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Brandeis-India Initiative 1. February 20: Lecture at The Indira Gandhi National Open University – talk titled “The Tyranny of Place: Paulo Freire and Subaltern Consciousness.” At the invitation of Dr. Vimal Thorat, an academic involved with Dalit movements in India, Prof. Simon opened the session on “Theorizing Marginality” at the International Conference on Literature and Marginality. 2. February 21: Talk to staff of the Society for Participatory Research in Asia on “An Introduction to the Thought of Paulo Freire: Origins of Participatory Planning.” 3. February 23: Invited talk (“Where there is no Untouchability: The Value of an International Education”) at the Ford Foundation at the closing event for the International Fellowships Program. Others on the program included the India representative of the Ford Foundation, Ms Kavita N. Ramdas; Dr Syeda Hameed, Planning Commission, Government of India; Dr David Arnold, President of The Asia Foundation; and Dr Ganesh N. Devy, Founder and Director, Tribal Academy at Tejgadh, Gujarat.
Exhibitions The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute provided a grant that supported an exhibition entitled “I am a seed of the tree…” on the life cycle and rituals of the Bene Israel Jews of Ahmedabad. The exhibition, which included photographs by Bindi Sheth and text by Esther David, ran from March 28-31, 2013 at Amdavad ni Gufa (Gujarat University Road,
July 2013 Navrangpura, Ahmedabad). The Bene Israel Jewish community has been living in India for two thousand year, traveling from Israel after the fall of King Solomon’s second temple in 70 BC. To learn more about the Jewish community in India, the writer and the photographer, visit: http://www.indiaart.com/exhibit ions/exhibitionslist/Photographs-by-Bindi-Seth1.asp
NEW 2013-14 Course Offerings FALL 2013 HIST 66A "History of South Asia (2500 BCE - 1971)" T, F 12:30 PM–1:50 PM Instructor: Prof. Govind Sreenivasan Introduces South Asian history from the earliest civilizations to the independence of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Surveys the formation of religious traditions, the establishment of kingdoms and empires, colonialism and its consequences, and postindependence political and economic development.
India at Brandeis In April and May this semester, the Brandeis-India Initiative sponsored three excellent campus lectures. Students of Prof. Ulka Anjaria’s class “Bollywood: Popular Film, Genre & Society” had the opportunity to hear from Dr. Sudhir Manadevan (University of Washington) about “Dhan Te Nan! Onomatopoeia and Other Deployments of Film Sound in Contemporary Multiplex Cinema.” Next, Prof. Anne Rademacher (NYU) spoke to Prof. Jonathan Anjaria’s class “Nature, Culture, Power: Anthropology of the Environment” about Urban
SPRING 2014 POL 132A "Religion, Nationalism, and Violence in South Asia" - special one-time course offering! T,Th 3:30 PM–4:50 PM Instructor: Matthew D. Isaacs – recipient of a University Prize Instructorship (UPI). Examines the phenomenon of religious nationalism in South Asia with focus on violent conflict in Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan. Theoretical analysis of the nature of religious mobilization, the politics of holy space, and the logic of religious violence.
Full course listing: http://www.brandeis.edu/registrar/ schedule/classes/2013/Fall/6550/all
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