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  • CURRENT EVENTS

    EVENT ARCHIVE (2012-13)

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CURRENT EVENTS

 
Friday, January 18, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room 208N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs

Pooja Parmar
Osgoode Catalyst Fellow, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Water, Adivasi Protests and a People's Resistance Movement: Some Thoughts on Translation and Justice
Chair: Ritu Birla, Associate Professor, Department of History & Director, CSAS, University of Toronto
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13002
Friday, January 25, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room 108N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs

Kanta Murali
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Economic Liberalization, Electoral Coalitions and Private Investment in India
Chair: Ritu Birla, Associate Professor, Department of History & Director, CSAS, University of Toronto
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=12569
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room 208N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs

Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series

Margaret Herrick
PhD Candidate, Department of English and Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto

Inauspicious Femininities and Recent Indian Literature in English
Discussant: Chelva Kanaganayakam, Professor, Department of English, University of Toronto
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13133
Friday, February 8, 2013 - CANCELLED
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room 108N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs

Santi Rozario
Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania

Grameen Bank-Style Microcredit: Its Impact and Subsequent Developments
Chair: Srilata Raman, Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13208
Monday, February 25, 2013
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Followed by Reception
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs

Naoki Sakai
Goldwin Smith Professor of Asian Studies, Cornell University

The West and the Rest in Knowledge Production
Chair: Takashi Fujitani, Professor of History and Dr. David Chu Professor and Director in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto
Co-presented with Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies, Department of History
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13399
Thursday, February 28, 2013
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Media Commons Room 1, Robarts Library, University of Toronto

Bhaskar Sarkar and Bishnupriya Ghosh
University of California, Santa Barbara

The Global Popular
Co-presented with Department of Visual Studies, UTM; Cinema Studies Institute, Innis College; Graduate Expansion Funds, University of Toronto
Abstract: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13591
Friday, March 15, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room 208N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs

Amy J. Cohen
Associate Professor, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

The Laws and Politics of Markets: A Case Study of Food in India
Chair: Harriet Friedmann, Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, Sociology and Munk School of Global Studies, University of Toronto
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=12120
Monday, March 18, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Followed by Reception
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs

Wang Hui
Professor of Literature and History, Tsinghua University and Director, Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences

The Beginning of China’s Twentieth Century: Revolution and Negotiation in the Era of “Awakening of Asia”
Chair: Takashi Fujitani, Professor of History and Dr. David Chu Professor and Director in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto
Co-presented with Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies, Department of History
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13029
Thursday, March 21, 2013
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room 208N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs

South Asia in the Media Series

Stewart Bell
Reporter, National Post

Nicholas Davis
Manager of Program Development, CBC Radio
Noor Javed
Reporter, Toronto Star

Moderator: Rita Trichur
Reporter, Globe and Mail
South Asian Stories in the Newsroom
Co-sponsored by South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) - Toronto Branch, Fellowship in Global Journalism, Munk School of Global Affairs
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13648
Thursday, March 28, 2013
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room 108N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs

Anjali Arondekar
Associate Professor of Feminist Studies and Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz

In the Absence of Reliable Ghosts: Sexuality, Historiography, South Asia
Chair: Ritu Birla, Associate Professor, Department of History & Director, CSAS, University of Toronto
Co-sponsored by Asian Institute, Centre for the Study of the United States, Department of History, Dr. David Chu Distinguished Leaders in Asia Pacific Studies, Jackman Humanities Institute Global Gender Working Group, Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, Women and Gender Studies Institute
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=12568
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Followed by Reception
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs

2012/2013 B.N. Pandey Memorial Lecture

Mahesh Rangarajan
Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi and Professor of Modern Indian History, University of Delhi

Nature Beyond Borders: Science, Society and Ecology in Contemporary India
Chair: Ritu Birla, Associate Professor, Department of History & Director, CSAS, University of Toronto
Co-sponsored by Department of History, Dr. David Chu Distinguished Leaders in Asia Pacific Studies
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13363
Friday, April 5, 2013
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room 208N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs

Michael G. Peletz
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Emory University

Syariah Transformations: Continuity, Change, and Cultural Politics in Malaysia’s Islamic Judiciary
Chair: Nhung Tuyet Tran, Associate Professor of History; Director, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Toronto
Co-presented with Centre for Southeast Asian Studies
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=12123
Thursday, April 25, 2013
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs

2013 India-Canada Association Lecture

Rachel Dwyer
Professor of Indian Cinema and Cultures, SOAS, University of London

International khiladis (players): Bollywood and the Indian Diaspora
Chair: Ritu Birla, Associate Professor, Department of History & Director, CSAS, University of Toronto
Respondent: Kajri Jain, Associate Professor, Visual Studies, UTM & Department of Fine Art, University of Toronto
Co-sponsored by Cinema Studies Institute
Abstract and registration: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13742

Friday, May 3 – Sunday, May 5, 2013
Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Avenue; Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place; Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Avenue


Festival of South Asian Literature and the Arts 2013

Information: http://www.fsalatoronto.com/index.html
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