[Soasiastudents] Bulletin 02.01.2012

[Keith Snodgrass]

 South Asia Center Bulletin
*published by the South Asia National Resource Center, Henry M. Jackson
School of International Studies, University of Washington*   *In the
Bulletin* *EVENTS* *ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES* *EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES* * * *
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All Events
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*Feburary 2012*


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*Self Branding: Urban Spaces and Middle Class Culture in Hyderabad*

*February 2, 2012*

*3:30 PM*

Thomson Hall 317



In this paper I will examine consumer practices of urban, cosmopolitan,
global identities that draw on generalized narratives of class while
simultaneously claiming Indian uniqueness.  I link these practices
to….MORE…<http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/events.shtml#_3711>
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*"All of the Monks Have Guns"?  On the Tibetan Cultural Psychology of Anger
and Construction Political Non-violence*
*Feb. 8, 2012*

* 3:30 PM*

 Thomson 317

Randall Horton, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Seattle University

Media images of in the West, based largely on interviews with exiled
political and religious dissidents like the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, have
tended to idealize Tibetans as fundamentally pacifist, as …MORE…
<http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/events.shtml#_3711>
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*Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Tuesday*

*February 14, 2012**
**7:00 pm*
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park

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Award-winning journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker, Katherine Boo
speaks on her new book Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope
in a Mumbai Undercity. Free admission.
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*A** Century (almost) of Ghalib's English Translations: A Historical and
Comparative Perspective*

*Thursday February 16, 2012*
*3:30-5:00pm*

Savery 137

*Jameel Ahmad*

*snodgras at uw.edu*

This paper examines the history of English translations of the Urdu ghazals
of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869). The ghazal is one of the most
popular poetic genres in world literature. The ghazal couplets are two-line
long poems and pose a great challenge for translation. To introduce Ghalib
and his poetry into English has been attempted for almost one hundred
years. This paper offers a historical and comparative perspective on the
strategies employed by different translators in different times and for
different target audiences.
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*March 2012*
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*Life in an Asian Slum***

*Saturday March 10, 2012*
*9:30—11am *
Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park



Melanie Walker, Deputy Director for Special Initiatives, Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation
Celine d’Cruz, founding member (in Mumbai) and Coordinator of Slum Dwellers
International (SDI)
Individual lecture tickets: $5 SAM members, $10 nonmembers, free at the
door to UW students with ID.
Tickets on sale from the SAM box office: (206) 654-3121 or to purchase
online, visit tickets.seattleartmuseum.org/public
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For more event listings, see “Events” at http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/

*Academic Opportunities*
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 *American Institute of Indian Studies*

The American Institute of Indian Studies welcomes applications for its
summer 2012 and academic year 2012-2013 language programs. Programs to be
offered include Hindi (Jaipur), Bengali (Kolkata), Punjabi (Chandigarh),
Tamil (Madurai); Marathi (Pune), Urdu (Lucknow), Telugu (Vizag), Malayalam
(Thiruvananthapuram) and Sanskrit (Pune) and Pali/Prakrit (Pune). We will
offer other Indian languages upon…*For more information:*
www.indiastudies.org

*The application deadline is January 31, 2012.  *

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*2012 ANHS Senior Fellowship Program***

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The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS) invites applications
for support of short-term research or other scholarly projects that will
advance knowledge of the Himalaya-Karakoram-Hindukush mountain regions.
Applicants should be at the postdoctoral level or have equivalent
professional experience. The fellowship will support work focusing on any
aspect of Himalayan studies….*For more Information:*
http://www.anhs-himalaya.org
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The application deadline is April 1, 2012 with an anticipated award date of
May 1, 2012*.



*Learn a South Asian language this summer!*

The South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) based at the University of
Wisconsin – Madison is offering intensive summer courses in the following
South Asian languages: *Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi,
Pashto, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan and Urdu*.
Applications for summer 2012 are now being accepted.

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Apply to SASLI*: Instructions for submitting a complete application packet
and the SASLI web application can be found on the SASLI website at
sasli.wisc.edu <http://www.sasli.wisc.edu/>. If you have questions about
SASLI, please review the FAQ pages on the web site at
http://sasli.wisc.edu/faq/index.html.



*Call for Papers: South Asia by the Bay *

*Graduate Student Conference at Stanford University on May 9-11, 2012 *

South Asia by the Bay is a brand new initiative based in the San Francisco
Bay Area. It aims to establish an annual forum where graduate students from
across disciplines and institutions in North America, who work on South
Asia, can meet to discuss their work with each other, and with South Asia
affiliated faculty from the organizing institutions (Stanford University,
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Davis,
University of California, Santa Cruz).

Students who are interested in participating in the conference should
submit a one-page (300 word) proposal and one page CV to Bernadette White (
bmwhite at stanford.edu) by March 10, 2012.

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*The American India Foundation's William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service
in India *

The American India Foundation's William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service
in India is committed to developing the next generation of leaders. Through
AIF's 10 month fellowship in India, Clinton Fellows are equipped with a
practical, field-based knowledge of development. These fellows will become
life-long ambassadors for service to the marginalized & underserved in
India.The Fellowship
….MORE…<http://www.aif.org/w-j-clinton-fellowship/apply.html>



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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Announces New Fulbright Public
Policy Fellowship

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
<http://exchanges.state.gov/>announced the creation of the Fulbright
Public Policy Fellowship, a new
component of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright Public
Policy Fellowship will allow U.S. citizens to contribute to the
strengthening of the public sector abroad by serving in professional
placements within foreign government ministries or institutions while
simultaneously carrying out an academic research/study project. The
fellowship will …MORE… <http://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/>.

*THE DAMODAR R. SAR DESAI PRIZE FOR THE BEST  LESSON PLAN ON SOUTH ASIA*

The Prize recognizes effective teaching of

India and South Asia in K-12 History-Social Science classrooms.

The Yadunandan Center at CSU Long Beach offers a prize of $1,000 to the
best lesson plan submitted that deals with the politics or culture of South
Asia in history or in the contemporary world.
MORE…..<http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/indiastudies/>



*Environment and Development in the Indian Himalaya*

In partnership with the Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG),
based in village Simayal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand state, students
examine the political economy of development in India and critically
reflect on the dynamics of formal and informal labor, environmental change
and integrated rural development. The Kumaun Himalayan region provides a
unique perspective to examine accelerated economic and environmental change
in relation to the….
More<http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/ecologyprogram/index.shtml>

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*11th International Conference on Early Modern Literatures in North India
August 3rd-5th, 2012
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla*

The Conference-- which functions as a workshop for 'research in progress'--
seeks to explore the diverse literary and devotional cultures that existed
simultaneously in North India by re-investigating distinctions and
connections between vernacular and cosmopolitan languages, between the
vernaculars.. MORE… <http://www.icemlni.org/>

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*SACPAN 2012 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, MARCH 3, 2012*

The South Asia Center at the University of Washington invites you to submit
paper proposals for the South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest
(SACPAN) 2012, to be held on March 3, 2012 at the University of Washington,
Seattle…MORE.. <http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/sacpan.shtml>
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*Employment Opportunities*
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*Centre for Indian Studies in Africa/Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs,
Government of India Project on Indian Capital, Labour Migration and Global
Responsibility in Africa*



The following four year contract positions are available and could be
renewable depending on funding:

·         Associate Professor

·         Lecturer/Researcher

Further opportunities:

·         Two PhD fellowships worth R 140000 each tenable for three years
with a possibility of extension by one year

·         Two Masters by dissertation worth R 100000 each tenable for one
year



FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: *dilip.menon at wits.ac.za*<dilip.menon at wits.ac.za>
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*Bangla Language Instructor*


5 week period starting in mid- to late- February, 8 hours a day, 5 days a
week. Pay rate: $24.42 per hour. Location: Fort Lewis, WA.
  Contact: Willis Counsel at 910-483-2881 X 475 <910-483-2881%20X%20425>,
or Willis.council at wwlr.com.
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*HINDI-URDU LECTURER ANNOUNCEMENT*

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill invites applications for
a two-year renewable lecturer position in Hindi-Urdu language and
culture beginning July 1, 2012. We are seeking a skilled language
instructor with a commitment to a proficiency-based approach to
language teaching. Native or near-native fluency in Modern Hindi-Urdu
and English is required. College-level experience teaching Hindi-Urdu
to nonnative speakers is preferred. *At least an MA is required in
South Asian studies, Hindi/Urdu language and literature, or a related
field. *More.... <http://jobs.unc.edu/2502095>

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*Summer 2012 Instructor Hiring*

SASLI is now accepting applications for Summer 2012 Lecturer and Faculty
Assistant Positions in the following languages:

*Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Pashto, Sanskrit, Sindhi,
Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan, and Urdu
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*For Lecturers:* http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_072250.html

*For Faculty Assistants:* http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_072247.html
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*                                                             Georgia
Gwinnett College, School of Liberal Arts*

Institution Type:   College / University

Location:   Georgia, United States

Position:   Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor



In anticipation of increases in enrollment for the 2012-2013 academic year,
Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) invites applicants for faculty positions in
History (Indian Subcontinent) starting August 1, 2012.

The successful candidates will be expected to teach the world history
and/or US history survey courses as well as courses within their
specialties. Applicants should
…MORE…<https://jobs.ggc.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp>


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*IAWW Information and Assistance Specialist—Immediate Opening*



The job will be performed as a contract between IAWW and ACRS under
following conditions:

I&A Services will be provided to seniors of Indian community in King
County, Washington.

Verbal and written proficiency in English and at least one of the three
prominent languages of India - Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati - is required.

For a more detailed information about job duties and requirements, please
contact *iawwsenior at hotmail.com*
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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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p:206.543.4800
f: 206.685.0668
e: snodgras at uw.edu
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