Events

Asian Studies and the South Asia Research and Information Institute (Dallas) present a one day conference:

CITIES, COURTS, AND SAINTS:
Muslim Cultures of South Asia

Date: SEPT. 22nd, 2012
Place: McCord Auditorium
Time: 9am-5pm

Presenters: 
DR. RICHARD M. EATON (U. of Arizona)
DR. MUZAFFAR ALAM (U. of Chicago)
DR. RAJIV KINRA (Northwestern University)
DR. BARBARA D. METCALF (U. of Michigan, emerita)
DR. THOMAS METCALF (UC Berkeley, emeritus)
DR. KATHERINE SCHOFIELD (King’s College, London)

Chair: 
DR. AZFAR MOIN (Southern Methodist University)

Abstracts are available here.
SARII's webpage

Registration is free, but required. To register, email: muslimculture@sarii.org

Co-sponsored by the Clements Department of History and the Department of Religious Studies

The Evolving Role of the Mosque in American Society

Ingrid Mattson
Director, Duncan Black Macdonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut

Date: April 11, 2012
Time: 7pm
Place: McCord Auditorium (Dallas Hall)

The Canadian-born Mattson is the first female to have served as president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006-2010) and first convert to hold that post (she converted from Catholicism). She will discuss American Muslims' complex demographics and cultural and ideological differences; the integration or lack of integration of mosques into the American landscape; and the role of the imam and how Muslims have to organize their community priorities in this country.
 
The SMU Religious Studies Department in cooperation with Perkins School of Theology present a 2012 Scott-Hawkins Lecture

Indian Student Association: Mustang Masti

Date: Saturday, March 24th

Time: 8pm 

Place: McFarlin Auditorium, SMU Campus

Mustang Masti is an upscale competitive show that brings together singing and dancing acts that will blow you away. These acts are the best of the best from DFW and its surrounding areas. In the past performances have ranged from hip hop, bollywood fusion, classical, to opera, a cappella, and medleys. This year we were fortunate  to come across some of the most talented individuals that we have ever had on this stage.. Did we mention YouTube sensation Jus Reign will be the host? So come by to see amazing talent, laugh with Jus Reign, and to be a part of a great event!

FOR SMU STUDENTS/FACULTY with a valid ID-  This event is FREE!

Non-SMU:

Pre-sale tickets are only $7 at www.mera.ticket.com

$10- At the door

Teaser:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1RceQoltmpc

The Past and Future Development of the Korean..

The Past and Future Development of the Korean Peninsula

The Tower Center Student Forum, in partnership with the National Unifi­cation Advisory Council, presents a program on the Korean Peninsula. 

When: Feb 28TH, 5pm, 2012

Where: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall

Register here

North Korea, in the wake of the recent death of Kim Jung-Il, faces tremen­dous challenges from economic stagnation and international criticism of its  nuclear program.  In stark contrast, South Korea has had a history of im­pressive economic growth and marks more than 60 years of democracy with its upcoming presidential election.  This panel of speakers explores the dramatically different paths followed by the “Two Koreas” and their possible futures.

Panel:

Professor Hiroki Takeuchi, Political Science, SMU

Mr. Chong Choe, Chair, Korean American Coalition

Mr. Brian Park , National Unification Advisory Council

Evolving Role of the Mosque in American Society


Dr. Ingrid Mattson
Professor of Islamic Studies, Hartford Seminary

A Scott-Hawkins Lecture sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies in Dedman College and the Perkins School of Theology.  She will discuss the complex demographics of American Muslims, the cultural and ideological differences, the integration or lack of integration of mosques into the American landscape, the role of the imam and the way that the American context shapes the way Muslims organize their community priorities.

Date: April 11th
Time: 7pm
Place: McCord Auditorium

Ezra Vogel: China—Japan—U.S. Triangle

The Tower Center Presents:
Ezra Vogel: China—Japan—U.S. Triangular Relationship 


Ezra Vogel is the Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University. Dr. Vogel has served as Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at the Center for International Affairs (1980-87), National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the National Intel­ligence Council (1993-95), Director of the Fairbank Center (1995-99) and the first Director of the Asia Center (1997-99).  He is the author of a num­ber of books including Japan as Number One: Lessons for America (this remains the all-time best-seller in Japan for non-fiction by a Western au­thor) and most recently Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of Chi­na (2011).

