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South Asian Review, the refereed journal of the South Asian Literary Association, is a representative international scholarly forum for the examination of South Asian Languages and Literatures in a broad cultural context. The journal is published three times a year: the Special Topic issue (June/July); the Regular issue (October); and the Creative Writing issue (December).

Pre-20th-Century Continental European or Asian History, Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech

The History Department and the interdisciplinary doctoral program ASPECT (Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought) at Virginia Tech seek an innovative, theoretically engaged cultural or intellectual historian with research and teaching interests that focus on pre-twentieth-century Continental Europe or Asia and emphasize issues of race, gender, or ethnicity. Applicants whose research engages global/transnational perspectives, who are committed to using new media and emerging technologies in teaching and research, and who will contribute to one of the department's emerging areas of inquiry (Identity, Politics, and Power; Science, Technology, and the Environment; Knowledge Production and Transmission) are especially encouraged to apply. This position is part of a cluster hire in ASPECT, although the tenure home will be in the History Department.

The successful candidate for this tenure-track appointment will contribute to the undergraduate and graduate educational missions of the department by teaching a variety of introductory survey courses, upper division courses, and graduate courses, including ASPECT courses. The ability to successfully mentor doctoral students in this program and a commitment to interdisciplinary teaching and research are a must. The potential for excellence in teaching and research is also required, as is the commitment to work effectively with a diverse campus population in support of Virginia Tech's "Principles of Community."

Located in the mountains of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is the largest state-supported university in Virginia. Blacksburg was voted by Outside Magazine as one of the ten best places to live in the United States. The Carnegie Foundation classifies Virginia Tech as a university with "very high research activity." The normal teaching load in the History Department is two courses per semester. Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, veterans, and people with disabilities.
Candidates must apply on-line at listings.jobs.vt.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=194241 and upload a letter of application, CV, a short (1-2 pp.) research précis that stresses the applicant's theoretical contributions, a short (1-2 pp.) statement of teaching philosophy that stresses the applicant's ability to teach and mentor doctoral students in an interdisciplinary social theory/humanities program, and an article-length writing sample.

Please have three letters of recommendation sent to:

History/ASPECT Search Committee
Virginia Tech
Department of History (0117)
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Screening of applications begins on October 31, 2011.

Post Doctoral Fellowships in South Asian Studies (Humanities and Social Sciences), Yale University

The South Asian Studies Council (SASC) at the MacMillan Center invites applications for post- doctoral positions at Yale University for AY 2012-2013. The Council expects to make one appointment with the possibility of a one-year renewal. Candidates must have research and teaching experience relevant to modern and contemporary South Asia, in the humanities or social sciences. Candidates with a PhD in South Asian History and other Humanities including Cinema, Literatures, Music and History of Art are especially encouraged to apply.

All applicants should have in-depth knowledge of at least one SA-related language and fluency in English; and must have completed the PhD by the time of appointment. The post-doctoral fellow will teach one course in each of two terms related to his/her interests, pursue his/her own research, and participate in the activities of the South Asian Studies Council. Applicants should submit a cover letter, one-page description of research plans; a draft of a course syllabus and a title and brief summary of a second course; a CV; two letters of reference which also attest to your teaching abilities (and please ensure that referees contact information is included). Compensation includes an annual salary of $55,000 - $60,000, depending on rank and seniority of the selected individual, and health coverage.

We will accept applications immediately with review beginning on
January 9, 2012 and continuing until the selections are final.

Yale is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

All information from the applicant should be submitted electronically through Academic Jobs On-Line. Uploaded PDF copies of signed reference letters will be accepted but signed hard copies should be mailed to the address below.

Ms. Kasturi Gupta, Program Manager, South Asian Studies Council, The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208206 New Haven, CT 06520-8206 USA. Email: kasturi.gupta@yale.edu

CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative and/or cross-regional research. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or in teams.

Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Approximately nine awards of up to $12,000 each will be given.

