Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (June 29, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21776813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-06-29T12:00:00-04:00 2022-06-29T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (July 6, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21776814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-07-06T12:00:00-04:00 2022-07-06T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (July 13, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21776815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-07-13T12:00:00-04:00 2022-07-13T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (July 20, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21776816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-07-20T12:00:00-04:00 2022-07-20T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (July 27, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21776817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-07-27T12:00:00-04:00 2022-07-27T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CGIS Virtual First Step Sessions (August 3, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74423 74423-21776818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Every Wednesday beginning June 1st through August 3rd @ noon
First Step Sessions will be taking place during the spring & summer! Beginning Wednesday, June 1st through Wednesday, August 3rd, CGIS will be holding weekly First Step Sessions. 

First Step sessions are a great opportunity to learn more about the application process prior to meeting with an advisor. You can learn about all of our programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid resources, the CGIS application process, and more! 

Attending a First Step session will no longer be a required component of the CGIS application process.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:33:20 -0400 2022-08-03T12:00:00-04:00 2022-08-03T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global and Intercultural Study Livestream / Virtual PHOTO
CSAS Lecture Series | The Sindhu Project: Enigma of Roots (September 7, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97758 97758-21795097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

To register for this Zoom webinar, please visit: https://myumi.ch/z142w

The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) will welcome artists Mahwish Chishty, Gunjan Kumar, and curator Shaleen Wadhwana for a live virtual discussion on their research and artwork in The Sindhu Project: Enigma of Roots on Wed, Sept 7 at 4:30pm EST (1:30am, Lahore PKT and 2:00am, Delhi IST). They will walk us through their research journeys rooted in Indus Valley Civilization and Gandharan art and architecture and take us through a curated walkthrough of the virtual 3D map of their Delhi exhibition.

The Sindhu Project is a multi-site exhibition that debuted at the South Asia Institute in Chicago in June 2021. The works in this show were reconfigured into two exhibitions to honor the history of the partition of India and Pakistan; one half of this exhibition was in Lahore, Pakistan at Zahoor-ul-Akhlaq Gallery, National College of Arts, that took place in November 2021, and the other in New Delhi, India curated by Shaleen Wadhwana at Exhibit320 Gallery until June 2022.

Mahwish Chishty combines new media and conceptual work with materials and techniques of South Asian art and craft traditions. Her work has been exhibited all over the world and is in both public and private collections. Chishty is an associate professor for the Department of Art at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, along with other fellowships and awards. Artist residencies include Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York; Chicago Cultural Center; and Vermont Studio Center. She holds a BFA with a concentration in Miniature Painting from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, and an MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Maryland in College Park.

Gunjan Kumar is an artist based in Chicago originally from Punjab, India. Kumar received her bachelor’s in economics (honors) from Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, and is a postgraduate in Textiles from the National Institute of Design and Technology, New Delhi. Her process involves ground earth and organic matter used as core mediums, applied on natural surfaces with techniques inspired by traditional methods, that she has spent years observing in India and other South Asian countries. Her works have been exhibited all over the world and she has been a resident fellow at the Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY (2016-2017). In 2020, Kumar also started an education program called Nature Studies, with workshops on nature as a medium in arts.

Shaleen Wadhwana is an independent researcher and curator. Her curatorial practice explores meta-narratives in global history and artistic responses to contemporary social issues. She has worked with National Museum, Delhi, and Chemould Prescott Road Gallery, Mumbai. She has worked with cultural institutions like the British Museum, London, National Museum, Delhi, and Chemould Prescott Road Gallery, Mumbai. As visiting faculty at the MIT Institute of Design, Pune, she teaches Big History and Design Futures. Her academic research for The Unfiltered History Tour, which is on display at The British Museum, won India 12 awards at the Cannes Lions Festival. She is academically trained in Art History (SOAS, London), Cultural Heritage Law (Geneva-UNESCO), Liberal Arts (Young India Fellowship, Ashoka University), and History (Delhi University).

To view the online exhibition: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=D8QznvatRbY

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:05:52 -0400 2022-09-07T16:30:00-04:00 2022-09-07T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual CSAS Lecture Series | The Sindhu Project: Enigma of Roots
CSAS Lecture Series | Deconstructing Language Boundaries and Transnational Identities: Malayalees in Kerala and the US (September 16, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97079 97079-21793861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 16, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Mesthrie (2008) describes the "third focus" of South Asian diaspora as being economically motivated, which, in the context of the South Asian diaspora in the United States, describes the wave of South Asian immigration following the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. Here, I explore the impact of immigrants who moved to the United States after the late 1990s, concurrent with and following the IT boom, on the language practices and ideologies of the three generations of existing diasporic community. I focus in particular on the Malayalee community in Minnesota, an area which did not have a significant concentration of Malayalee- (or South Asian-) origin residents prior to the 1990s (cf., Sridhar & Sridhar 2000). Bringing together data from 45 oral histories of Minnesotan Malayalees, experimental work conducted in Kerala, and a large scale survey (in collaboration with Dr. Maya Abtahian) investigating language use and linguistic ideologies of Malayalees in North America, I interpret the language maintenance practices and ideologies of Malayalees in Minnesota in the context of Malayalees' language practices in Kerala and beyond.

Taken together, this work (A) proposes a distinct "fourth focus" of South Asian diaspora by outlining qualitative differences in linguistic context and practices between the pre- and post-1990s immigrants, (B) problematizes the dichotomy between diaspora and in situ, which are the predominant analytic categories used in this type of linguistic research, and (C) argues that the inclusion of English-origin elements in North American Malayalam does not necessarily indicate language shift, but rather can be reflective of language maintenance.

