2019-2020 Events

Fall Term

Friday, November 1st, 2019 12:00 pm

OHC Conference Room, 159 PLC

Coalition as Possession: Gender, Ecology, and the Indian New Wave Cinema

Presented by Sangita Gopal, 2019-20 faculty research fellow in cinema studies.

 

 

Thursday, October 24, 2019  6:00pm
Tykeson Rehearsal Hall, School of Music

Kathakali Dance Drama

Kathakali is a classical Indian dance-drama from southwestern Kerala state. Known for its make-up and costuming highly emotive acting style, and large, imposing movements, this visually impressive art form narrates stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics. The art has been widely celebrated both inside and outside of India, and its acting techniques have been incorporated into modern theater training all over the world. Come experience the world of Kathakali!

 

Monday, October 21, 2019  4:00pm
Lillis Hall 175

Colour, Mobility, and Cinematic Cartography: Exploring India in the 1960s

Kathakali is a classical Indian dance-drama from southwestern Kerala state. Known for its make-up and costuming highly emotive acting style, and large, imposing movements, this visually impressive art form narrates stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics. The art has been widely celebrated both inside and outside of India, and its acting techniques have been incorporated into modern theater training all over the world. Come experience the world of Kathakali!

Monday & Tuesday, October 14-15, 2019
Redwood Auditorium

Studying Republican Vietnam: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects

Interest in Republican Vietnam, a broad period that extends through the 20th century and beyond, is recently expanding due to a combination of newly available sources and the emergence of a younger generation of scholars less shackled by previous political biases. In this new scholarship, the conflicts between and within North and South Vietnam were at the core civil wars whose origins can be traced back to the 1920s’ clashes in colonial Vietnam among republican, communist, monarchist and other ideas. This conference explores issues related to the study of Republican Vietnam, from the spread of republican ideas to French Indochina at the turn of the century to the memories of the RVN among the diaspora and the resurgence of Republican values in Vietnam today, and everything in between.