OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

South Asia Program


  • Mythological Stories of Lord Krishna, Shiva and Ram, in Dance (10/12/2007)
  • 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus Presentation (10/16/2007)
  • Public-Private Partnerships in the Industry of Insecurity (10/18/2007)
  • Nandini Sundar Colloquium (10/19/2007)
  • Ending Slavery: How We Free Todays Slaves (10/30/2007)
  • Pakistan: Proclamation of Emergency and Suspension of Constitution on November 3rd (11/8/2007)
  • Pakistan's New Crisis (11/13/2007)
  • Medieval Islamic Mysticism and History in Indo-Persian Cultures (1/17/2008 - 1/18/2008)
  • Performing Arts of Asia Educators Workshop (1/23/2008)
  • Rural Women's Rights Movement in Nepal (2/13/2008)
  • The Foreign Service: A Woman's Perspective (2/13/2008)
  • South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (2/28/2008 - 3/1/2008)
  • Democratic Elections and the Military in Pakistan and Thailand (3/5/2008)
  • Pakistan and the Future(s) of Democracy? (3/8/2008)
  • Degrees Without Freedom (3/10/2008)
  • The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen (3/13/2008)
  • India's New Economy (4/25/2008)
  • Qawwali Music of Pakistan (4/26/2008)
  • Globalization and the Paradox of Indian Democracy (5/7/2008)
  • Assistance with language pronunciation (5/12/2008)
  • The Future of Censorship: The Obscenity of Publicity in India (5/12/2008)
  • Journey for Compassion: My Life as a Tibetan Buddhist Monk (5/19/2008)
  • The Panchen Lama and Tashi Lhunpo: Past, Present and Future (5/21/2008)
  • Baul Songs of Bengal, by Parvathy Baul. (6/8/2008)
  • Life Cycle Rituals and Traditions across Cultures: 2008 Jackson School of International Studies, Summer Seminar for Educators (6/25/2008 - 6/26/2008)
  • DEALING WITH DIFFERENCEReligious Education and the Politics of Pluralism in Pakistan (9/20/2008)
  • Pakistan and its Neighborhood - A Course for the Creative Retirement Institute (9/25/2008 - 10/16/2008)
  • Beyond the American Point of View A Fire-Pot of Tongues Asian Languages in a New Global Environment (11/19/2008)
  • Mumbai Terrorist Attacks Roundtable (12/4/2008)
  • Technology as Savior Computers and Development in Indian Popular Cinema (1/30/2009)
  • Global Health Asia in the 21st Century (2/11/2009)
  • A Matter of Rust Maoist Conflict in Nepal and its Influence on Youth (2/12/2009)
  • Playing with Power States, Art, and Patronage in Jodhpur (2/19/2009)
  • Representations of Conflict in Film, Fiction, and Media of South Asia (2/20/2009 - 2/21/2009)
  • Afghanistan on our Minds and In the Classroom (2/25/2009)
  • Graduate Student Conference of the South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (3/6/2009)
  • South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (3/7/2009)
  • India, Technology and the 21st Century (4/2/2009)
  • Middle East Briefing Current Conditions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan (4/17/2009)
  • The Modern Girl Around the World Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization (4/20/2009)
  • The Indus Civilization and its Writing (4/21/2009)
  • India Distinguished Visitor Program Honorable former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (4/22/2009 - 4/26/2009)
  • Dynamics of Unity of Nations (4/24/2009)
  • Evolution of Enlightened Societies for World Peace (4/25/2009)
  • Off-Ramps on the Superhighway Labor and Longing in the Indian Tech World. (4/29/2009)
  • The Modernity of Race (5/5/2009)
  • The Luce Symposium in Global Religions and Human Security (5/6/2009 - 5/8/2009)
  • Metropolis and Micropolitcs Symposium (5/16/2009 - 5/17/2009)