Savithry Namboodiripad earned her BA and MA in Linguistics from the University of Chicago, and PhD in Linguistics from the University of California, San Diego. She has been an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor since 2019, following a two year Collegiate Fellowship. She runs the Contact, Cognition, & Change lab, where her group investigates methodological and theoretical issues relating to how multilingualism shapes how languages change.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:12:44 -0400 2022-09-16T16:30:00-04:00 2022-09-16T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Savithry Namboodiripad, Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan
CSAS Lecture | Artistic Freedom and the State of Democracy in India: A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan (September 23, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98086 98086-21795576@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 23, 2022 4:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Anand Patwardhan—who will be on the UM campus until December on an artistic residency—has been making political documentaries for over four decades, pursuing diverse and controversial issues that are at the crux of social and political life in India. Many of his films were at one time or another banned by state television channels in India and became the subject of litigation by Patwardhan, who successfully challenged the censorship rulings in court. He has been an activist ever since he was a student — having participated in the anti-Vietnam War movement; being a volunteer in Caesar Chavez’s United Farm Worker’s Union; working in Kishore Bharati, a rural development and education project in central India; and participating in the Bihar anti-corruption movement in 1974-75 and in the civil liberties and democratic rights movement during and after the 1975-77 Emergency. Since then he has been active in movements for housing rights of the urban poor, for communal harmony, and participated in movements against unjust, unsustainable development, militarism, and nuclear nationalism. He describes himself as a "non-serious human being forced by circumstances to make serious films."

“As I watched, I realized that Patwardhan’s films are like huge tapestries as much as films. They’re cross sections of their times, telling multiple stories of those times, then weaving those stories together into a call for change...Patwardhan radicalizes masala [Hindi cinema]. He mixes politics, observation, argument, shifts in time, class, and nation. The result could be called a ‘cinema of everything’.”
—Mark Cousins, filmmaker and critic

You may also watch this event on Zoon. Register for the webinar at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_15XWjEtFQzya4OLFRKuVHA

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:16:12 -0400 2022-09-23T16:30:00-04:00 2022-09-23T18:00:00-04:00 West Hall Center for South Asian Studies Conference / Symposium CSAS Lecture | Artistic Freedom and the State of Democracy in India: A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan
CSAS Film Series | *Reason* (*Vivek*) (September 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98139 98139-21795637@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

*Reason* is the tour of a macrocosm—India, the world’s largest democracy. Its eight chapters explore whether faith still has an upper hand over reason. Patwardhan thinks that with the collapse of egalitarian values, democracy is under siege. He argues privatization and a rush to corner depleting natural resources have catapulted extremists into power. Shown in two parts with an intermission.

Statement by Patwardhan: “Today, as even technologically-advanced nations debate the merits of creationism, the developing world is falling prey to blind faith and religious warfare. That we, the temporarily comfortable, rarely notice is because an embedded media controls both information and entertainment. We see what they want us to see and quickly tire of seeing anything that matters. Reason is both a warning and a promise.”

“IDFA’s jury voted unanimously for Patwardhan’s film, praising its “epic storytelling of the rise of the far right in one of the most populated countries of this planet.” - Variety, November 2018

Anand Patwardhan, India’s leading documentary filmmaker, is known for his socio-political, award-winning films. He has spent decades capturing Mumbai’s slum dwellers, the reality of the caste system, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and tensions between India and Pakistan. He is a member of the Oscar academy, and his films have earned more than 20 international awards.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:20:15 -0400 2022-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for South Asian Studies Film Screening CSAS Film Series | Reason (Vivek)
CSAS Kavita Datla Memorial Lecture | The Law That Refuses to Die: Preventive Detention in Early Colonial India (October 7, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98140 98140-21795640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 7, 2022 4:30pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

The British East India Company crafted the earliest freestanding statutory provision in the world for administration detention. The regulation, Bengal Regulation III, 1818, empowered the executive to seize and hold individuals indefinitely without trial. It acquired a long afterlife in legal codes in the British Empire beyond India. In postcolonial India, it has taken on many different incarnations.

Curiously, very little is known about this regulation. Why and how was it promulgated and why did it take the form it did, given that in the Company’s colonies, the executive was unfettered by legislative checks and the jurisdiction of habeas corpus was severely circumscribed? This paper will first account for how and why the early documents pertaining to this regulation disappeared in plain sight in the colonial archives, journeying to the upland edges of the Northern Circars. Dr. Raman will then show how the recuperation of events that led to Bengal III, 1818 challenges our understanding of administration detention as a paradigmatic expression of the constitutional guarantee of personal liberty and draw out the significance of this history for theories of emergency and the normalization of wartime law.

Bhavani Raman is Associate Professor at the Department of History at the University of Toronto. Raman’s research and teaching focus on histories of colonialism, especially as it pertains to questions of law, administration, and Tamil worlds. Other than a monograph on paperwork and writing in Tamil South India Document Raj: Writing and Scribes in Early Colonial South India (University of Chicago Press, 2012 and Permanent Black 2015), she has published on recordkeeping and property, ethics and elementary education, migration and return in the Bay of Bengal, and the history of Tamil Studies as an interdisciplinary formation. She is currently working on two projects, one, on early colonial security laws in South Asia and the second, on history of hydrological infrastructure in the city of Chennai, India using historical maps.

You may also watch this event on Zoon. Register for the webinar at: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpde6rqTIsGNAyak3IbHP32bla9e3VfZ55#/registration

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:17:22 -0400 2022-10-07T16:30:00-04:00 2022-10-07T18:00:00-04:00 West Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Bhavani Raman, University of Toronto
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96881 96881-21793528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Learn about 115+ programs in over 45 countries, ask about U-M faculty-led programs, and figure out which program can help satisfy your major/minor requirements. CGIS has programs ranging from a few weeks to an academic year! Meet with CGIS advisors, staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office, CGIS Alumni, and other on-campus offices who can help you select a program that works best for you.

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Fair / Festival Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:40:54 -0400 2022-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Join us for the CGIS Study Abroad Fair on October 11, 2022
CSAS Film Series | *We are not your Monkeys*, *Sanctum Santorum*, *In the Name Of God* (October 12, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98300 98300-21796461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

*In the Name Of God* focuses on the campaign waged by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to destroy a 16th century mosque in Ayodhya said to have been built by Babur, the first Mughal Emperor of India. The VHP claimed the mosque was built at the birthplace of the Hindu god Ram and was determined to build a new temple on the same site. This controversial issue led to religious riots that cost thousands their lives and culminated in the mosque's destruction. The resulting religious violence spread throughout India and Pakistan leaving more than 5,000 dead, and causing thousands to flee their homes. Filmed before the mosque's demolition, *In the Name of God* examines the motivations which would ultimately lead to the drastic actions, as well as the efforts of secular Indians to combat religious intolerance. Preceded by two short music videos, *We are not your Monkeys* and *Sanctum Santorum*.

