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Featured News: * The School of Pacific and Asian Studies has selected Dr. Sonia Nishat Amin, Professor in the Department of History at the University of Dhaka, as its next Arthur Lynn Andrews Chair. Her research focuses on the development in Bengal of middle-class women's identities in the late 19th century and early 20th century. While at UH-Manoa, Dr. Amin will teach an undergraduate class in the Department of History and deliver at least two public lectures. * The Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures will offer Beginning and Intermediate courses in Hindi-Urdu in Fall 2009. Dr. Sai Bhatawadekar will teach both classes. Hindi-Urdu 101 meets daily from 3:30-4:20pm. Hindi-Urdu 201 meets daily from 4:30-5:20pm. Visit the MYUH portal to register. * The CSAS 2009 Spring Newsletter is available on the web. Click here to download the pdf file. * The CSAS would like to congratulate the winners of the 2009 J. Watumull Scholarships for the Study of India. Click here to view scholarship information. Check back with us for information about the recipients.			Recent and Upcoming CSAS Events 26th Annual Spring Symposium APRIL 8TH - APRIL 9TH, 2009 "Memory / Anticipation / Place: Environmentalism, Sustainability, and Eco-Criticism in South Asian Contexts Featuring invited lectures by Kavita Philip (UC-Irvine), Haripriya Rangan (Monash University), and Nirmal Selvamony (Madras Christian College, University of Madras), a public reception, a cultural evening demonstrating ancient Indian (Tamil) Poetry and Music, and a concluding roundtable discussion on "Environmentalism in Comparative Contexts. Click here to view the complete program. * Wednesday, April 15: Dr. Kalpana Ram (Macquarie University, Department of Anthropology) will discuss Christianity, Hinduism, and spirit-possession. Her talk, titled, "A Morality More Fundamental Than Formal Religious Boundaries? : Shared Practices of Seeking Justice in Popular Christianity and Hinduism, Rural South India," is part of the 2009 Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Department of Religion. Co-sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies. Time and Location TBA. * Friday, April 24, 2009: Dr. John Taber (University of New Mexico, Department of Philosophy) will discuss the Mimamsa critique of the (Buddhist and Vaisesika) view that the relation of word and meaning arises from convention. Mimamsa, in contrast, vigorously defends the challenging thesis that the relation between word and meaning is eternal and non-conventional. His talk, titled, "The Mimamsa Theory of the Eternality of Language," is part of the 2009 Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy. Co-sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies. 2:30 - 4:00pm, Sakamaki C309. * The Center for South Asian studies has developed a new website, *Caste in South Asia: A Gateway to Internet Resources, to introduce junior and non-specialist members of the UH and broader research community to the notion of 'caste' as a critical and contested concept. Click here to visit the site*.
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