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Upcoming Events

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Event Archive

The Mahābhārata in Double Vision

TAPSA: Nell Hawley, University of Chicago Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations The weight of the Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata exerts a kind of gravitational pull on South Asian literature. Retellings of the Mahābhārata fill South Asia’s languages and...

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Charulata

Doc Films Screening: Charulata 7pm & 9:30pm Dates: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 7:00pm Doc films 1212 E 59th St # 3, Chicago, IL 60637

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UChicago Presents: Rahim AlHaj

Sunday, May 5: Rahim AlHaj (location: Logan Center) • 2 pm – pre-concert lecture with Rahim AlHaj and Philip Bohlman • 3 pm – Rahim AlHaj performance: “Letters from Iraq” • Post-concert reception Monday, May 6: continued performances by Rahim AlHaj • Two school...

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Technologies of Sexuality in Tibetan Buddhism

South Asia Seminar: Sarah Jacoby, Department of Religious Studies, Northwestern University In the past year, sex abuse allegations have scandalized some of the most prominent global Tibetan Buddhist communities, raising pressing questions about the role of...

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The Big City

Doc Films Screening: The Big City 7pm & 9:30pm Dates: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 7:00pm Doc films 1212 E 59th St # 3, Chicago, IL 60637

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A Meeting of Two Seas: 3.0 Migration Stories

Following the groundbreaking performances of music of South Asia offered these past two years at Rockefeller Chapel by a coalition of Hindu and Muslim students working to create a "meeting of two seas," this year's concert takes a new direction: celebrating the...

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