"The screen is electric with religious fervor, masses of people swarming through the streets, gathering in rallies, or violently rioting... This is investigative cinema verité documentary at its dynamic best." - Kay Armatage, Toronto Film Festival

Anand Patwardhan, India’s leading documentary filmmaker, is known for his socio-political, award-winning films. He has spent decades capturing Mumbai’s slum dwellers, the reality of the caste system, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and tensions between India and Pakistan. He is a member of the Oscar academy, and his films have earned more than 20 international awards.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:41:35 -0400 2022-10-12T19:30:00-04:00 2022-10-12T22:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Center for South Asian Studies Film Screening In the Name Of God
Building Translation Networks in the Midwest with HathiTrust (October 28, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100813 100813-21800383@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 28, 2022 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please join us for our Fall 2022 Hybrid Events:

NOVEMBER 11
2:00-3:00 PM
Language Resource Center, 1500 North Quad
Game Drop! Learn to play the educational game Tower of Babel: HathiTrust Edition that fosters discovery of fun finds across languages in the digital library. The first hour (2-3 PM) members of the development team will introduce the game to players in person at the LRC and online and they will stay until 5PM to answer questions and cheer you on! There will be snacks and drinks and opportunities to meet other players and form teams to compete in the Multilingual Midwest Challenge! Rules of the challenge will be announced at the Game Drop and prizes will be awarded on Dec. 8, Game Night!

December 7
4:00-5:30 PM & 6:30-8 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Invited speakers Carolyn Shread, Nathan Langston, Christopher Warren and Rini Bhattacharya Mehta will discuss their own experiences working on projects of translation and/or digital networks in the arts and humanities (such as Telephone Game and Six Degrees of Francis Bacon), as the Translation Networks team members consider possibilities for future development.

For more information on the December 7 Panel, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-7-2022-gaming-multilingual-works-in-the-digital-library

Register here for the December 7 Panel (whether you are attending in person or virtually): https://forms.gle/zs4tpJXNWYv5zGUY9

December 8
4:00-5:30 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Game Night with South Asian Studies faculty! Prizes awarded for the Multilingual Midwest Challenge!

For more information on the December 8 Game Night, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-8-2022-game-night-amp-multilingual-midwest-challenge/

Register here for the December 8 Game Night: https://forms.gle/1ZqBXMvMs3Ke98LH7

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Recreational / Games Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:38:40 -0500 2022-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-28T13:00:00-04:00 Comparative Literature Recreational / Games Event Poster
CSAS Film Series | *A Narmada Diary*, *In Memory of Friends* (November 2, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98299 98299-21796460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Co-directed with Simantini Dhuru, *A Narmada Diary* examines the Sardar Sarover dam in western India, a significant development project on the river Narmada's banks, which has been criticized as uneconomical and unjust, with costs borne by the rural poor.

When completed, the dam will drown 37,000 acres of fertile land, displace over 200,000 adivasis – the area's indigenous people, and cost up to 5 billion dollars.

*A Narmada Diary* introduces the Narmada Bachao Andolan (the Save Narmada Movement), which has spearheaded the resistance against the dam. As government resettlement programs prove inadequate, the Narmada Bachao Andolan has emerged as one of the most dynamic struggles in India today. With non-violent protests and a determination to drown rather than leave their homes and land, the people of the Narmada valley have become symbols of a global struggle against unjust development.

*In Memory of Friends *documents the violence in Punjab, India. After examining the political turmoil of the late 1970s and the rise of Sikh fundamentalism, the film concentrates on the legacy of Bhagat Singh, a young socialist hanged by the British in 1931 at age 23.

"That this perspicacity was present in a man of just 23 (Bhagat Singh) seems astonishing. It was all so impressive that Patwardhan could not but see him as a great intellectual apart from being an inexorable revolutionary." - Adrian Khare - Blitz

Anand Patwardhan, India’s leading documentary filmmaker, is known for his socio-political, award-winning films. He has spent decades capturing Mumbai’s slum dwellers, the reality of the caste system, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and tensions between India and Pakistan. He is a member of the Oscar academy, and his films have earned more than 20 international awards.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:30:13 -0400 2022-11-02T19:30:00-04:00 2022-11-02T22:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Center for South Asian Studies Film Screening A Narmada Diary
CSAS Lecture Series | The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Chola Bronzes (November 4, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96919 96919-21793567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 4, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

This talk commences by introducing the audience to a master sculptor working around the year 1000, whose inspiration may well have been child-saint Sambandar’s opening hymn that hails Shiva as “the thief who stole my heart.” Dehejia then moves beyond the sensuous to ask questions of this material that have not been asked before, treating the bronzes as material objects that interacted in meaningful ways with human activities, and with socioeconomic and religious practices. Where did the Cholas acquire the copper required to cast the many temple bronzes that are solid and heavy pieces of metal? Why were the Cholas obsessed with island Sri Lanka? What were the circumstances that permitted the creation of so many temples and such large numbers of exquisite bronzes despite the constant warfare that the Chola monarchs undertook to retain and expand their empire? What was the source of the pearls and coral, rubies and diamonds, that were embedded in gold jewelry gifted to adorn every temple’s sacred bronzes? Why did the Cholas cover the walls of their temples walls with inscriptions – over 12,000 in total – that cast intriguing light on society of the time?

Vidya Dehejia is Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian Art at Columbia University in New York, and author of over 20 books on the history of Indian art, in which she connects the visual and literary arts in meaningful ways. She has also served as Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Freer & Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian in Washington DC. Her latest study, released by Princeton University Press is titled The Thief Who Stole my Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280. In 2012, the President of India awarded her a Padma Bhushan for “Outstanding Contribution to Art & Education.”

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Oct 2022 14:21:24 -0400 2022-11-04T16:30:00-04:00 2022-11-04T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion CSAS Lecture Series | The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Chola Bronzes
Shakti: Strength in Unity (South Asian/Desi Community Event) (November 5, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100794 100794-21800362@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 5, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Hindu Students Council

If you’re looking for an event to bring together the Desi community on a fun night with food, music, and dance performances by ✨MICHIGAN MANZAT & MICHIGAN MAYURI✨, mark you calendars for SHAKTI: Strength in Unity presented by Project RISHI and HSC on November 5th! Indian wear is highly encouraged! Tier 1 tickets are $12, so be sure to grab your ticket early and Venmo @umichprojectrishi for a guaranteed fun night to remember🎊

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:30:58 -0400 2022-11-05T19:00:00-04:00 2022-11-05T23:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Hindu Students Council Social / Informal Gathering Shakti: Strength in Unity (South Asian/Desi Community Event)
WCED Roundtable. Democracy and the Authorization of Violence (November 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100047 100047-21799032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

This lecture will be presented in person in 1010 Weiser Hall and on Zoom. Webinar registration required at: http://myumi.ch/n8mdx

Supposedly an alternative to violence, democracy often authorizes violence. Rioters convinced of their electoral win storm a parliament; elected governments boasting a popular mandate attack vulnerable minorities or rival countries; insurgents shed blood to overthrow homegrown tyrants and foreign occupiers in freedom’s name. This roundtable gathers five diverse experts and practitioners to consider the logics and limits of democracy’s linkages to violence, in America and abroad.

