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November
1

"Landscape Heritage and Conservation in South Asia:
Three Shalamar Bagh Workshop"

2:00 - 5:00 pm
Illini Union Room 210

Co-Sponsored by: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

1

Economic Realities of South Asia and the Future: A Panel Discussion with Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy and Dr. Smithu Kothari

12:00 pm
Lucy Ellis Lounge

Sponsored by: The South Asian Collective and the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

1

Nukes in a Globalizing World

Pervez Hoodbhoy
Department of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

7:30 pm
Knight Auditorium,
Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street, Urbana

Co-Sponsored by: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

2-3
INDIA SIXTY
The Critical Questions

210 Illini Union
1401 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Please visit the event website for more information.

Co-Sponsored by: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

6

"Mega Disaster Preparedness and Management:
A Two-Way Learning Opportunity between Developed and Developing Countries"

Irfan Ahmad

12:00 noon
Lucy Ellis Lounge
1080 Foreign Languages Building
707 S. Mathews, Urbana

Sponsored by: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

6

Salata Baladi

A Film by Nadia Kamel
Followed by Discussion with the Director

7:00 pm
223 Gregory Hall

Sponsored by:

Unit for Cinema Studies
Department of Human Community Development
Program for the Study of Religion
Department of Anthropology
Center for Global Studies Program on Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
Department of Sociology

8

Earthquakes and Empire in Modern Central Asia

Douglas Northrop

4:00 - 5:30 pm
101 International Studies Buidling
910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign

Co-Sponsored by: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

9

YMCA Friday Forum

Democratic Religion and Religious Democracies

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

noon - 1:30 pm
Latzer Hall
University YMCA

Sponsored by: University YMCA

9

"Q2P"

Paromita Vohra

3:00 pm
Lucy Ellis Lounge
1080 Foreign Languages Building
707 S. Mathews, Urbana

Sponsored by: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

13

"Of Nations and Heroes: Terrorism as a Trope in Bollywood Cinema"

Ritu Saksena

12:00 noon
Lucy Ellis Lounge
1080 Foreign Languages Building
707 S. Mathews, Urbana

Sponsored by: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

December
5

"Sacred Jabal Amil:
Genealogy, Time, and Shiite Politics in Lebanon since 1970"

Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr
Washington University in St. Louis

12:00 noon
Lucy Ellis Lounge
1080 Foreign Languages Building
707 S. Mathews, Urbana

Sponsored by: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies