EXPLORING GLOBAL ASIA: U of T March Break Program

An intensive one-day workshop during March break is being organized at the University of Toronto. Students from Grades 11 and 12 are invited to be part of this interesting extra-curricular program that will help them explore and generate informed awareness of this globally important region.

A nominal registration fee will be charged to cover the ROM admission fee, lunch, snacks during breaks, and a souvenir.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FEE - $20 (until February 16, 2010)
GENERAL REGISTRATION FEE - $25 (after February 16, 2010)

For further information and to register please visit
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=8518

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Sessional Lecturer Hiring for January - April 2010 (NOW CLOSED)

The Centre for South Asian Studies is currently hiring a sessional lecturer for SAS311H1: Readings in Bengali Literature. For more information please visit the undergraduate program page.

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Wilting Laughter: Three Tamil Poets
Translated and edited by Chelva Kanaganayakam

This collection brings together seventy-five poems by three internationally known Tamil poets, whose works, over the last three decades, have dealt with issues ranging from ethnicity and nationalism, to religion, diaspora, love and community. Together they have drawn from and reshaped the Tamil literary tradition, urging the reader to look at the past and present in new and important ways. All three poets, namely, R. Cheran, V.I.S. Jayapalan and Puthuvai Ratnathurai have confronted the reality of Sri Lankan violence, displacement, and struggle in different ways, but reading them together reveals both connections and differences.

Books can be ordered through http://www.tsarbooks.com/

(From 1 December - 31 December, 2009, the book will be on sale for 20.00 cdn (includes shipping))

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UNDERGRADUATE MINOR PROGRAM APPROVED

CSAS is proud to announce that the new South Asian Studies minor program has been approved and will begin in September 2010.

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SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES STUDENT GET-TOGETHER: SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES ON THE GLOBAL STAGE

The Centre for South Asian Studies is hosting an event for all students in South Asian Studies. You will have the opportunity to meet SAS lecturers, SAS core faculty, MA and PhD Students currently enrolled in the Collaborative Program, representatives from various South Asian Student groups, and students just like you! Light refreshments will be provided and there will be draws for various prizes.

You will also have the chance to learn more about the new SAS minor program (beginning in September 2010), the Collaborative Graduate Program, and CSAS and the Munk Centre.

To RSVP for this event, please visit: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8360

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NEW STUDENT GROUP: South Asian Development Council

The South Asian Development Council (SADC) is a new student group at UofT that was officially founded in April 2009. It focuses on raising awareness and creating a platform of discussion about development issues in six key South Asian countries, namely, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. "Development issues" encompass a wide range of topics, including human rights, women?s rights, military disputes, education, globalization and its impact on the region, economic growth and stability, regional security, humanitarian crises, religious/ethnic conflict, and more.

As a political group, SADC's key objective is to explore issues pertinent to South Asia from an academic lens. To delve deeper into these issues, the SADC hosts seminars with prominent guest speakers who are knowledgeable about the region, film screenings, and debates that engage both panellists and students. Additionally, the club hosts fundraising activities for humanitarian causes or emergency crises in the South Asian region.

Website link: http://southasiandc.sa.utoronto.ca

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Fifth Annual Tamil Studies Conference: "Constructing Tamil Worlds: Circulation, Marginality and Plurality"

May 13 - May 15, 2009

For more information please visit: http://tamilstudiesconference.ca/