Christian Davenport is the Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen Professor of the Study of Human Understanding and professor of political science at the University of Michigan as well as a faculty associate at the Center for Political Studies and research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Primary research interests include political conflict (e.g., human rights violations, genocide/politicide, torture, political surveillance, civil war and social movements); measurement; racism; and popular culture. He is the author of six books, most recently The Peace Continuum with Erik Melander and Patrick Regan (2017, Oxford University Press). He is the recipient of numerous grants (e.g., 10 from the National Science Foundation) and awards (e.g., the Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar Award and a Residential Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences – Stanford University).
Orlando de Guzman is a video journalist and filmmaker whose work has appeared in *The New York Times* and on ITVS/Independent Lens, Vice News, Al Jazeera and Univision. He is a 2022-23 Knight-Wallace Fellow at U-M. As a camera operator, he has worked in the Central African Republic, Brazil, Venezuela, Nagorno-Karabakh and dozens of other countries and disputed territories. At Vice News, de Guzman won an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for his unflinching look at the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August 2017, including the now-iconic images he captured of torch-bearing white supremacists chanting racist slogans. Prior to television, de Guzman was a radio journalist covering Southeast Asia and the second Iraq war for WGBH and the BBC’s “The World” magazine show. He holds a B.A. in international studies from the University of Washington.

Ann Heffernan is an LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. Her research and teaching interests include contemporary political theory, disability studies, feminist theory, and American political development. Her current book project, “Disability: A Democratic Dilemma,” brings into view the significance of disability in mediating the relationship between citizens and the American state. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples—among them the rise of waged labor, the Flint, Michigan water crisis, the healthcare debate, and, most recently, the proposed expansion of public charge requirements in U.S. immigration law—she shows how the boundaries and defining features of political membership are stabilized and recast in and through disability.

Murad Idris is associate professor of political science at U-M. He has wide-ranging interests in political theory and the history of political thought, including war and peace, critical theory, conceptual history, anticolonial and postcolonial thought, political theology, international political theory, comparative political theory, and Arabic and Islamic political thought. His book, *War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought* (2019), won the David Easton Award from APSA, and the International Ethics Best Book Award from ISA, and the Best Book in Interdisciplinary Studies Award also from ISA. He is currently writing "Islam under Modernity: Genealogies of Definition, Reform, and Jihad," which analyzes the dominant scripts about Islam in modernity—“Islam is peace,” “Islam means submission,” “Islam needs a Luther,” “Muslims need to embrace a spiritual jihad”—and it uses them as a launchpad for examining modern assumptions about freedom, progress, and violence.

Anand Patwardhan, India’s foremost documentary filmmaker, is a Hughes Fellow this fall at U-M. Patwardhan is known for his sociopolitical, award-winning films. He has spent decades capturing Mumbai’s slum-dwellers, the reality of the caste system, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and tensions between India and Pakistan. Though his films have won many international and publicly funded awards, he has had to fight the Indian government’s censorship and restrictions with almost every one of his films. Patwardhan was born in Mumbai. He completed a B.A. in English literature at Elphinstone College in Mumbai, a B.A. in sociology at Brandeis University, and a M.A. in communication studies at McGill University in Montreal. He also is a member of the Oscar Academy.

Moderated by Dan Slater, WCED director.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Nov 2022 15:07:41 -0500 2022-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-09T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion WCED Democracy and Violence
CSAS Film Series | *War and Peace* (November 9, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98303 98303-21796464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Filmed over four tumultuous years in India, Pakistan, Japan, and the United States following nuclear tests in India, *War and Peace* is a journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war. The film is framed by the murder of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, an act whose portent and poignancy remain undiminished half a century later. Patwardhan, whose family was immersed in the non-violent Gandhian movement, explores India’s trajectory towards militarism, though the film captures stories of resistance along the way. The film examines the costs being extracted from citizens in the name of national security. From the plight of residents living near the nuclear test site to the horrendous effects of uranium mining on local indigenous populations, it becomes abundantly clear that there is no such thing as the “peaceful atom.” Patwardhan says, “In the moral wastelands of the world, memories of Gandhi seem like a mirage that never was, created by our thirst for peace and our very distance from it.”

“The film itself is a tour de force, beautifully shot and often darkly funny and much more riveting than the dry subject matter might suggest.” - Duncan Campbell – The Guardian

“*War and Peace* has a riveting intelligence all its own and earns its epic title.” - Elvis Mitchell – The New York Times

Anand Patwardhan, India’s leading documentary filmmaker, is known for his socio-political, award-winning films. He has spent decades capturing Mumbai’s slum dwellers, the reality of the caste system, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and tensions between India and Pakistan. He is a member of the Oscar academy, and his films have earned more than 20 international awards.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:48:28 -0400 2022-11-09T19:30:00-05:00 2022-11-09T22:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Center for South Asian Studies Film Screening War and Peace
Building Translation Networks in the Midwest with HathiTrust (November 11, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100813 100813-21800380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 11, 2022 2:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please join us for our Fall 2022 Hybrid Events:

NOVEMBER 11
2:00-3:00 PM
Language Resource Center, 1500 North Quad
Game Drop! Learn to play the educational game Tower of Babel: HathiTrust Edition that fosters discovery of fun finds across languages in the digital library. The first hour (2-3 PM) members of the development team will introduce the game to players in person at the LRC and online and they will stay until 5PM to answer questions and cheer you on! There will be snacks and drinks and opportunities to meet other players and form teams to compete in the Multilingual Midwest Challenge! Rules of the challenge will be announced at the Game Drop and prizes will be awarded on Dec. 8, Game Night!

