Events
Spring
2008
February 25: "India Diaries."A
presentation of stories and photos from the students who went
on UConn's first Study Abroad trip to India in January.
Time: 7 pm
Location: Department of Art and Art History, Room 106
February 19-March 1: The Asian American Institute is sponsoring
Professor Somdatta Mandal as the Visva Bharati Scholar in
Residence 2008. She will conduct research on "Pearl
Harbor Echoes: Japanese American Internment Experiences through
American Literature and Culture." She is editor
of The Diasporic Imagination (Prestige Books), a three-volume
anthology on Asian American writing, the first of its kind
to be published in India. Also while in Storrs, Prof. Mandal
will give a public lecture based on her research project and
interests, which include texts and contexts of Indian cinema,
literary and cinematic representation of the Indian woman,
and colonial travel writing from India. More information forthcoming.
Time: 2 pm
Location: Dodd Center
March 20: "A Dream in Doubt." An
internationally award-winning documentary sponsored by the
Sikh Students Association of UConn. Free and open to students
and public. Co-sponsored by the Asian American Cultural Center,
Asian American Studies Institute, Connecticut Sikh Association,
India Studies Program, Women's Studies Program, Department
of Sociology, Women's Center, Undergraduate Student Government,
and many more.
Time: Doors open at 6:30 pm
Location: Jorgenson Center for the Performing Arts
April 16: Lecture by Julie Evans, a New York-based painter
whose luminous abstract paintings draw from the structure,
style and color of Indian miniature painting. During her Fulbright
Fellowship to India in 2004 she worked with master miniature
painter Ajay Sharma, collaborating on several works. In 2005
she was the co-curator of an important exhibition of contemporary
Indian art at the Venice Biennial. Evans was a guest professor
for UConn's first India study abroad program in January 2008.
Co-sponsored by India Studies and Study Abroad.
Time: 6 pm
Location: Department of Art and Art History, Room 106
April 21: "Gujarati Weddings and Textiles."
Lecture by Donald Clay Johnson, Curator of the Ames Library
of South Asia atthe University of Minnesota. He is the editor
of "Wedding Dress Across Cultures", "Dress
Sense: Emotional and Sensory Experience of the Body and Clothes",
and "Agile Hands and Creative Minds: A Bibliography of
Textile Traditions in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka".
Time: 4 pm
Location: Babbidge Library, Class of 1947 Room
Indian Students Association Events:
Asian Night: February 23, 8-11 pm in Jorgensen
Spring Garba: March 1, 8-12 am in Hawley Armory
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