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Calendar of Events Details
Saturday May 1, 2010,
Jordan Hall Rm 1-5, 6-8 PM - SPICMACAY at UVA in association with SHEMAROO ENTERTAINMENT present A Special Screening of the Critically Acclaimed Documentary "PANCHAM UNMIXED : The Life and Work of Rahul Dev Burman," directed by Brahmanand Singh, for more information on this event click here
April 24, 2010, 7:00 pm, McKim Hall Auditorium (Entrance from Hospital West Complex):Sarod Recital by K. Sridhar in Concert (see flier here)
April 22, 2010, 4:00 PM, Rouss Hall Room 410 "Permanently Impermanent: Dubai's Migrant Workers," by Syed Ali (Professor of Sociology, Long Island University) for more information on this event click here
April 15, 2010, 4:00 PM, Monroe Hall 115, The South Asian Leadership Society Presents 'U.S. - India Economic Relations, by Mr. Sanjay Puri (chairman of the U.S.-India Political Action Committee, founder and CEO of OPTIMOS, Inc.), for more information 
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April 10, 2010 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, "Tibetan Social Business Symposium" Abbott Auditorium, Darden School of Business (for more information click here)
South Asia Film Series "Fact, Film and Fiction in India's History," presented by Ezra Rashkow (Dept. of History), every Tuesday at 7:00 PM in Cabell 311, for the full screening schedule 
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Friday March 19, 2010 - Monroe Hall 124 - 3:00 pm, Aparajita Goyal (an economist for the Development Research Group of the World Bank) presenting
"Can Changes in Inheritance Legislation Improve Female Asset Ownership? Evidence from India’s Hindu Succession Act."
Thursday March 18, 2010 - Clark Hall 107 - 6:15 pm : Ian Alsop (a contributor to the MacMillan Dictionary of Art , The Art of Tibet: Towards a Definition of Style and the Marg volume on the Art of Nepal) presenting "Contemporary Art in Lhasa, a Visual Introduction."
Tuesday March 2, 2010 - Gibson Room of Cocke Hall - 5:00 pm,
Peter Bang, (University of Copenhagen) presents
"Universal Empire: the state, heterogeneous power and hegemony in the Roman and Mughal worlds," (co-sponsored by History and Classics Departments)
February 25-26, 2010 - U.S. Pakistan Relations Conference - Harrison Institute Auditorium (2/25, 4-5:30 PM) Wilson Hall Auditorium (2/26, 3-6 PM) -
A unique conference on relations between the U.S. and Pakistan with several well-known experts on the topic, for conference details click here
Friday January 29, 2010 - Campbell 160 - 3:00 pm, Preminda Jacob (Assistant Professor of Art History and Theory in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Maryland) presenting "Person, Myth and Icon: The Visual Culture of Charisma in the Transformation of Tamil Nationalism."
Friday January 27, 2010 - Caplin Pavilion - 6:00 pm, join the Law School Human Rights Program at a reception welcoming Rashida Manjoo (U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and UVA Distinguished International Fellow in Residence and Visiting Research Professor)
Friday December 4, 2009 - Shea House 211 - 3:00 pm, Richard Cohen on
"Sufism and Syncretism in Early Indo-Islamic Literature: Mulla Da'ud's Chandayan as Exemplary Text"
Friday November 20, 2009 - Clark 101 - 3:00 pm, Anne Blackburn on
"19th-century Lankan Monastic Fascinations with Siam"
Friday October 23, 2009 - Campbell 160 - 3:00 pm, John A. Ardussi on
“Patterns from the Past in Modern Bhutan: Bhutan’s Evolving Presence in the Himalayan Community"
Friday October 16, 2009 - Minor 125 - 1:00 pm, Brinda Bose on "The Transnational Trials of Taslima Nasrin"
Thurday October 15, 2009 - Minor 110 - 11:00 am, Tea with Brinda Bose, Associate Professor of English, Delhi University
Friday October 9, 2009 - Clark 101 - 3:00 pm, Ezra Rashkow on "Perfumed the Axe that Laid it Low: the Endangerment of Sandalwood in South Asian and Global Context"
Sunday September 20, 2009 - University Hall - 2:30 pm, Talk by 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, "the founder of microfinance" . Parking at John Paul Jonea Arena and U Hall parking lots.
September 18-19, 2009 - Newcomb 168 - 9:30 -5pm and 9:30-11am, "Literary History Workshop: Recasting Urdu-Hindi-Braj Literary Histories"
Thursday September 17, 2009 - Cabell 423 - 4:00 pm, Hari Shankar Prasad on "Buddhism: Equating Religion with Ethics"
Past Events
September 12-13, 2008 URDU FEST. Cotemporary and Historical Facets of Urdu and its Literature.
location: Harrison Library
From South Asia, Europe and North America MESA has brought together three generations of scholars of Urdu and its literature for enlightening and inspiring discussions on Urdu and Urdu literature's past, present and future. All presentations will be aimed not only at fellow scholars but at students of comparative literature and of South Asia generally. The keynote speech is by the renowned critic, poet and novelist Shamsur Rahman Faruqi. In addition to a full day of academic panels the University also hosts an informal evening of poetry and a reading by S R Faruqi from his recent novel Kai chand thay sar-e asman, in both Urdu and English. For more information seeUrduFest
March 27, 2008, Greg Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time, appeared at the Virginia Festival of the Book to discuss his work building schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Listen to a podcast of his talk.