIFE IS MY MESSAGE' PRESENTED BY PAACH Srimati Kamala. Gandhi Memorial Foundation Venue: Fireside Lounge, ARCH Building Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center SEPTEMBER 2004 THURSDAY, SEP 30, 2005 SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC Satish Vyas (santur) and Mukundraj Deo (tabla) Venue: Hamilton Rooftop Lounge Time: 7:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Studies TUESDAY, SEP 28, 2004 'SOUTH ASIAN FAMILIES: SEEKING HEALTH CARE: DOCTORS AND PATIENTS' PRESENTED BY PENN MEDICAL SCHOOL Vinod K. Bhutani, UPenn Venue: Reunion Hall, John Morgan Building Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center MONDAY, SEP 27, 2004 'DISCOVERY OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION' AS PART OF THE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM Nayanjot Lahihi, Delhi University Venue: Room 345, University Museum Time: 4:30pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, SEP 22-24, 2004 'BRINGING THE WORLD THE PENNSYLVANIA' ORGANIZED BY PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION Venue: Penn State University, University Park Campus Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center and others TUESDAY, SEP 21, 2004 SOUTH ASIAN RESOURCES FOR K-12 EDUCATION PRESENTED AT THE 'DIVERSITY TASK FORCE' ORGANIZED AT THE BUCKS COUNTY INTERMEDIATE UNIT #22 Haimanti Banerjee, South Asia Center Venue: Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22 Time: 12:30pm - 3:00pm SATURDAY, SEP 11, 2004 TASK BASED CURRICULUM ORGANIZED BY PENN LANGUAGE CENTER Vijay Gambhir, Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Audrey Mbeje (UPenn) Venue: Logan Hall, Terrace Room Time: 8:45am - 3:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center Summer 2004 JULY 2004 THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JUL 8- JUL 10: , 2004 'HANDICRAFTS OF NOMADIC RABARI OF KUTCH' PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM THURSDAY, JUL 8: , 2004 'EMPOWERMENT THROUGH TEXTILES: THE KALA RAKSHA STORY' Judy Frater, founder of Kala Raksha Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm FRIDAY, JUL 9: , 2004 EMBROIDER WORKSHOP Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm SATURDAY, JUL 10: , 2004 RABARI MARKET Time: 11:00am 4:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center JUNE 2004 THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JUN 24-25, 2004 'ESL AMONG SOUTH ASIAN STUDENTS' AND 'SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE' PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR K-12 TEACHERS North Penn School District, ESC, Hancock and Church Road, North Wales, PA and Mary Ann Julian (UPenn) Venue: North Penn School District, ESC, Hancock and Church Road, North Wales, PA Time: 9:00am - 4:30 pm Co-sponsored by English Language Programs, UPenn SUNDAY, JUN 6, 2004 BHARATHNATYAM DANCE Julian(UPenn) Venue: Northeast Regional Library, 2228 Cottman Avenue(near Bustletown), Philadelphia. Time: 2:00 pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center TUESDAY, JUN 2, 2004 'INDIA TODAY: THE MODERN AND THE TRADITIONAL' Haimanti Banerjee South Asia Center Venue: West Catholic High School Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm Spring 2004 MAY 2004 TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004 'ART FORMS IN ISLAM': SCHOOL OUTREACH Pushkar Sohni, Art History (UPenn) Venue: Colonial Elementary School, Colonial School District Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center MON-FRIDAY, MAY 10-14, 2004 'ART FORMS IN ISLAM': SCHOOL OUTREACH Pushkar Sohni, Art History (UPenn) Venue: Colonial Elementary School, Colonial School District Time: 9:00am-5:00 pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center APRIL 2005 SATURDAY, APR 24 2004 'AN EVENING WITH ZIA MOHYEDDIN' PRESENTED BY PENN PAKISTAN SOCIETY AND THE UNDERGROUND SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Zia Mohyeddin Venue: Myerson Hall, B-1 Time: 7:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center