Public Lectures and Events – Asian Studies Program

2014-2015

Mardistan (Macholand): Reflections on Indian Manhood

Film/Discussion with Dr. Harjant Gill, Professor Towson University

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn
SHORT SYNOPSIS: Mardistan (Macholand) explores what it means to
be a man in India, a nation increasingly defined by social inequality and
gender related violence.

“Without You, There is No Us” — Undercover in North Korea

Suki Kim – Lecture and Book Signing – Journalist

Tuesday, March 3, 2015
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Library 7th Floor, Albin O. Kuhn
Lecture by Suki Kim, award-winning journalist.

An expose of life in North Korea and one of its elite schools by a New York Times best-selling Korean-American author and journalist.Co-sponsors: Dresher Center, Global Studies Program, Department of History,
Department of English, Korean Society of Maryland.
This event is free and open to the public.

 

Contemporary Festivals in India

Rebecca Brown, Associate Professor – Johns Hopkins University

Tuesday, March 10, 2015
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn
Title of Lecture: “Durations and Interruptions: People, Process, and Art at the 1985–86 Festival of India.”

This event is free and open to the public.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Asian Studies Program Lectures

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