Events

Jainism in South India
Sept. 20th, 9:30am-5pm
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall


Presented by South Asia Research and Information Institute (SARII) and The Department of Religious Studies, SMU

Conference is free and open to the public.
For free registration, email: jainism@sarii.org 
For more information or to download the flier, click: here


Presenters include:

Dr. Alvappillai Veluppillai (Arizona State University)

Dr. Robert Zydenbos (University of Munich, Germany)

Dr. Rangarajan Vijayalakshmy (International Institute of Tamil Studies, Chennai)

Dr. S. Palaniappan (President, SARII)

Dr. Lisa N. Owen (University of North Texas)

Ms. Eva-Maria Glasbrenner, M.A. (University of Munich, Germany)



Past Events

CelebrASIAN @ SMU

CelebrASIAN Webpage

April
Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th: APIA U101 Leadership
    Conference (Presented by the OCA)

Monday, 7th: Vietnamese Student Association screening of
    Journey from the Fall

Thursday, 10th : East Asian Student Association
    Night Market


Friday, 11th to Saturday, 12th: Asian Council participation in
    Relay for Life


Tuesday, 15th: Asian Council & Meadows Fashion Show

March

Wednesday, 26th. 11am-2pm: Asian Council presents
    A Taste of Asia, Food Festival, Hughes-Trigg Commons. 

Monday, 24th. 7-9pm: Comedian Eliot Chang, Hughes-Trigg
    Theater



George and Mary Foster Distinguished Lecture

Premodern Kingship in Postmodern Guise?
The Chinese Lineage under Colonialism,
Communism, and Capitalism

James L. Watson
Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and
Professor of Anthropology
Harvard University

Date and Time: April 7, 5pm
Place: McCord Auditorium (306 Dallas)

Foster Lecture Series Link


Asian American Leadership and Education Conference

March 7-8th at SMU
Event is for high school students

Registration is required

AALEC website


Japanese Film Festival

FLL Japanese Program, Meadows School of Arts and the Japan Club presents 2008 SMU Japanese Film Festival “SWING GIRLS”
 
Friday, February 15, 2008
Time:  6:30pm, doors open at 6
Location:  McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall 3rd floor
Contact:  Keiko Schneider (kschneid@smu.edu)

Japan Club Webpage

The Al and Sadye Gartner Honors Lecture Series

"Iconicity and Advertising: Shanghai, Mukden, Tianjin and the Modern Girl Icon"

Monday, Feb. 25th, 3:30pm
DeGolyer Library: Texana Room

Tani E. Barlow, Ph.D.
University of Washington

click here for sponsor info


Japanese Film Festival

FLL Japanese Program, Meadows School of Arts and the Japan Club presents 2008 SMU Japanese Film Festival ““MILLENNIUM ACTRESS”

Saturday, February 16, 2008
Time:  6:30pm, doors open at 6 
Location:  McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall 3rd floor
Contact:  Keiko Schneider (kschneid@smu.edu)

Japan Club Webpage

Asian/Asian-American Reception

For Faculty, Staff, and Students
Hosted by EASA (East Asian Student Association)

Weds., Feb. 6th, 5:00-7:00pm
Hughes-Trigg Ballroom East

Conference: Japan's New Nationalism

How Japan's National Identity is Changing at Home and Abroad

Sponsored by the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies

Thursday, Jan. 31-Friday, February 1, 2008
Meadow's Museum
(download flier)

Conference: History of Bharatnatyam

Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
McCord Auditorium

Click here for more information.


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