"Orientalism" Anthropology and the South Asia Institute, a talk by Prof. William S. Sax at Annexe Building, IIC, Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 23rd August 2011
Time : 6:30 pm
Event Details : “Orientalism”, Anthropology and the South Asia Institute.
In different ways and from various points of view, scholars from such diverse fields as Feminism and Gender Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Transcultural Studies have questioned the value, and sometimes even the possibility, of a non-Indian achieving an adequate understanding of South Asia. In this lecture, Prof. Sax defends the possibility, and more importantly the value, of the kind of regional studies that is embodied by the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University in Germany, which celebrates its fiftieth birthday next year.
Speaker : Prof. William S. Sax, Head, Department of Ethnology, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University
Chair : Dr. Mala V. Thapar
Related Events : Talks
Entry : Free, Call 011-24619431 ( IIC ) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.
Place : Lecture Room - 2, Annexe Building, India International Centre ( IIC ), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
Landmark : Annexe Building is Next to Alliance Francaise
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In different ways and from various points of view, scholars from such diverse fields as Feminism and Gender Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Transcultural Studies have questioned the value, and sometimes even the possibility, of a non-Indian achieving an adequate understanding of South Asia. In this lecture, Prof. Sax defends the possibility, and more importantly the value, of the kind of regional studies that is embodied by the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University in Germany, which celebrates its fiftieth birthday next year.
Speaker : Prof. William S. Sax, Head, Department of Ethnology, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University
Chair : Dr. Mala V. Thapar
Related Events : Talks
"Orientalism" Anthropology and the South Asia Institute, a talk by Prof. William S. Sax at Annexe Building, IIC, Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 23rd August 2011
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