Deadline: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
For more details and application, please see  www.caorc.org/programs

CAORC fellowships for multi-country research are funded by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State.

GETTY FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANT

The Getty Foundation has awarded CAA a generous one-time $100,000 grant to support the attendance and participation of international art historians at the100th Annual Conference and Centennial Celebration, taking place February 22–25, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California. The goal of the Getty Foundation International Travel Grant Program is to increase international participation in CAA, to expand international networking and the exchange of ideas, and to familiarize international participants with the conference program, including the session participation process.

Grant recipients will be expected to attend the conference throughout its duration and participate in mentoring activities and other events planned in connection with the grant. Members of CAA’s International Committee have agreed to host the participants, and the National Committee for the History of Art will also lend support to the program.

Twenty applicants will be chosen by a jury. CAA will notify all applicants about their status by November 15, 2011. Applicants who are CAA members may also apply for the CAA International Member Conference Travel Grant but can only receive a single award; graduate students may not apply for the Getty grant. Applications should include:

  • A completed application form
  • A two-page version of the applicant’s CV
  • A letter of recommendation from the chair, dean, or director of the applicant’s school, department, or museum
  • A one-page statement explaining how attending the conference will benefit the applicant’s professional career

Please send all application materials to Lauren Stark, CAA manager of programs. Deadline: September 23, 2011.

Faculty Development Workshop: Tools and Resources for Study of Women in South Asian Islamic Societies: Call for Applications

The American Institute of Indian Studies, the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies and the University of Chicago South Asia Language and Area Center will hold an all-day workshop on Friday December 2, 2011 that will provide tools and resources for promoting the study of women in Islamic Society in South Asia. The focus would be to provide a complex and nuanced overview of women and the impacts of women’s political participation in South Asian Muslim societies. It will emphasize their pro-active efforts at community organizing, educational reform, anti-corruption, human rights, and public health.

Who is Eligible to Participate? Thirty faculty members will be selected to participate in the workshop. The workshop is targeted at faculty at community colleges, small liberal arts colleges, religious-affiliated colleges, minority-serving colleges, and small public colleges in the greater Chicago area and northern Illinois.

How to Apply? Please go to southasia.uchicago.edu/outreach/islam_workshop.shtml and fill out the simple application which will require a brief statement of purpose about your goals for attending the workshop and how you would like to use the tools and resources that will be discussed. The deadline for applications is October 15, 2011. All applicants will be informed about whether they have been selected no later than October 31, 2011.

New Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations

The School for Advanced Research (SAR) is pleased to announce the new Campbell Fellowship for Women Scholar-Practitioners from Developing Nations, made possible with a generous three-year grant from new SAR board member Vera R. Campbell’s family foundation.

The Campbell Fellowship will support a female social scientist from a developing nation, either pre- or post-doctoral, whose work addresses women’s economic and social empowerment in that nation. The goal of the fellowship is twofold: to advance the scholarly careers of women social scientists from the developing world, and to support research that identifies causes of gender inequity in the developing world and that proposes practical solutions for promoting women’s economic and social empowerment.

In addition to a stipend, and housing and office space on the SAR campus, the Campbell Fellow receives travel, shipping, and library resource funds; health insurance; and the support of a mentoring committee of established scholar-practitioners. The fellowship term runs from September 1 through February 28, 2011. The application deadline is November 1st. Application instructions are available in the website’s Resident Scholar Fellowship section at http://campbell.fellowship.sarweb.org/ 

Book notice: A Sociolinguistic Survey of Punjab, Pakistan

Published by the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics, May 2011. Authors: Lars O. Dyrud, Carla F. Radloff. A Sociolinguistic Survey of Punjab, Pakistan is Volume 10 in the Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan series published jointly by the National Institute of Pakistan Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Summer Institute of Linguistics.

