[Soasiastudents] Bulletin 6.22.2010

[Keith Snodgrass]

All Events June 2010
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*Reading** by William Dalrymple*

*Thursday June 24, 2010*
*7-8 pm*
Gardner Center, Seattle Asian Art Museum

*Cosponsored with Elliott Bay Books and the South Asia Center, University of
Washington *

This well-known Delhi-based author’s new book is *Nine Lives: In Search of
the Sacred in Modern India*. His previous intriguing accounts of Asian
travel and history include *The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty*: Delhi,
1857 (Vintage,2008) and *White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in
Eighteenth-Century India* (Penguin, 2004).
Free with museum admission.
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*Jhilmil: An Evening of Laughter and Hindi Poetry Featuring special invited
poets and local talent*

*Saturday June 26, 2010*
*6:00 PM*
Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building, UW Campus, Seattle

*Pratidhwani*

*425-522-3570, http://www.pratidhwani.org/jhilmil*

*Tickets*

$15 General admission ($18 at gate)
$12 Pratidhwani members ($15 at gate)
$10 Full time students ($12 at gate)
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*2010 Summer Seminar For Educators, Grade 6 and Up - A World of Food:
Growing it, Shipping it, Selling it*

*Monday June 28, 2010* to *Tuesday June 29, 2010*

Douglas Forum in the Bank of America Executive Education Center, University
of Washington, Seattle

*Sponsored by the Jackson School of International Studies National Resource
Centers, the East Asia Resource Center, and the Global Asia Institute.*

*For more information, visit http://jsis.washington.edu/outreach or contact
the East Asia Center at eacenter at uw.edu.*

The Outreach Centers at The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
invite you to attend the annual Summer Seminar for Educators, June 28-29,
2010. This year’s seminar will focus on the international history and
economics of food. Issues to be explored include the ethics of food
production, food supply, food as a commodity and more. Attendees will walk
away with the confidence, knowledge and strategies to implement curriculum
on this topic and to use this theme to increase interest in global studies.
This two-day seminar is designed for middle school, high school and
community college educators.

Registration Deadline: June 11, 2010 (or until event is filled)

*ONLINE REGISTRATION (click
here)*<https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/eacenter/99789?solstice_selected_button=btn_0401918fa1ed4fa14df9d049cfe523ab_1&sol_button_data_btn_0401918fa1ed4fa14df9d049cfe523ab_1=0e103cdf0cac4028131940f4c488f1bd9e240b5a73ac27a0bc5dc499eb8d0416b81d923f65dbb30943bb2c255ac93b80d0d305999bf19232eac5e76d1765a2729f3364130d93089adf8eca8290db389c46039ec1f46a3c8557594438171b0a56f99460caf95c7185818f0830dd296caae0cb59f44eaec3145690e9187d1e3df25a867d568adac47ba11a02a4b900c5fb>

Registration Fee: $95* (non-refundable) includes parking/bus passes,
coffee/tea, morning pastries, lunch, and 16 WA state clock hours (you must
attend the entire seminar to receive clock hours). Travel stipends are
available, but not guaranteed, for teachers traveling more than 75 miles.
Priority is given to full-time permanent teachers. In order to receive clock
hours, you must register by June 11, 2010.

*Registration must be paid in full in advance. We are unable to accept cash
or credit cards.

For more information, please visit
http://jsis.washington.edu/outreach/summer or contact the East Asia Center
at (206) 543-6938 or
eacenter at uw.edu<file:///R:/south%20asia/NWSANet/2010/06.2010/%CE%92%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%2006.22.2010.doc>
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July 2010
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*Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-41): The Village and the People of India*

*Thursday July 22, 2010*
*7-9:30 pm*
Gardner Center, Seattle Asian Art Museum

*Sonal Khullar, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Washington
*

*Sponsored by SAAM and the Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas*

Born in Hungary and trained in Paris, Amrita Sher-Gil worked in India during
the 1930s until her untimely death at the age of 28. Sonal Khullar speaks on
Sher-Gil’s synthesis of painting traditions from East and West.

Full series of eight summer lectures: nonmembers $56, SAM members $28.
Partial series of four lectures (your choice which four): nonmembers $32,
SAM members $16. Individual lecture tickets: nonmembers $10, SAM members $5.
www.seattleartmuseum.org/gardnercenter

Purchase tickets in person at the Seattle Art Museum, or by phone at
206.654.3121, or by email at boxoffice at seattleartmuseum.org.
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*K.G. Subramanyan (1924-): The Art School and the Living Tradition *

*Tuesday July 27, 2010*
*7 - 8:30 pm*
Gardner Center, Seattle Asian Art Museum

*Sonal Khullar, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Washington
*

*Sponsored by SAAM and the Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas*

One of India’s most distinguished living artists, Subramanyan cultivated
identities as master craftsman and modernist painter during the 1960s and
beyond. Sonal Khullar speaks on Subramanyan’s use of traditional crafts to
enrich the practice of modern art.

Full series of eight summer lectures: nonmembers $56, SAM members $28.
Partial series of four lectures (your choice which four): nonmembers $32,
SAM members $16. Individual lecture tickets: nonmembers $10, SAM members $5.
www.seattleartmuseum.org/gardnercenter

Purchase tickets in person at the Seattle Art Museum, or by phone at
206.654.3121, or by email at boxoffice at seattleartmuseum.org.
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*Bhupen Khakhar (1934-2003): The City and the World of the Bazaar*

*Thursday July 29, 2010*
*7 - 8:30 pm*
Gardner Center, Seattle Asian Art Museum

*Sonal Khullar, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Washington
*

*Sponsored by SAAM and the Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas*

Bhupen Khakhar mined traditions from India’s popular visual culture to
produce an art that is bold, inventive, funny, and utterly original. Sonal
Khullar speaks on the sources of Khakhar’s art, such as calendar art and
Bollywood film, and their transformation in painting.

Full series of eight summer lectures: nonmembers $56, SAM members $28.
Partial series of four lectures (your choice which four): nonmembers $32,
SAM members $16. Individual lecture tickets: nonmembers $10, SAM members $5.
www.seattleartmuseum.org/gardnercenter

Purchase tickets in person at the Seattle Art Museum, or by phone at
206.654.3121, or by email at boxoffice at seattleartmuseum.org.

Purchase tickets in person at any of SAM’s three sites, or by phone at
206.654.3121 or by email at boxoffice at seattleartmuseum.org.

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*Scholarships/Fellowships*

*American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Fellowship Competition*

The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) invites applications from
scholars from all disciplines who wish to conduct their research in India.
Junior fellowships are given to doctoral candidates to conduct research for
their dissertations in India for up to eleven months. Senior long-term (six
to nine months) and short-term (four months or less) fellowships are
available for scholars who hold the Ph.D. degree. Scholarly/Professional
development fellowships are available to scholars and professionals who have
not previously worked in India. Eligible applicants include 1) U.S.
citizens; and 2) citizens of other countries who are students or faculty
members at U.S. colleges and universities (this rule does not apply to U.S.
citizens). For applications please contact the American Institute of Indian
Studies, 1130 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. (773) 702-8638. Email:
aiis at uchicago.edu. Web site: www.indiastudies.org. *Application deadline is
July 1, 2010.*

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Keith Snodgrass
Associate Director and Outreach Coordinator
South Asia Center, Box 353650
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3650
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e: snodgras at uw.edu
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