When: April 16th, 6:30pm

Where: Prothero Great Hall

Register here

Stephan Haggard, Keynote Dinner Address

The Tower Center Presents:
Economic & Political Leadership from the Emerging World? A Focus on the BRICs

Stephan Haggard is a political scientist at the School of International Rela­tions and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego. His research centers on the in­ternational relations, politics, and economics of East Asia and Latin Ameri­ca. His books include The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries; The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions; The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis; and North Korea: Aid, Markets and Reform.

When: March 28th, 6pm
Where: Jones Great Hall, Meadows Museum

More information and registration here

India's Economic Miracle: Will It Endure?

The Tower Center invites you to attend a briefing on the Indian economy with Professor Prakash Sarangi

Date: Weds. Nov. 2nd
Time: 5:30-8:00pm
Place: Jones Great Hall, Meadows Museum

Prakash Sarangi is Director of International Affairs at the University of Hyderabad and former Pro-Vice-Chancellor. Professor Sarangi will evaluate India’s 21st century economic boom in terms of internal economic and political development. Dr. Sarangi is spending this year at SMU as a visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science and as a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Tower Center. Dr. Sarangi specializes in Indian Party Politics, Globalization, and Political Theory.

Register here

Tower Center Roundtable

One Hundred Years since the 1911 Republican Revolution: Nation and State Building in Republic of China

Where: Room 200, Collins Executive Education Center, SMU, 3150 Binkley Ave.

When:  4:30 – 6:00pm, Thursday, September 15, 2011                                                                                   

The year 1911 was a pivotal moment in history that marked China’s transformation from a traditional empire to a modern nation state, thereby ending the two thousand yearlong era of Chinese Imperialism and unleashing a host of economic, political, and social changes in China and in other areas of the world which continue to reverberate today.  In many important ways, the 1911 Revolution was the culmination a protracted struggle for national independence, nation and state building, constitutionalism, republicanism, and economic development, all of which continue to be central to current political discussions in Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan), People’s Republic of China, and indeed in much of the rest of the world.

Discussants:

Anne Chao, Rice University,

Joseph Esherick, University of San Diago

Ling Shiao, SMU

Harold Tanner, North Texas University

Peter Worthing, Texas Christian University

Moderator:

Hiroki Takeuchi, SMU

Archaeological Reflections on the History of Central Asia

by Lothar von Falkenhausen

Date: Thursday, 20 October 2011

Time: 6:00 pm

Place: Jean and Bob Smith Auditorium, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University

Professor Lothar von Falkenhausen is Professor of Chinese Archaeology and Art History and Associate Director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. He obtained his MA in East Asian Studies and his PhD in anthropology from Harvard University, and has also attended the University of Bonn, Peking University, and Kyoto University. His specialty is East Asian archaeology, with an emphasis on the great Bronze Age of China (ca. 2000-200 BC), and his volume, "Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius" was awarded the SAA Book Award in 2009.

This lecture explores some of the grand themes in Central Asian archaeology in light of new scholarship.  As we begin to look more closely at the actual inhabitants of the region, we find that we may have to abandon currently widespread romantic notions emphasizing the role of long-distance trade and the prosperity it allegedly brought to the region.

China IP: Now!

Dedman School of Law Presents:
Annual Symposium on Chinese Intellectual Property Law

Featuring panels of international speakers including academics, judges, and lawyers from the major players in the Chinese intellectual property arena.

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011
Time: 9am-4pm
Place: Hillcrest Classroom, Underwood Law Library

Registration cost is $100.  Register here.