SATURDAY, APR 24, 2004 PENN SOUTH ASIA FORUM: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SALT RANGE CULTURE ZONE DISCUSSANTS: Discussants: Zulfiqar Gilani, Rector, Foundation University, Islamabad .Wilma Heston, American Institute of Pakistan Studies, Philadelphia.Presenters: Brian Spooner, President, American Institute of Pakistan Studies. Adam Nayyar, National Institute of Folk Heritage, Islamabad, Government of Pakistan .Michael W. Meister, University of Pennsylvania. Abdur Rehman, University of Punjab, Lahore. Anees ur Rahman, Himalayan Wild Life Foundation, Islamabad. Syed Rafiq ul Hassan Baqri, Pakistan Museum of Natural History.Shahbaz Khan, Government of Punjab, Lahore .Randall Law, University of Wisconsin, Madison Venue: First Floor, 3619 Locust Walk (4/24/04) Time: 10:00am-5:00 pm Co-sponsored by American Institute of Pakistan Studies and Department of South Asia Studies WEDNESDAY, APR 21, 2004 'NEW HORIZONS IN U.S. RELATIONS' PRESENTED BY CASI Christina B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs. Venue: Terrace Room, Logan Hall Time: 4:40pm - 6:00pm : Lecture; 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Reception Co-sponsored by South Asia Center THURSDAY, APR 20, 2004 'HOW THE HINDUS BECAME JEWS: AMERICAN RACISM AFTER 9/11' PRESENTED BY CASI Vijay Prashad, Trinity College Venue: Crest Room, ARCH Building Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center, A.S.A.M., Center for Africana Studies, Department of English, Department of Political Science, Fox Leadership Program, G.A.A.S.A.M., G.I.C., Makuu, Oracle, P.A.A.C.H., Sangam FRIDAY, APR 16, 2004 EXPLORING INTERNATIONAL CAREERS IN AFRICA, ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST CAREERS DAY MINI-CONFERENCE Scott C. Elwell, Schoener & Kascavage, PC Janet J. Mangano, PNC Bank Venue: Griski Room (Rm 311), Houston Hall Time: 9:30 am - 12:45 pm Co-sponsored by African Studies Center, Center for East Asian Studies, Middle East Center and South Asia Center THURSDAY, APR 15, 2004 'THE LEGACY OF MALTHUS': FILM ON POPULATION ISSUES IN INDIA': FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION Deepa Dhanraj, Film-maker Venue: Film Studies Room (Rm425), VanPelt Library Time: 4:30-6:30pm Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies THURSDAY,APR 15, 2004 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE The Gundecha Brothers, Dhrupad vocal music with a Surbahar performance by Shubha Sankaran Venue: Hamilton House Rooftop Lounge Time: 7:00 pm Co-sponsored by South Asia Center SATURDAY, APR 10, 2004 'INDO-US RELATIONS' Dr.Pramathesh Rath, Consul-General of India in New York Venue: Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall Time: 10:30 to 11:50 a.m. Lecture12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Reception Co-sponsored by Rangoli & CASI FRIDAY, APR 9, 2004 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Shujaat Khan and Debashish Bhattacharya on Sitar and slide guitar; accompanied by Shubhankar Banerjee and Shubhashish Bhattacharya on the Tabla Venue: Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center Time: 8:00 pm Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies and SRUTI THURSDAY, APR 8, 2004 'HISTORICIZING MALAYALAM CINEMA' Muraleedharan Tharayil, Visiting Indian scholar from New York Venue: Room 116, College of Nursing Building Time: 12:00noon - 1:30pm Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies MARCH 2004 SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2004 TRANTRA RITUAL IN CONTEXT : PENN SOUTH ASIA FORUM TANTRA WORKSHOP Judit Torzsok, Maitre de conferences Universite Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille 3. Gudrun Buhnemann, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Harunaga Isaacson, University of Pennsylvania. Tamara Sears, University of Pennsylvania. Shaman Hatley, University of Pennsylvania Venue: Jaffe 113 Time: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Co-sponsored by Department of South Asia Studies