December 7
4:00-5:30 PM & 6:30-8 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Invited speakers Carolyn Shread, Nathan Langston, Christopher Warren and Rini Bhattacharya Mehta will discuss their own experiences working on projects of translation and/or digital networks in the arts and humanities (such as Telephone Game and Six Degrees of Francis Bacon), as the Translation Networks team members consider possibilities for future development.

For more information on the December 7 Panel, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-7-2022-gaming-multilingual-works-in-the-digital-library

Register here for the December 7 Panel (whether you are attending in person or virtually): https://forms.gle/zs4tpJXNWYv5zGUY9

December 8
4:00-5:30 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Game Night with South Asian Studies faculty! Prizes awarded for the Multilingual Midwest Challenge!

For more information on the December 8 Game Night, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-8-2022-game-night-amp-multilingual-midwest-challenge/

Register here for the December 8 Game Night: https://forms.gle/1ZqBXMvMs3Ke98LH7

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Recreational / Games Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:38:40 -0500 2022-11-11T14:00:00-05:00 2022-11-11T15:00:00-05:00 Comparative Literature Recreational / Games Event Poster
CSAS Film Series | *Jai Bhim Comrade* (November 16, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98305 98305-21796466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

For thousands of years, India’s Dalits were abhorred as “untouchables,” denied education, and treated as bonded labor. By 1923 Bhimrao Ambedkar broke the taboo, won doctorates abroad, and fought for the emancipation of his people. He drafted India’s Constitution and led his followers to Buddhism. His legend still spreads through poetry and song.

In 1997 a statue of Dr. Ambedkar in a Dalit colony in Mumbai was desecrated with footwear. As angry residents gathered, police opened fire and killed 10 people. Vilas Ghogre, a leftist poet, hung himself in protest.

*Jai Bhim Comrade* shot over 14 years, follows the poetry and music of people like Vilas and marks a tradition that, from the days of the Buddha, has fought superstition and religious bigotry.

“Far reaching, and by turns pensive and enraging… Jai Bhim Comrade could be seen as a capstone to Patwardhan’s extraordinary career.” - Sukhdev Sandhu, The Guardian

“Legendary director Anand Patwardhan’s epic doc about dalit people is a massive, musical, magnificent, masterpiece” - Mark Cousins, Filmmaker, Critic

Anand Patwardhan, India’s leading documentary filmmaker, is known for his socio-political, award-winning films. He has spent decades capturing Mumbai’s slum dwellers, the reality of the caste system, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and tensions between India and Pakistan. He is a member of the Oscar academy, and his films have earned more than 20 international awards.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:54:41 -0400 2022-11-16T19:30:00-05:00 2022-11-16T22:30:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Center for South Asian Studies Film Screening CSAS Film Series | Jai Bhim Comrade
CSAS Film Series | *Bombay: Our City* (November 30, 2022 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98306 98306-21796467@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 7:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

*Bombay: Our City* tells the story of the daily battle for the survival of the four million slum dwellers of Bombay that make up half the city's population. Although they are Bombay's workforce - industrial laborers, construction workers, domestic servants - they are denied city utilities like electricity, sanitation, and water. Many slum dwellers must also face the constant threat of eviction as city authorities campaign to "beautify" Bombay.

*Bombay: Our City* is an indictment of injustice and a call to action on the side of the homeless.

"Quite clearly, *Bombay: Our City* is the best documentary ever made in India." - Khalid Mohamed - The Times of India

"Patwardhan gives us this story simply and clearly, with restrained passion, and it becomes, finally, appalling and moving." - Michael Wilmington - The Los Angeles Times

"Simply one of the best documentaries I have ever seen."- Sean Cubitt - City Limits

Anand Patwardhan, India’s leading documentary filmmaker, is known for his socio-political, award-winning films. He has spent decades capturing Mumbai’s slum dwellers, the reality of the caste system, the rise of Hindu nationalism, and tensions between India and Pakistan. He is a member of the Oscar academy, and his films have earned more than 20 international awards.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:58:45 -0400 2022-11-30T19:30:00-05:00 2022-11-30T22:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Center for South Asian Studies Film Screening Bombay: Our City
Where Science Meets Humanity: A Conversation with Dr. Mousumi Banerjee (December 2, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101127 101127-21800822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 2, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Global Health Equity

The Center for Global Health Equity’s 2022-2023 Academic Year Seminar Series will feature global health luminaries from around the world. The goals of these conversations are to provide audience members with an intimate glimpse of the professional and personal journeys of key global health advocates, critical challenges they see in the field, and how academic centers can contribute to relevant solutions.

Dr. Banerjee’s global work focuses on the utilization of machine learning and modeling approaches to optimize healthcare quality and ensure equitable delivery of care, specifically for women and in communities where disparities in healthcare outcomes can be reduced. As COVID-19 arrived in her home country of India over two years ago, Banerjee stepped into new roles as a go-to expert—offering advice to heads of state, appearing on international news shows, and organizing charitable giving.

Dr. Banerjee will discuss her experiences in India and Bangladesh that led to a transformation in how she understands her role in global public health. Banerjee will share how her trip to India in spring 2021, when the country was ravaged by its worst Covid wave, was the first time she truly saw the human side of the data she engages with daily as a biostatistician and how this has forever changed her approach to her work.

Learn more and register for the zoom session
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Presentation Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:54:46 -0500 2022-12-02T12:00:00-05:00 2022-12-02T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Global Health Equity Presentation Mousumi Banerjee speaking on Where Science Meets Humanity
CSAS Lecture Series | “Bazaar Rumors” or “All Facts”? Film Sound Debates and the Transition to Sound in Indian Cinema (December 2, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100627 100627-21800158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 2, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

This talk will analyze competing film sound technologies during the period of conversion to sound in Indian cinema (1931 to 1935), with a special focus on claims about swadeshi (or indigenously developed) recording equipment. Using ads for sound recording and projection equipment, as well as reports by and about salesmen-technicians, such as the Americans Wilford Deming and C. Willman, the talk explores ideas about sound technologies circulating in 1930s India. Using the lens of “imaginary media” as theorized by media archaeologists, the talk will focus on “impossible” machines such as the locally developed tropically sensitive sound machines advertised in Indian film magazines in the early 1930s for “understanding the assumptions concerning media technological innovations” (Parikka). Contrary to one of these ads, it is precisely “bazaar rumors” rather than “all facts” that shed light on the discourse of sound recording in the early 1930s.