Alternative Ramayanas

Variations in an Epic Tradition

A One-Day Conference Sponsored by South Asia Research and Information Institute and the Asian Studies Program

When: Saturday, Sept. 24th, 9-5pm
Where: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall

Presentations: 

The Ramayana in Southeast Asian Performance and
Reworking the Ramayana in Puppetry in West Java
Kathy Foley (UC Santa Cruz)

A la mode: Medieval Jain Ramayanas
Phyllis Granoff (Yale University)

Diving into the Lake: On the Necessity, Joy, and Terror
of (Re)Translating Tulsidas' Ramcaritmanas
Philip Lutgendorf (University of Iowa)

On the Implications of Kulacekara Alvar's Praise of
Rama's Killing of Sambuka
S. Palaniappan (SARII)

When All is Said and Done: Rama is still God
V. Narayana Rao (Emory University)

Classical and Modern Ramayana Stories in S. India
Paula Richman (Oberlin College)

Chaired by: Steven Lindquist (SMU)

Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is required by Sept. 17th.  Please include names and number of people by email at: ramayanas@sarii.org

Download flier here
Paper abstracts here
More info at: www.sarii.org

Entangled Empires

The Department of History Presents:

Entangled Empires: Thoughts on the Iberians in Three Oceans in the 16th Century
Dr. Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair of Indian History, UCLA

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 20th, 2011
Time: Reception at 5:30pm, Lecture at 6pm
Place: McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall



Past Events 

TOWER CENTER SEMINAR
with coffee & cookies

“Globalized Economy and Localized Politics:
New Trends in the Indian Party System”
Prakash Sarangi, Ph.D.

Professor Prakash Sarangi is Director of International Affairs at the University of Hyderabad and former Pro-Vice-Chancellor.  He is spending this year at SMU as a visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science and as a Senior Fellow in the Tower Center.  Dr. Sarangi specializes in Indian Party Politics, Globalization, and Political Theory.

Date: Thurs., March 24th
Time: 4pm
Place: Tower Center Boardroom

RSVP to the Tower Center (tower@smu.edu) required.

Justice Without Lawyers

Everyday Life in the Kolkata, India Family Court

Srimati Basu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Women's Studies and Anthropology
University of Kentucky

Date: March 25, 2011
Time: 5pm
Place: McCord Auditorium

Sponsored by the Anthropology Club, Anthropology Department, Women's and Gender Studies, Asian Studies Program, and Amnesty International

Double Agents, Body Doubles, and Bad Brahmins

A Brief History of Brahminical Anti-Brahminism in India

Christian Novetzke, Ph.D.
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington

Date: Friday, April 8th, 2011
Time: 3:30pm
Place: Fondren Science 153

Sponsored by Asian Studies and Felix Chen

The Japanese Earthquake

Speakers:
3/11 + The Future of Japan: Personal Reflections
Dr. William M. Tsutsui, Dean of Dedman College:

Scientific Insight into the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Dr. Brian W. Stump, Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences:

Date: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Place: Room 123, Fondren Science Building

Admission:   Free for students with SMU ID or under 18; $10 for others (tickets will be on sale between 6:00pm and 6:30pm).

All funds raised by Japanese Association will go to American Red Cross through SMU’s Institute for the Study of Earth and Man

Khubilai Khan: The Man and the Myth

Morris Rossabi, Ph.D.
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Columbia University

Date: Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Time: 4pm
Place: Dedman Life Sciences 132

Sponsored by Asian Studies and Felix Chen

Wartime Displacement

Wartime Displacement in the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945: 
Refugees and Conscripted Laborers

Keith Schoppa, Ph.D.
Doehler Chair in Asian History
Loyola College

Date: Friday, March 4th, 2011
Time: 4pm
Place: Fondren Science (FOSC) 155

Sponsored by Asian Studies and Felix Chen

Co-sponsored by the History, Human Rights, and the Tower Center

Islam and Power in Colonial India

The Making and Unmaking of a Muslim Prince(ss)

Barbara D. Metcalf, Ph.D.
President, American Historical Association
Professor of History Emerita, University of Michigan

Date: Nov 11, 2010
Time: 4pm
Place: McCord Auditorium (Dallas Hall 306)


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