THIS SATURDAY!
Download our Contemplation and Meditation in South Asia poster to hear about the exciting things going on 
here this weekend (.pdf, 1.5MB)!
Can't make our lectures?
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Dr. Bharati Jagannathan, "Places and Stories: Pilgrimage in Tamil Srivaisnavism" Download here
Dr. Anad Yang, "Chin aur Hind: An Indian Subaltern in China, 1900-1901," Download here
Dr. Christi Merrill, "The Ethics of Non-Equivalence: Inequities in Marketing Dalit Narratives of Suffering," Download here
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South Asia Newsletter
We've published our inaugural South Asia Center newsletter, discucsing all the exciting things going on in the U.Va. South Asia community! Check it out here (.pdf, 5.2MB)!
South Asia in the News
Read about the fascinating trip undertaken by Architecture School students to India in order to explore the design and construction of buildings across India!
Full article can be found here
The South Asia Center Events - Spring 2013
Please see our archive of past events to see all the exciting things going on at the South Asia Center!
January 25th, 1 PM
"Human Habitats and Ideologoies of Sustainability in Kathmandu and Mumbai"
Anne Rademacher, New York University
Brooks Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room
Hosted by the Department of Anthropology
Part of the Mellon Interdisciplinary Hiring Initiative
January 25th, 3 PM
"Places and Stories: Pilgrimage in Tamil Srivaisnavism"
Bharati Jagannathan, University of Delhi
Nau 341
February 1st, 1 PM
"Dogs and Humans and What Silt Wants to Be: The Claims and Limits of the Non-Human in the Jamuna"
Naveeda Khan, Johns Hopkins University
Brooks Hall Commons
Hosted by the Department of Anthropology
Part of the Mellon Interdisciplinary Hiring Initiative
February 1st, 2 PM
"From Delight to Wisdom: the Nature of Peotry and its Healing Effect "
Salman Akhtar, Thomas Jefferson University, Son of the Urdu poet Jan Nisar Akhtar
Minor Hall Lecture Hall
February 1st, 5 - 6 PM
"A Reading of the Author's Poetry "
Salman Akhtar, Thomas Jefferson University, Son of the Urdu poet Jan Nisar Akhtar
Hotel A Conference Room
February 22nd, 3 PM
"Chin aur Hind: An Indian Subaltern in China, 1900-1901"
Anand Yang, University of Washington, Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Nau 211
March 1st, 3 PM
"The Ethics of Non-Equivalence: Inequities in Marketing Dalit Narratives of Suffering "
Christi Merrill, University of Michigan, Associate Chair of the Center for South Asian Studies
Nau 341.
March 27th, 5 PM
"Beyond Charity: Poverty, Gender, and Local Islam in Contemporary India"
Danielle Widmann Abraham, James Madison University
Nau 341
April 6th, 9 AM - 5 PM
Contemplation and Medicine in South Asia and Beyond: A One-Day Conference
Featuring Frederick M. Smith (University of Iowa), Dagmar Wujastyk (University of Zurich), Roshi Joan Halifax (Upaya Zen Center), and many others
Campbell 153
April 12th, TBA
"Rising Powers and Global Governance: Reforming a Resilient Status Quo"
Miles Kahler, University of California, San Diego
TBA
Part of the lecture series in Peace-making and Keeping Operations