Neepa Majumdar is Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies in the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of *Wanted Cultured Ladies Only! Female Stardom and Cinema in India, 1930s to 1950s* (University of Illinois Press, 2009) and co-editor of the *Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Indian Cinema* (2022). Her research interests include film sound, star studies, South Asian early cinema, and documentary film. She is co-editor of the journals *[In]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies* and *Music, Sound, and the Moving Image*.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact csas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:41:55 -0400 2022-12-02T16:30:00-05:00 2022-12-02T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Neepa Majumdar
Building Translation Networks in the Midwest with HathiTrust (December 7, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100813 100813-21800381@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please join us for our Fall 2022 Hybrid Events:

NOVEMBER 11
2:00-3:00 PM
Language Resource Center, 1500 North Quad
Game Drop! Learn to play the educational game Tower of Babel: HathiTrust Edition that fosters discovery of fun finds across languages in the digital library. The first hour (2-3 PM) members of the development team will introduce the game to players in person at the LRC and online and they will stay until 5PM to answer questions and cheer you on! There will be snacks and drinks and opportunities to meet other players and form teams to compete in the Multilingual Midwest Challenge! Rules of the challenge will be announced at the Game Drop and prizes will be awarded on Dec. 8, Game Night!

December 7
4:00-5:30 PM & 6:30-8 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Invited speakers Carolyn Shread, Nathan Langston, Christopher Warren and Rini Bhattacharya Mehta will discuss their own experiences working on projects of translation and/or digital networks in the arts and humanities (such as Telephone Game and Six Degrees of Francis Bacon), as the Translation Networks team members consider possibilities for future development.

For more information on the December 7 Panel, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-7-2022-gaming-multilingual-works-in-the-digital-library

Register here for the December 7 Panel (whether you are attending in person or virtually): https://forms.gle/zs4tpJXNWYv5zGUY9

December 8
4:00-5:30 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Game Night with South Asian Studies faculty! Prizes awarded for the Multilingual Midwest Challenge!

For more information on the December 8 Game Night, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-8-2022-game-night-amp-multilingual-midwest-challenge/

Register here for the December 8 Game Night: https://forms.gle/1ZqBXMvMs3Ke98LH7

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Recreational / Games Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:38:40 -0500 2022-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 2022-12-07T20:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Recreational / Games Event Poster
Building Translation Networks in the Midwest with HathiTrust (December 8, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100813 100813-21800382@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 8, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Please join us for our Fall 2022 Hybrid Events:

NOVEMBER 11
2:00-3:00 PM
Language Resource Center, 1500 North Quad
Game Drop! Learn to play the educational game Tower of Babel: HathiTrust Edition that fosters discovery of fun finds across languages in the digital library. The first hour (2-3 PM) members of the development team will introduce the game to players in person at the LRC and online and they will stay until 5PM to answer questions and cheer you on! There will be snacks and drinks and opportunities to meet other players and form teams to compete in the Multilingual Midwest Challenge! Rules of the challenge will be announced at the Game Drop and prizes will be awarded on Dec. 8, Game Night!

December 7
4:00-5:30 PM & 6:30-8 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Invited speakers Carolyn Shread, Nathan Langston, Christopher Warren and Rini Bhattacharya Mehta will discuss their own experiences working on projects of translation and/or digital networks in the arts and humanities (such as Telephone Game and Six Degrees of Francis Bacon), as the Translation Networks team members consider possibilities for future development.

For more information on the December 7 Panel, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-7-2022-gaming-multilingual-works-in-the-digital-library

Register here for the December 7 Panel (whether you are attending in person or virtually): https://forms.gle/zs4tpJXNWYv5zGUY9

December 8
4:00-5:30 PM
Space 2435, North Quad
Game Night with South Asian Studies faculty! Prizes awarded for the Multilingual Midwest Challenge!

For more information on the December 8 Game Night, see the Translation Networks page: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/translationnetworks/december-8-2022-game-night-amp-multilingual-midwest-challenge/

Register here for the December 8 Game Night: https://forms.gle/1ZqBXMvMs3Ke98LH7

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Recreational / Games Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:38:40 -0500 2022-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 2022-12-08T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Comparative Literature Recreational / Games Event Poster
CSAS Lecture Series | How to be Heard but not Seen: On Caste Concealment in the Music Industry (January 20, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100772 100772-21800337@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 20, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

What role does caste play in the cultivation of voice? Mehbub Ali and Dev Kapur—these are pseudonyms—are cousins who work in parallel sectors of the religious music industry in Lucknow: Ali in the qawwali scene at Sufi shrines, Kapur as a bhajan singer in Hindu festivals. As devotional musicians, they enact a complex form of religious labor requiring technical skill, mastery of particular aesthetic codes, the enactment of devotion and the elicitation of affective states in listeners. Most of their audiences do not know that Ali and Kapur are also, in a sense, performing caste. To compete in an industry dominated by musicians from higher status groups, the cousins have adopted titles and styles that—not always successfully—obscure their Dalit origins and imply savarna status. Part of a broader ethnographic project on caste concealment in urban north India, this paper follows Ali and Kapur as they critically analyze the clandestine life of caste in the business and soundscape of devotional music.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:21:53 -0400 2023-01-20T16:30:00-05:00 2023-01-20T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion CSAS Lecture Series | How to be Heard but not Seen: On Caste Concealment in the Music Industry
CSAS Lecture Series | Teaching Hindi in the United States: Strengths and Challenges (February 10, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100770 100770-21800335@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Rakesh Ranjan is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Hindi-Urdu Program at Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics (Some Morphological and Syntactic Features of Mauritian Bhojpuri) from the University of Delhi in 1997. Dr. Ranjan began his teaching career as the Program Director of the Hindi Language Program at the American Institute of IndianStudies (AIIS) in Varanasi, India in 1994. He joined Emory University in 1999 and developed the Hindi Program there. He joined the Hindi-Urdu Program in the department of MESAAS at University in 2008. He has been teaching Hindi language, literature and linguistics to American graduate and undergraduate students for more than twenty-five years. He has also Hindi Pedagogy courses for graduate students and organized workshops for school teachers in the USA.
Dr. Ranjan is an active member of the Hindi-Urdu teaching community in the USA. He has designed and supervised many projects at the national level. His research interests include Hindi pedagogy, the South Asian diaspora, and issues of heritage learners. His recent projects include three audio-visual modular projects. They are http://hindistartalk.lrc.columbia.edu/, http://urduaiis.lrc.columbia.edu/, and https://indiafestivals.lrc.columbia.edu/. The 101 newly created Hindi and Urdu audio-visual modules are serving as innovative resources for teachers and learners of Hindi and Urdu. These stunning and colorful video clips are based on real-life situations with varied linguistic, social and cultural content. They are short, unscripted, unrehearsed, and offer samples of spontaneous and authentic speech. These modules are among the most used learning modules globally.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:04:22 -0400 2023-02-10T16:30:00-05:00 2023-02-10T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Rakesh Ranjan, Columbia University
SAANference 2023: Beyond Borders (February 10, 2023 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104176 104176-21808559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 6:30pm
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Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The South Asian Awareness Network is proud to present our annual social justice conference Beyond Borders: Confronting Division and Forging Unity. Our theme this year aims to empower our attendees to confront oppressive borders as they exist socially and politically, cultivating meaningful solidarity in the South Asian diaspora and beyond.