Part 1 of this book presents the results of a sociolinguistic survey conducted in 2007 in Punjab province, Pakistan. Word lists were collected in the local language varieties in 18 locations, and 539 sociolinguistic questionnaires were administered in 17 locations. The results provide an overview of the current language situation in Punjab and answers questions such as 'How similar are language varieties in Punjab to each other and to Urdu?', 'What are speakers' perceptions about those varieties?', and 'What are their domains of use?'. Language varieties in the book include major varieties like Punjabi, Saraiki, Potohari, and Hindko, as well as lesser-known varieties. Part 2 consists of an annotated bibliography of sources related to the language varieties found in the province. Included are works in English as well as those written in local language varieties. It is hoped that this work will be used to inform language planning efforts and the development of education policy. ISBN 978-969-8023-33-1, 377 pages.

Professor J. Mark Kenoyer Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and joining them this year is UW-Madison professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer.

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Basant: The Spring Kite-Flying Festival

2-5 PM, Friday April 15, 2011
Far West Fields (near UW Hospital)

Free food, Henna, and music. More information

Exhibition: Clothing and Culture in South Asia

From the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
Koehnline Museum of Art
February 10-March 25, 2011

Clothing and culture are inextricably intertwined in South Asia. Dress reflects gender, ethnicity, religion, occupation, social status, and wealth in addition to individual taste. Because of the subcontinent's size and the artistic richness of its cultures, what people wear is tremendously varied, visually engaging, and meaningful. The Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is especially strong in ethnographic material from South Asia. This exhibition showcases some of the HLATC's best and most unusual examples of textile art for the body from India and Pakistan. While it is by no means a comprehensive survey-an impossible undertaking-it does attempt to convey something of the extraordinary masala (spice mixture) of South Asian clothing as an expression of the lives of the people who make it and wear it.

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The Choices Program at Brown University has produced a teaching resource about the Floods in Pakistan. Its aimed for high school students in the US, but perhaps also useful elsewhere.


Agreement To Restore Sheikhupura Fort Signed

Islamabad, November 3, 2010 - In a ceremony at the Pakistani National Council of the Arts today, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter and Minister of Culture Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani signed an agreement to work in partnership to restore the 400 year-old Sheikhupura Fort in Punjab. Federal Secretary of Culture Moin-ul-Islam Bukhari and the Ambassador Munter's wife, Ms. Marilyn Wyatt, also attended. Work to restore, conserve, and protect the national monument will take place over the next three years. The fort, which is currently closed to the public, will open as a tourist attraction when the work is completed.

"The Sheikhupura Fort is unique as a symbol of both Mughal and Sikh culture," said Ambassador Munter. "This project will save one of Pakistan's most important historical buildings and strengthen academic and cultural ties between U.S. and Pakistani scholars."

In addition to the architectural preservation, the grant provides funds for historical research, conservation technology, and joint U.S. and Pakistani academic outreach and scholarship. In the final phase of the renovation, experts will promote the site through illumination, landscaping, and the development of tourist facilities. The project will increase awareness of cultural heritage in Pakistan, provide local training and education, and contribute to the economic development of the region.

This project is funded out of the U.S. Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation, a world-wide initiative to promote cultural heritage. The $850,000 grant is the U.S. Embassy's largest historical restoration project in Pakistan to date. The Government of Pakistan will contribute $190,000 towards the renovation. The U.S. Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation has previously funded 17 renovation projects in Pakistan.

Call for Papers: Conference on States, Development, and Global Governance

Organized by The Research Collaborative on Remaking the Developmental State, UW Madison (Gay Seidman, John Ohnersorge, Aseema Sinha, and David Trubek)

Papers are invited for a two-day conference on States, Development and Global Governance to be held at UW-Madison on May 6-7, 2011.

The state is back yet again. We are witnessing the revival of state intervention both at the ideological and practical levels in many countries. While we are seeing an intensification of state action in many spheres, this is happening in a very different context than what prevailed during the heyday of the classical developmental state. Globalization and attendant domestic changes have redrawn the boundaries of state action across policy areas and sectors. The private sector plays many new roles, public-private partnerships have emerged and global standards affect the public and private sectors equally.