  • Bhopal 25 Years of Struggle for Environmental Justice Meet the Activists Film Festival and Speaking Event (5/29/2009)
  • Corporate Crime, Environmental Injustice and Toxic Trespass Lessons from the 1984 Union Carbide Gas disaster in Bhopal, India (5/30/2009)
  • Sharia in the Courts Judicial Interpretation of Islamic Law in Modern Muslim States. (6/5/2009 - 6/6/2009)
  • Liquid Planet Exploring Global Water Issues 2009 Summer Seminar (6/24/2009 - 6/25/2009)
  • India and the World Ancient to Modern Times (10/3/2009)
  • Entertaining India (10/8/2009)
  • A Lamp in the Niche (10/10/2009)
  • Contemporary Art in India and Its Global Futures (10/17/2009)
  • Tamil Brahmans and the American Dream (11/3/2009)
  • The Dream of a Philologist Deciphering the Buddhist Legend of Ma.nicuu.da (11/12/2009)
  • Between Globalization and Global Warming The Long and the Short of Human History (11/17/2009)
  • Ideal Wife or Ideal Lover Hindu Goddesses in Myth and Movie (12/2/2009)
  • Overtaken By Events A Pakistan Road Trip Slide show presentation (12/3/2009)
  • Three Cups of Tea Islam and Schooling in AsiaProfessional Development for Educators Workshop (12/8/2009)
  • Shantala Shivalingappa (2/11/2010 - 2/13/2010)
  • In Silence Maternal Mortality in India (2/13/2010)
  • Exploring Asia The Environment (4/7/2010)
  • Qawwali From Sufi Ritual Music To World Pop (4/10/2010)
  • Swat An Analysis of Political, Administrative, Socio-Political and Economic Developments (4/13/2010)
  • Moonset on Sunrise Mountain Narrative, Politics, and the Accession of Kulottunga Cola I (4/19/2010)
  • Religion and Empire in South Asia, 1500-1800 (4/22/2010)
  • Mahanubhav Pilgrimage Traditions and the Religious Archaeology of Maharashtra (5/6/2010)
  • K-8 Art Mosaics Educator Workshop - Movement and Music across the Curriculum II (5/8/2010)
  • The Twin Stories of Diana and Bhagirathi How Health Information, Technologies and Rights Can Transform Lives (5/8/2010)
  • For the Gods Love the Obscure On Translating the Rig Veda (5/12/2010)
  • The Middle East and South Asia from 1200 to the Present From Major Source of Influence to Increasingly Indias Backyard (5/13/2010)
  • Development, Diaspora and the Next Generation Mapping, Learning, and Building South Asian Community (5/15/2010)
  • Building Bridges of Understanding Between America and Pakistan Through Up Close and Personal Humanitarian Assistance and Long Term Community Empowerment Projects (5/25/2010)
  • High Rise Anxiety Social and Cultural Respones to Dengue Epidemics in Singapore and Delhi (5/27/2010)
  • Nine Lives In Search of the Sacred in Modern India a reading by author William Dalrymple (6/24/2010)
  • Summer Seminar A World of Food Growing It, Shipping It, Selling It (6/28/2010 - 6/29/2010)
  • K.G. Subramanyan 1924- The Art School and the Living Tradition (7/22/2010)
  • Master of Early Modern Painting in India--A Woman from Hungary? Amrita Sher-Gil 1913-1941 (7/22/2010)
  • Myth and Folk Traditions of India Meet Modern Painting K.G. Subramanyam 1924- (7/27/2010)
  • Bhupen Khakhar 1934-2003 The City and the World of the Bazaar (7/29/2010)
  • Painter of People, Narrative, and Sexual Identity Bhupen Khakar 1934-2003 (7/29/2010)
  • The Many Truths Diversity of the Sacred in Indian History and Architecture (9/25/2010)
  • Mystic Shrines as the Gateway to Memory and Anticipation (10/2/2010)
  • Globalization, Crisis, and Industrial Relations in the Indian Auto Industry (10/4/2010)
  • Information cultures and film practices in India 1920s-1950s (10/7/2010)
  • Circling the Center Pilgrimage in the Tibetan Cultural World (10/9/2010)