This year, our keynote address will take place on February 10th at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be served. The next day on February 11th at 12:00pm, registration and lunch buffet will begin in Angell Hall Auditorium C + D. At registration, you will be assigned to one of two tracks, each with three workshops. If you are one of the first 100 attendees to show up at registration, you will receive a free tote bag as well as preference for which track you would like to be assigned to. Later that night, we will be hosting a formal where you can show up in your South Asian cultural attire for refreshments, music, and lots of dancing!

Follow us on Instagram (@um_saan) as we count down until conference! Please reach out to saan@umich.edu with any questions.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:25:29 -0500 2023-02-10T18:30:00-05:00 2023-02-10T21:00:00-05:00 Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Conference / Symposium SAANference 2023 flyer
SAANference 2023: Beyond Borders (February 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104176 104176-21808560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

The South Asian Awareness Network is proud to present our annual social justice conference Beyond Borders: Confronting Division and Forging Unity. Our theme this year aims to empower our attendees to confront oppressive borders as they exist socially and politically, cultivating meaningful solidarity in the South Asian diaspora and beyond.

This year, our keynote address will take place on February 10th at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be served. The next day on February 11th at 12:00pm, registration and lunch buffet will begin in Angell Hall Auditorium C + D. At registration, you will be assigned to one of two tracks, each with three workshops. If you are one of the first 100 attendees to show up at registration, you will receive a free tote bag as well as preference for which track you would like to be assigned to. Later that night, we will be hosting a formal where you can show up in your South Asian cultural attire for refreshments, music, and lots of dancing!

Follow us on Instagram (@um_saan) as we count down until conference! Please reach out to saan@umich.edu with any questions.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:25:29 -0500 2023-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-11T15:00:00-05:00 Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Conference / Symposium SAANference 2023 flyer
Asian Language Fair (February 17, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103990 103990-21808191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 1:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Join us for information about the Asian language programs, live cultural performances, raffle prizes, games, and mini lessons!

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:11:53 -0500 2023-02-17T13:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 North Quad Asian Languages and Cultures Social / Informal Gathering Poster
CSAS Lecture Series | Digital Influencers and the Business of “Data Tested” Campaigns in India (February 17, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101422 101422-21801328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

This event cosponsored by the U-M Center for Ethics Society and Computing.

This talk will delve into the narratives and strategies of a new class of political consultants and the divergent practices of election influencers in India, to propose “shadow politics” as a digitally mediated structure of election campaigning. Highlighting the specificity of shadow politics in terms of “data centricism” and the dual structure of official-unofficial campaign streams, I will discuss how disinformation and extreme speech production is intricately linked to the logics of political marketing and growing uptake for digital tools that define the evolving spaces of commercial political consultancy. Theoretically positioning “shadow politics” in relation to distinctive mass political cultures of South Asia discussed in postcolonial scholarship, I will conclude by highlighting policy directions for disinformation regulation.

Sahana Udupa is Professor of Media Anthropology at the University of Munich (LMU) and Principal Investigator of the For Digital Dignity Research Network. Her latest publications include the co-authored monograph, Digital Unsettling: Decoloniality and Dispossession in the Age of Social Media (New York University Press, with E. G. Dattatreyan), and co-edited volume, Digital Hate: The Global Conjuncture of Extreme Speech (Indiana University Press). She is the recipient of Joan Shorenstein Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School, Francqui Chair (Belgium) and European Research Council Grant Awards.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:04:25 -0500 2023-02-17T16:30:00-05:00 2023-02-17T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Sahana Udupa, University of Munich
Apply to be the next Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist! (March 15, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104675 104675-21809807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

For more info and to apply: https://www.cew.umich.edu/advocacy-initiatives/twink-frey-visiting-social-activist-program

Each year the Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist (TFVSA) Program brings to CEW+ a social justice activist whose work affects women and recognizes gender equity issues. One goal of the program is to build the capacity and effectiveness of social activists by giving the TFVSA time, space, and support to work on a project that would not be possible under the activist’s usual working circumstances.

The TFVSA program gives the selected TFVSA time for reflection, research, planning, and writing related to their area of activism. Each TFVSA is required to work on a project that will advance their future work and potentially benefit other activists.

If selected, the applicant is invited to reside near campus for up to one month or make intermittent visits to Ann Arbor and work remotely. The 2024 residency will take place during the winter semester with a presentation of their project the following fall semester at the CEW+ Annual Advocacy Symposium. The activist receives a $10,000 stipend to cover their expenses while in Ann Arbor. Travel expenses to and from Ann Arbor are separately reimbursed by the endowment fund.

ELIGIBILITY

The TFVSA program supports activists whose work addresses gender equity issues that affect the lives of women and/or girls. The program defines social justice and equity programs broadly to include activism in such areas as housing, employment, income support, food security, education, violence, child care, health care, and employer benefits like paid sick leave and retirement income.

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Other Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:48:57 -0500 2023-03-15T00:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Other TFVSA Call for Proposals Flyer
Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close (March 21, 2023 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105130 105130-21811114@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session.

About this talk:
The first Indian film was made in 1913. However, filmmaking was recognized as an industry almost a hundred years later. Yet, Indian films have been circulating globally since their inception. In this talk, Dr. Rai unearths this oft-elided history of Bollywood’s globalization illustrating how India’s prominent stars directed the globalization of the world’s largest entertainment industry.

