BOOK launch : Professor Ralph Nicholas's new book- Thirteen Festivals, "A Ritual Year in Bengal" followed by a talk at UChicago Center, DLF Capitol Point, Baba Kharak Singh Marg > 5:30pm on 19th November 2015

Time : 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 19/11/2015 17:30 19/11/2015 19:00 Asia/Kolkata BOOK : Professor Ralph Nicholas's new book- Thirteen Festivals, "A Ritual Year in Bengal" Book Launch followed by a talk Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/11/book-professor-ralph-nicholass-new-book.html UChicago Center, DLF Capitol Point, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi -110001 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : UChicago Center, DLF Capitol Point, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi -110001
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Event Description : Jawhar Sircar, CEO of Prasar Bharti will release Professor Ralph Nicholas's new book- Thirteen Festivals, "A Ritual Year in Bengal". The release will be followed by a lecture by Professor Nicholas in collaboration with the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Ralph W. Nicholas is the William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago.  He was President of the American Institute of Indian Studies and now is Chair of its Board of Trustees.  Before his retirement he served as the Dean of the College, Deputy Provost, and Director of International House at the University of Chicago.

He began research on South Asian societies and cultures in 1960, when he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago.  He previously studied kinship, politics, and economics in rural West Bengal.  The present work which forms the basis for this talk deals with the religious performances and rituals of ordinary people in a village in West Bengal.

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