  • On the Difficulty of Doing Good Ethics from the Mahabharata (10/16/2010)
  • The Sacred Site of the Self in Hinduism Temple, Society, and the Yoga Body (10/23/2010)
  • At Home with Madhur Jaffrey Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (10/28/2010)
  • China and India Cooperation, Competition or Conflict? (11/16/2010)
  • Saving the World through Commerce? Buddhists, Merchants, and Mercantilism in the Early India (11/19/2010)
  • Akhtar Badshah introduces Technology at the Margins How IT Meets the Needs of Emerging Markets (12/2/2010)
  • Homayun Sakhi - Afghan Musician (1/21/2011)
  • Strong on Growth, Weak on Democracy The Struggle for Human Security and Development in India and China (2/15/2011)
  • South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest SACPAN (3/5/2011)
  • Gandhis Time Making a Nation (4/6/2011)
  • Seattles Got it Covered Locals Pioneer a New Wave of International Journalism (4/7/2011)
  • Challenging Pakistans 18th Amendment the importance of Judicial Review (4/11/2011)
  • The Post-colonial New Media Event The Secret and the Transparent in Contemporary India (4/28/2011)
  • Exploring Asia Human Rights. A Workshop for Teachers (5/4/2011)
  • Presentation by Aarti Kawlra Incubation as Process - From Project to Enterprise The Case of ROPE (5/4/2011)
  • Reading the Epistolary Arts Back into Mughal History Letters from a Punjabi Brahman in King Shah Jahans Court (5/12/2011)
  • Colombo versus Cannanore Contrasting Structures of Early Colonial Port Cities in South Asia (5/16/2011)
  • Persian Vernaculars Series The Politics of Piety Of Some Sufi Critiques of Religious Truth and Mughal Regime. (5/19/2011)
  • Persian Vernaculars Series Persian-Urdu Literary Cultures in Eighteenth Century North India The Divans of Faiz Dihlavi (5/26/2011)
  • Lecture Dr. Amita Baviskar Good to Eat, Good to Think Changing Food Practices in India (6/2/2011)
  • DEVELOPMENT, DIASPORA AND THE NEXT GENERATION WOMEN AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (6/8/2011)
  • 2011 Summer Seminar For Educators - Living History Global Storytelling Through Digital Media (6/27/2011 - 6/28/2011)
  • 2011 Community College Master Teacher Institute Social Media and Social Change (7/14/2011 - 7/16/2011)
  • Pakistans War with Itself-a talk by Pamela Constable (9/15/2011)
  • History, Evolution, Current Status, Challenges and Reforms in Medical Education and Public Health in India (9/28/2011)
  • Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan will read from her play Water Lilies (10/7/2011)
  • Rubaiyat Hossain talks about her film Meherjaan (10/10/2011)
  • Khaled Hosseini Interview (10/11/2011)
  • HE Jonathan Addleton, US Ambassador to Mongolia on Why Mongolia Matters (10/17/2011)
  • River of Smoke reading by author Amitav Ghosh (10/17/2011)
  • Amitav Ghosh Talk (10/18/2011)
  • Reconciling Community Realities with Evidence-Based Policy Making Challenges in Meeting MDG-5 A Case Study of India (10/18/2011)
  • Pakistan Today Top Ten Things Your Students Should Know (10/27/2011)
  • Dr. Dibalok Singha, the founder of Dushtha Shasthya Kendra DSK in Bangladesh (11/2/2011)
  • A Conversation about South Asia Resource Collections and Other Resources (11/3/2011)
  • Chai Why?The Making of the Indian National Drink--a talk by Philip Lutgendorf (11/10/2011)
  • Looking Through the Lens of the Ramayana (11/12/2011)
  • Meaning in the Margins Kannada Captions in a Persian Manuscript from the Deccan (11/18/2011)
  • Ba-yaad-e Faiz In Memory of Faiz Ahmad Faiz 1911-1984 (11/19/2011)
  • The Ramayana in Indian Art (11/19/2011)
  • A multilingual poet in eighteenth-century India A Krishnabhaktas experiments with Urdu (11/29/2011)
