[Soasiastudents] NWSA Net Bulletin 02.25.2008

[Ashish Nangia]

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Upcoming Events 
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1. Monday, February 25, 7:30 pm: 
MANIL SURI
at the Elliot Bay Book Company, Seattle. 

Co-presented with the 
SOUTH ASIA CENTER, JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON and CHAYA. 

Seven years after winning worldwide acclaim and attention for his brilliant debut novel, The Death of Vishnu, Manil Suri makes this most welcome Elliott Bay return with his much-anticipated second novel, The Age of Shiva (W.W. Norton).
For more details visit 
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/feb08/suri.jsp
 
2. February 29 - March 1st
The annual South Asian Conference of the Pacific Northwest 2008,  will be hosted by the Center for India and South Asia Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.    
On March 1st the Faculty Conference and Colloquium will  bring together scholars and faculty from Columbia, Harvard, University of Washington, UCLA and the University of British Columbia. 

Dinner: 6:30 pm, February 29th, 2008. 
Place: Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive, UBC, Vancouver
RSVP to phedra at interchange.ubc.ca 

Faculty Colloquium: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm on March 1st, 2008
Place: Lecture Hall, St. John's College, 2111 Lower Mall, UBC, Vancouver. 

There will also be a Student pre-confrence on February 29th. 
For further details correspondence to phedra at interchange.ubc.ca, or dgeary at interchange.ubc.ca 

3. March 5: 7:00 PM, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW Campus.

"Democratic Elections and the Military in Pakistan and Thailand," Charles Keyes, Professor of Anthropology and International Studies,and Ethan Casey, author of Alive and Well in Pakistan, sponsored by the Southeast Asian Studies and South Asian Studies Centers and the Global Studies Center.

This event is free, open to the public, and does not require registration. Coffee and tea will be served.
  
Hear experts from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington and other leading institutions address major national and international policy issues. Full details of the series is at http://jsis.washington.edu/canada/hot.pdf . The lecture series is free and open to the public - registration is not necessary. 



3. March 13, 3:30 pm, (Venue TBA) 

Ramya Sreenivasan, SUNY Buffalo Dept. of History and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Washington, will read from her book The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen (UW Press, 2007).  



The medieval Rajput queen Padmini has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives since the 13th century.  Ramya Sreenivasan investigates these legends and uses Padmini as a means of illustrating the power of gender norms in constructing heroic memory. 




Funding Opportunities
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1. UW Fellowship to Pembroke College, Cambridge, UK 


Students at any level in a graduate degree program in the social sciences or the humanities at the University of Washington
are eligible to apply for the University of Washington Fellowship to Pembroke College, Cambridge (England).
This $20,000 fellowship is designed to permit a student to study at Cambridge in the UK.  For further information contact Dianne Zimmer 
Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation (GSFEI)   Box 353770  206-685-2628



Employment Opportunities 
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1. Research Associate (Program Officer) - South Asia / Southeast Asia. 
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent non-partisan institution established by Congress to increase the nation's peacebuilding capacity, seeking a person to serve as a Research Associate (Program Officer) with a specialization in South Asia or Southeast Asia. The incumbent will conceive, design and implement projects relating to the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict in South or Southeast Asia (e.g. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines).

The successful candidate will have either a PhD with some post-doctoral relevant experience or an MA with at least three years of relevant experience.  Interested candidates should submit a resume including recent salary history to:

Email to: vacancies+200819 at usip.org
Fax to: 202-833-1019
Mail to: 
USIP Vacancy No. 200819
1200 17th Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
202-833-1019





Visiting Scholar Announcement
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Short Term Visiting Scholars for 2008 to UW Invited to Apply. Details at http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/employ.shtml


Miscellaneous Announcements 
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1.  Texas Asia Conference: 
The Texas Asia Conference at the University of Texas at Austin invites students working on original research projects and across disciplines of Asia to present their work. All areas of study are invited: communication, ethnomusicology, history, literature, women's studies, political science, religion, anthorpology, philology and other related fields. Work which crosses disciplinary boundaries is encouraged. The last day for abstract submission is April 3rd. 
Please send abstracts to texasasiaconference at gmail.com 





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The South Asia Center Bulletin is published by the South Asia Center, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. 
For more information please write to sascuw at u.washington.edu or Keith Snodgrass at snodgras at u.washington.edu  




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