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South Asian University launches its first Academic Journal – Society and Culture in South Asia
New Delhi: Academic writing cannot be for merely the sake of publishing and earning brownie points for promotion in job. This was one of the central points of discussion at the launch of South Asian University’s first academic journal – Society and Culture in South Asia. The journal was launched by eminent economist Prabhat Patnaik …
Cultural Event
CROSSING BOUNDARIES
‘RAMAYANA HAS DIFFERENT MEANINGS FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES’ New Delhi: Narratives of epics change according to the places they have travelled to and different places put different emphasis on various parts of epics like Ramayana, said Paula Richman, William H Danforth professor of South Asian Religions at Oberlin, Ohio. She was speaking on the topic of …
Upcoming Event
A Special Lecture by Paula Richman from Oberlin College, Ohio Paula Richman is William Danforth Professor of South Asian Religions at Oberlin College in Ohio, USA. She received her Ph.D. in South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and has published two books on Tamil literature: Women. Branch Stories. and Religious Rhetoric …
UPCOMING EVENT
Department of Sociology, South Asian University is organising a two-day international seminar on, ‘Performative Communication: Culture and Politics in South Asia’ in collaboration with Center for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, on 20th and 21st January 2015. The venue of the seminar is Tagore Hall at Jamia Millia Islamia. The seminar seeks to unravel the interface between culture and politics in …