  • Sita in Bollywood Filmi Ideals of Conjugal Love (12/3/2011)
  • The U.S.-India Commercial RelationshipThe Knowledge Economyfeaturing keynote presentations by Secretary Rahul Khullar, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of Indiaand Under Secretary Francisco Snchez, International Trade Administration,U.S. Department of Commerce (12/4/2011)
  • What if the Garden Stones Could Sing? (12/17/2011)
  • Briefing on the Forum on U.S.-India Commercial Relations The Knowledge Economy (1/10/2012)
  • Self Branding Urban Spaces and Middle Class Culture in Hyderabad (2/2/2012)
  • All of the Monks Have Guns? On the Tibetan Cultural Psychology of Anger and Construction Political Non-violence (2/8/2012)
  • Behind the Beautiful Forevers Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (2/14/2012)
  • A Century almost of Ghalibs English Translations A Historical and Comparative Perspective (2/16/2012)
  • The Future of Asias Cities Design, Environment, Health (2/18/2012 - 4/7/2012)
  • Fabricating Extra-ordinary Criminality colonial police, indigenous elites and the Goondas panic in Calcutta, 1919-1929 (2/22/2012)
  • Mental Health and MCH in South Asia (3/29/2012)
  • Nepals Female Community Health Volunteer A Success Story! (4/5/2012)
  • Making Postcolonial Futures The Slum-Free Cities of the Asian Century (4/6/2012)
  • Asian Urbanism Negotiating the Global (4/7/2012)
  • Fertility, Child Survival, and Kinship Patterns Northeast India (4/12/2012)
  • Links between Natural Resource Use, Natural Resource Management and Health in South Asia and the Broader Developing World (4/19/2012)
  • Space Within Limits How Nepali Student Activists Position themselves in the Political Landscape (4/19/2012)
  • Music of Afghanistan with Homayoun Sakhi and Salar Nader (4/24/2012)
  • Translating Innovation for Maternal Child Health in South Asia (4/26/2012)
  • Music of Afghanistan with HomayounSakhi and Salar Nader (4/29/2012)
  • Islam in Asia Newspapers in Education (5/2/2012)
  • Child Psychiatry in South Asia (5/3/2012)
  • Gender Bias, Credit Constraints, Female Mortality and Time Allocation in Rural India (5/3/2012)
  • New Geographies of Feminist Art -GWSS Departmental Colloquium (5/9/2012)
  • Maternal and Child Health in South Asia Challenges and Opportunities (5/10/2012)
  • Development, Diaspora and the Next Generation III Maternal and Child Health in South Asia Workshop (5/12/2012)
  • The Reception of Carol Salomons Fieldwork among the Bauls of Bangladesh (5/14/2012)
  • Community-Based Management of Neonatal Infections - Lessons Learned (5/17/2012)
  • Maternal Health in South Asia Factors influencing Care-seeking and Care Provision (5/17/2012)
  • Presentation of the Frank Conlon Fellowship Award and presentation by Prof. Frank Conlon on What I Learned at School and Elsewhere--Reflections on an Academic Life (5/17/2012)
  • Welcoming Vali An Exploration of the Literary Legacy of Vali Dakhani (5/18/2012)
  • Urban Reproductive Health in Uttar Pradesh (5/24/2012)
  • Uterotonic Quality, Perceptions and Use in two states in India Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh (5/24/2012)
  • Storytelling and Co-authorship in Feminist Alliance Work Reflections from a Journey (5/25/2012)
  • Empire of Convicts Indian Exile Stories from Colonial Singapore (5/30/2012)
  • Women and Children Through the Lifecycle (5/31/2012)
  • Lets Talk About Teaching Foreign Languages (6/2/2012)
  • Hindi Teacher Training Workshop for Startalk Instructors (6/30/2012)
  • Ramayana Youth Ensemble at ACT Theater (7/10/2012)

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