Dear all,

 

Please pardon x-posting.

 

Asian Studies at SMU and the South Asia Research and Information Institute, Dallas, are pleased to announce our Annual South Asia Conference for 2017.  The event is free and open to the public. For information on Dallas, accommodations, etc., please feel free to contact me off-list. 

 

Cheers,

 

Steven

 

STEVEN LINDQUIST, PH.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RELIGIOUS STUDIES

DIRECTOR, ASIAN STUDIES

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Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, SMU

PO Box 750202 | Dallas | TX | 75275-0202

Email: slindqui@smu.edu

Web: http://faculty.smu.edu/slindqui

 

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Asian Studies at SMU and the South Asia Research and Information Institute, Dallas, present a day-long conference:

 

Women and Power in Indian Tradition: Royalty, Renunciation, and Matriliny

Saturday, Sept. 16th, 9am-5pm

McCord Auditorium, SMU Campus

 

Presentations include:

 

The Queen, the Dasi, and Sexual Politics in the Sabhaparvan of the Mahabharata

Uma Chakravarti, Ph.D.

Delhi University (Emerita)

  

Ruby of the Dynasty: Chola Queen Sembiyan Mahadevi 

Vidya Dehejia, Ph.D.

Columbia University

 

Women and Truth Speech: The Classical Saint Karaikkal Ammaiyar Then and Now 

Karen Pechilis, Ph.D.

Drew University

 

Women, Matriliny, and Literacy in Kerala

Donald R. Davis, Jr. Ph.D.

The University of Texas at Austin

 

The Power a Woman's Story Creates: Stories, Lives, and Female Renunciation in India 

Antoinette DeNapoli, Ph.D.

Texas Christian University

 

Chair:

Steven Lindquist, Ph.D.

Southern Methodist University 

 

More information on organizers at:

www.smu.edu/asianstudies

www.sarii.org

 

For free registration, send full name, telephone number, and email address of each attendee to women@sarii.org