How can we understand these developments and the revival of interest in the state? Are these interventions new or a re-assertion of old vested interests? How has the nature of the state and state-society relationships changed by their transition through the neoliberal decades? How does the nature of the global-national interactions transform our understandings of the nature of the state? Is there a counterintuitive effect of globalization on state regulation so that the trends toward globalization could, under some circumstances, strengthen national states and public agencies? How is social policy affected by the larger trends towards capital mobility? The Research Collaborative on Remaking the Development State seeks to examine these issues in India, China, Brazil and South Africa.

We invite papers for a two-day Conference that addresses any of the above questions in these countries. The conference will be organized by the Research Collaborative on May 6-7, 2011. We hope to publish selected papers in Politics and Society subject to the review process of the journal. The deadline for submission of abstracts is: January 15, 2011. Complete papers from those selected are due on April 15, 2011. Please email your abstracts (not more than 500 words) to Sumudu Atapattu (saatapattu@wisc.edu) by the deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted.

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All Hands Together: A Fundraiser for Pakistan Flood Relief

Featuring culturally rich performances of music, dance, spoken word and much more!

Friday, October 15, 2010
Time: 7-9pm
Mills Hall Auditorium

Tickets:
Students and Children 6-12 years = $5
Non students = $10
Children under 6 years = FREE!!!


Our beneficiary: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

To obtain tickets, please contact:
Ayeshah: 608-512-5651, anthropologue25@gmail.com
Bilal: 608-320-6053, ballawala@gmail.com
Shoaib:678-662-5847, shoaibaltaf@gmail.com
Vasishta: 732-543-6763, vasishta1729@gmail.com

Tickets are also available at: Bombay Bazaar, India House, Stop 'N' Shop Grocery (501 State Street), Maharani.

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The PashTones

Formed in July 2010, The PashTones are a collaboration of two American zadaka'onke (students) of Pashto language, who were then studying at the University of Wisconsin's South Asian Summer Language Institute. They adapt and perform Pashto folk songs in American folk/acoustic styles. In performing, they wish to expand current modes of engagement and exchange between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the West by opening into the register of poetry and music.

The PashTones Official Web Site

Check out a video of The PashTones performing

Visit The PashTones facebook page

Run to Pakistan, Run for Relief. Red Cross 5k and 8k Walk/Run in Madison, WI

Please join the South Asia Forum, Pakistan Students Association, Indian Graduate Students Association, and Muslim Students Association raise funds for the Red Cross. All funds will go towards flood relief efforts in Pakistan.

The recent floods in Pakistan have affected over 20 million people, killed livestock, damaged crops and destroyed livelihoods. The combined effects of these floods have been reported as greater than the 2004 tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the recent Haiti earthquake.

We need your support!

Register for the 5k and 8k walk/ run as volunteers or participants.

When: Saturday, September 25th 2010.
Sign-up @ 6:45 am. Run starts @ 7:00 am.
Where: Memorial Union lakefront (next to entrance of Union Theatre).
Registration: $5 (for 5K Run& 5K Walk); $10 (for 8K Run)
Route: Starts at MU lakefront (Aid Station available) - Lakeshore path - Entrance to Picnic Point (3K mark, Aid Station available) - University Bay Dr - Oxford Rd - U.turn @ 4K mark - retrace path back to Picnic Point entrance (5K) or Memorial Union (8K).

Register now to be sent reminder and updates

View the event on facebook

Want to donate, but can't participate? Email us atrunforrelief10@gmail.com

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

The UW Center for South Asia
Reprise Hair Studio
Fresh Market
Jamerica Restaurant
Mediterranean Cafe

Call for Papers

4th SSEASR Conference on Mountains in the Religions of South and Southeast Asia: Place, Culture, and Power

30 June - 3 July, 2011
Royal University of Bhutan

Tashi Delek from the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Land of Thunder of the Dragon!

