Events
SAP hosts a weekly seminar series. For the Spring 2024 semester, we are hosting in-person events, typically at 12:15 pm Mondays in G08 Uris Hall. All events are open to the public. All times Eastern (New York) Time.
Videos of many past events are available on our YouTube playlist.
Our annual Tagore Lecture in Modern Indian Literature, now held in the spring, features an author from South Asia or its diasporas. We also partner with Cornell student organizations to bring South Asian musicians, dancers, and other artists for campus performances.
Upcoming Events
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Amanda Lanzillo, (Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, laborers across northern India found themselves negotiating rapid industrial change, emerging technologies, and class hierarchies. In response to these…
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Zehra Hashmi (History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania)
This talk examines how and why Pakistan’s national biometric-based identification regime came to use an individual’s blood relations to construct and track uniquely identified individuals. Through the concept of datafied…
3:30 pm
Stimson Hall, G25
Come to the LRC to practice your language skills and meet new people. Conversation Hours provide an opportunity to use the target language in an informal, low-pressure atmosphere. Have fun practicing a language you are learning! Gain confidence through experience! Just using your new language skills helps you learn…
5:00 pm
Goldwin Smith Hall, 142
An Indian tourist couple arrive in the hill country of crisis ridden Sri Lanka to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. But, when things take an unexpected turn, conflicts deepen revealing cracks in their relationship.
Paradise is a 2023 Sri Lankan-Indian co-produced film co-written and directed by…
9:00 am
Kahin Center
As in years prior, this conference, cosponsored by the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, provides an opportunity for graduate students to critically engage with the particularities of Sri Lanka and its diasporas; particularities often sacrificed to make our work speak clearly to non-specialist audiences.…
11:00 am
Uris Hall, Terrace
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