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• Posted Selected New Titles in Ames Library - May 2013 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in April 2013. Or click here to download a copy....
• Posted Selected New Titles in Ames Library - April 2013 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in March 2013. Or click here to download a copy....
• Posted Selected New Titles in Ames Library - March 2013 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in February 2013. Or click here to download a copy....
• Posted Movies on or from India to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Over the past 3 years we've added nearly 400 movies on or about India, more than doubling the size of our collection. These include films of all types from Bollywood to regional cinema to documentaries to art films, old and...
• Posted Talk: Math in China, India, and the West-- Can We Compare Their Achievements Objectively? to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Math in China, India, and the West Can We Compare Their Achievements Objectively? lecture by David Mumford Brown University Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Time: 7:00 pm Place: 175 Willey Hall From Victorian England until quite recently, it was accepted...
• Posted Selected New Titles in Ames Library - February 2013 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in January 2013. Or click here to download a copy....
• Posted Event: The Sugar in the Milk Trilogy to South Asia Research and Teaching
  The Sugar in the Milk Trilogy is a series of three solo shows created by Zaraawar Mistry from 2002 to 2012. Date & Time: Fri-Sat, Feb 1-2, Mar 1-2 and Apr 5-6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15-$30 for each play...
• Posted Resident Director positions for summer language programs in India to South Asia Research and Teaching
  There are three resident director positions available for the Critical Languages Scholarship program's summer programs in India, operated by AIIS. The three positions would be Punjabi in Chandigarh, Urdu in Lucknow and Hindi in Jaipur. Details available by clicking the...
• Posted NEH SUMMER SEMINAR FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS: India's Past and the Making of the Present to South Asia Research and Teaching
  NEH SUMMER SEMINAR FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS India's Past and the Making of the Present A four-week institute for twenty-four higher education faculty to study the history and culture of India in New Delhi and other important sites on...
• Posted Hindi teaching position for the spring semester to South Asia Research and Teaching
  The Department of Asian Languages and Literatures is looking for a Hindi Teacher this semester. If you know of someone who has native or near-native proficiency in Hindi please encourage him/her to apply for the position. The posting for this...
• Posted Spring Course: Topics in Asian Culture- Exploring India: Languages, Literatures, and Film (ALL 3920) to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Undergraduate Course ALL 3920, "Topics in Asian Culture - Exploring India: Languages, Literatures, and Film" will be taught spring 2013 by Dr. Sungok Hong. This course will explore the languages of India from genealogical, linguistic, typological, historical and sociological perspectives....
• Posted Selected New Titles in Ames Library - January 2013 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in December 2012. Or click here to download a copy. Noteworthy -- we received two books of special interest, the first by...
• Posted Selected New Titles in Ames Library - December 2012 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in November 2012. Or click here to download a copy....
• Posted Matt Rahaim reads from his new book Musicking Bodies: Gesture and Voice in Hindustani Music to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Musicking Bodies: Gesture and Voice in Hindustani Music Matt Rahaim reads from his new book Date: 11/29/2012 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: U of M Bookstore Coffman Memorial Union Cost: Free Description: Matthew Rahaim, local author and University...
• Posted Sainath Lecture - India in the Age of Inequality: Farm crisis, food crisis & the media to South Asia Research and Teaching
  India in the Age of Inequality: Farm crisis, food crisis & the media by P. Sainath Date: 11/15/2012 Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Location: 1210 Heller Hall Series: ICGC Distinguished Public Lecture While India has caught the attention of...
• Posted Selected New Titles in Ames Library - November 2012 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in October 2012. Or click here to download a copy....
• Posted Screening of Jai Bhim Comrade by Anand Patwardhan to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Screening of Jai Bhim Comrade by Anand Patwardhan, Visiting Humphrey Professor Macalester College Date: Monday, November 12, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm Location: John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the campus center at Macalester College Open to the public. Synopsis: For...
• Posted Talk by Richa Nagar, November 2 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  "Storytelling and Co-authorship in Feminist Alliance Work: Reflections From a Journey" Talk by Richa Nagar Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies University of Minnesota Date: 11/02/2012 Time: 1:00 - 2:15 PM Location: 400 Ford Hall If all writing is...
• Posted AIIS summer 2013 and academic year 2013-2014 language programs to South Asia Research and Teaching
  The American Institute of Indian Studies welcomes applications for its summer 2013 and academic year 2013-2014 language programs. Programs to be offered include Hindi (Jaipur), Bengali (Kolkata), Punjabi (Chandigarh), Tamil (Madurai); Marathi (Pune), Urdu (Lucknow), Telugu (Vizag), Malayalam (Thiruvananthapuram) and...
• Posted Boren Scholarships and Fellowships to South Asia Research and Teaching
  The applications for the 2013-2014 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available at www.borenawards.org Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America,...
• Posted Sardar Patel Award 2012 for best dissertation to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Sardar Patel Award 2012 Call for Submissions The UCLA Center for India and South Asia, and the Department of History, UCLA announce the Sardar Patel Award for the best dissertation submitted at any American university on the subject of modern...
• Posted Urbanization Postdoc Opportunity in Bangalore to South Asia Research and Teaching
  The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore announces a postdoctoral position under the collaborative research project with the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, entitled 'The Great Transformation: Urban Land...
• Posted "The Long 1980s" conference (New Delhi): registration open to South Asia Research and Teaching
  In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the American Institute of Indian Studies, we invite you to join us on December 21-22, 2012 in Delhi to discuss The Long 1980s: Recovering a 'Lost Decade.' Book-ended by the dramatic historical markers...
• Posted AIIS Book Prize Competitions for 2013 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  In order to promote scholarship in South Asian Studies, the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) announces the award of two prizes each year for the best unpublished book manuscript on an Indian subject, one in the humanities, "The Edward...
• Posted Talk by the Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Dr. Lobsang Sangay to South Asia Research and Teaching
  On his first official state visit to Minnesota, the Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, will be speaking on campus in a guest lecture on US-China relations, the situation inside Tibet, and human rights in the region,...
• Posted Selected New Titles in Ames Library - October 2012 to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Below you can read a list of selected new titles added to the Ames Library of South Asia in September 2012. Or click here to download a copy....
• Posted Macalester Event: Screening of Jai Bhim Camrade to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Screening of Jai Bhim Comrade by Anand Patwardhan Date: Monday, November 12, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm Location: John B. Davis Lecture Hall in the campus center at Macalester College Open to the public. Review: http://kafila.org/2012/03/21/jai-bhim-comrade-patwardhan/...
• Posted Yale South Asian Studies Post-Doc to South Asia Research and Teaching
  Applications are invited for Post Doctoral Fellowships in South Asian Studies (Humanities and Social Sciences) South Asian Studies Council of The MacMillan Center, Yale University: Yale South Asian Studies PostDoc...
• Posted UMN Recital: Indian Vocal Music by Vikas Kashalkar to South Asia Research and Teaching
  This will be a Hindustani (North Indian) Vocal Recital by Vikas Kashalkar of Pune, India, a prominent vocalist of the Gwalior Gharana. Date: 09/29/2012 Time: 8:00 PM Location: Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall Ferguson Hall Contact: Name: Matthew Rahaim E-mail: mrahaim@umn.edu...
• Posted Performance: The Other Mr. Gandhi to South Asia Research and Teaching
  The Other Mr. Gandhi a one-man fictional drama, written, performed and directed by Zaraawar Mistry Fri-Sat, October 5-6 at 7:30 p.m. Dreamland Arts 677 Hamline Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55104 651-645-5506 www.dreamlandarts.com In December 1971 war breaks out between...