We have the pleasure of extending to you with this E-mail the information of our forthcoming 4th SSEASR Conference on Mountains in the Religions of South and Southeast Asia: Place, Culture, and Power. This international Conference of South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Culture and Religion (SSEASR) is co-sponsored as a Regional Conference by the parent body, International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), Member of CIPSH, an affiliate organisation of the UNESCO.

We are also delighted to inform you that the scholars with their papers accepted for presentation at our SSEASR Conference have been specially exempted from the regular per day visa fee of US$ 200 .The Conference would be held at Thimphu, capital of Kingdom of Bhutan from June 30 to July 3, 2011 in collaboration with Royal University of Bhutan.We invite you to contribute a paper on any subject covering the scope of the Conference (as suggested in the poster attached here).However, please note, papers on any research field on South Asian and/or Southeast Asian culture and religion are equally welcome. The information can be seen also at www.sseasr.org and the Pre-registration form can be filled in online.

If you have any query, please write to bhutansseasr@hotmail.com.

In Memoriam: N. Gerald Barrier

AIIS BOOK PRIZE

In order to promote scholarship in South Asian Studies, the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) announces the award of two prizes each year for the best unpublished book manuscript on an Indian subject, one in the humanities, "The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities" and one in the social sciences, "The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences". Indiana University Press has the right of first refusal for any prize winner, with manuscripts being published in the Indiana University Press/AIIS series Contemporary Indian Studies. Only junior scholars who have received their PhD from institutions located in the U.S.A. within the last eight years (2002 and later) are eligible. A prize committee will determine the yearly winners and can chose to designate no winner in any given year if worthy submissions are lacking. AIIS will provide a subvention to Indiana University Press for all prize manuscripts.

Unrevised dissertations are not accepted. We expect that the applicants will have revised dissertations prior to submission. Starting in 2009, AIIS has been sponsoring a one-day workshop (on Thurs.) at the Madison South Asia Conference on turning your dissertation into a book. Contact AIIS or S. Wadley for details about applying to participate.

Manuscripts are due October 1 each year, with an announcement of the awardees at the spring meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. Send manuscripts, postmarked no later than October 1, 2010, to the following:

Publications Committee Chair
Susan S. Wadley
Anthropology
209 Maxwell
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244

Queries can be addressed to sswadley@maxwell.syr.edu.

Publications committee:
Joyce Flueckiger, Emory University
Pika Ghosh, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Brian Hatcher, Illinois Wesleyan U.
David Lelyveld, William Paterson U.
Priti Ramamurthy, U. of Washington
Susan S. Wadley, Syracuse U.
Steven Wilkinson, Yale University

Call for Papers

South Asia and the West: Entwined, Entangled and Engaged

The popular mind tends to focus on the differences between South Asia and the West, yet throughout history there has been constant interchange, with each side learning from and impacting the other. In 2010 the South Asia Studies Association (SASA) wishes to examine the intertwined nature of East and West, beginning with Alexander the Great's conquests in Northwest India and continuing through the first use of a decimal zero in the Lokavibhâga, Columbus' search for a sea route to the Indies, Thoreau's impact on Gandhi/Gandhi's on M.L. King, and concluding with today's bidirectional globalization and the explosive South Asian diaspora. We particularly invite papers which explore cultural and religious interchanges, entertainment cross-fertilization, economic globalization, and the diaspora experience. Regardless of the theme, however, we welcome papers from all academic disciplines and all periods of time that address the rich tapestry that is South Asia's past, present and future.

For more information please visit the conference website.

2011 AAS / ICAS Conference

Honolulu, Hawaii March 31- April 3, 2011

On behalf of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), we would like to invite colleagues to submit proposals for a special jointly organized conference in celebration of the AAS' 70th anniversary.

The 2011 Joint Conference will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, March 31-April 3, 2011. The AAS/ICAS host hotel for this special conference is the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa.

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