About Swapnil Rai:
Swapnil Rai is a 2022-23 Richard and Lillian Ives Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and assistant professor of film, television, and media.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:59:00 -0500 2023-03-21T12:30:00-04:00 2023-03-21T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion networked bollywood
Integrative Systems + Design (ISD) Open House (March 24, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105246 105246-21811448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Integrative Systems + Design

Integrative Systems + Design OPEN HOUSE for Prospective Graduate Students
March 24, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
-Learn about our top-ranked interdisciplinary graduate programs
-Browse courses that are available on campus and online
-Explore Sequential Undergraduate/Graduate Study (SUGS), which allows eligible undergrads to double-count certain courses toward an advanced degree

Our six graduate programs include dual degrees, SUGS, master's and doctoral degrees in

-Automotive Engineering (MEng)
-Energy Systems Engineering (MEng)
-Manufacturing Engineering (MEng and DEng)
-Systems Engineering and Design (MEng)
-Global Automotive & Manufacturing Engineering (MEng)
-Design Science (MS and Ph.D.)

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Reception / Open House Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:38:46 -0500 2023-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T15:30:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Integrative Systems + Design Reception / Open House Open House
Social Media and Society in India (April 7, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106441 106441-21814276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Our third event on social media and society at the University of Michigan School of Information focuses on India and features a host of scholars and practitioners in person. The event presents speakers who will discuss the impact of social media on various aspects of Indian society from food and exercise to journalism and democratic rights. The event is hybrid, in-person attendees will have a chance to see the speakers at the venue, while those joining online will be provided a zoom link.

In Person at 2435 North Quad, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Online from 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM US Eastern Time

Program: https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/smsi-program.html

Register: https://forms.gle/sQVYqVztPwWZSjks8

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:24:06 -0400 2023-04-07T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T18:00:00-04:00 North Quad Center for South Asian Studies Conference / Symposium Social Media and Society in India
Social Media and Society in India (April 8, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106441 106441-21814277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 8, 2023 9:00am
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Our third event on social media and society at the University of Michigan School of Information focuses on India and features a host of scholars and practitioners in person. The event presents speakers who will discuss the impact of social media on various aspects of Indian society from food and exercise to journalism and democratic rights. The event is hybrid, in-person attendees will have a chance to see the speakers at the venue, while those joining online will be provided a zoom link.

In Person at 2435 North Quad, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Online from 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM US Eastern Time

Program: https://joyojeet.people.si.umich.edu/smsi-program.html

Register: https://forms.gle/sQVYqVztPwWZSjks8

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:24:06 -0400 2023-04-08T09:00:00-04:00 2023-04-08T18:00:00-04:00 North Quad Center for South Asian Studies Conference / Symposium Social Media and Society in India
Science of Happiness - According to Yoga and Vedanta (April 16, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105927 105927-21813279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 16, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

Dear Everyone,

Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan invites you to a lecture by Pr. Divyanandaprana. Please see the details below. Do not miss this opportunity! Admission to the event is free and walk-ins are welcome (RSVPs not required).

For the safety of our community (and especially the elderly), we request that you wear a mask to this event. If you do not have a mask with you, one of our volunteers can hand you one.

Topic: Science of Happiness - According to Yoga and Vedanta.

Speaker: Pravrajika Divyanandaprana (Prominent monastic member of Sri Sarada Math and Mission, New Delhi, India)

Date: April 16, 2023 (Sunday)

Time: 3:00 PM (Please arrive 10 minutes prior to event start.)

Venue: University of Michigan
Michigan Union - Anderson ABCD Room
530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Parking: Parking is free on Sundays on the streets near Michigan Union. Additional parking is available at Maynard Street Parking Structure. Please see the link below.
https://www.parkme.com/lot/93318/maynard-street-parking-structure-ann-arbor-mi

Contact: vedanta.a2@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Everyone is welcome.

Truth is One. Sages call It by various names.
~The Rig Veda

Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Webpage: maizepages.umich.edu/organization/VSC
Facebook: fb.me/AnnArborVedanta
Email: vedanta.a2@gmail.com

About the speaker: Pravarajika Divyanandaprana
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Pr. Divyanandaprana is a monastic member of Sri Sarada Math at New Delhi, India and currently is the editor of the English journal Samvit, published from New Delhi. She has been Principal of Nivedita Vidya Mandir School from 2014-2019. She specializes in the areas of Yoga-Vedanta. In addition to studying the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature, she has extensively studied the Yoga-Vedanta texts based on these twin philosophies which include the Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Raja Yoga, Upanishads and the Prakarana Granthas (auxiliary scriptures of Vedanta like Vedantasara, Vivekachudamani etc.) along with their commentaries. Her additional areas of interest include the Brahma Sutras with Sankara's commentary, works of Ramana Maharishi and the Bhagavad Gita. A gold medalist, Pr. Divyanandaprana has the unique combination of knowledge in the conventional sciences, and traditional Yogic and Vedantic texts. Pr. Divyanandaprana has been lecturing all over India since 2010, including IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Mumbai, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore, Delhi University, Vivekananda International Centre, Ramakrishna Mission Engineering and Medical Colleges in Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata and sometimes in schools. She offers courses on Yoga-Vedanta every semester in IIT Delhi. The courses are available on YouTube at IIT’s official channel: NRCVEE IIT Delhi.

Internationally, she has traveled to hold classes or deliver lectures in South Africa at Cape Town, Durban, Ladysmith and Kwa Zulu Natal University among other places. Subsequently, she traveled to Ireland, Great Britain, UAE and recently to Canada for talks, lectures and scriptural discussions. She has spoken at Imperial College and Logan
Hall, London University in 2013. In May 2018, she was in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax and Nova Scotia where she gave a number of talks on Self-Knowledge, exploring the Subjective Sciences and finding the interface between Subjective-Objective Sciences. She has extensively traveled in the US and addressed Vedanta Societies of Iowa, Washington DC. Purdue University hosted her talk on Mind Management recently. In October 2022, she visited California and gave uplifting spiritual talks at Hollywood, Sacramento, San Diego. She is also the author of two books (available on Amazon): Science of
Happiness and Self Discovery.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:41:35 -0400 2023-04-16T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-16T16:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union Vedanta Study Circle Lecture / Discussion Flier