Events
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Past Events
2025
Preservation, "Translation," and Transformation: Understanding Hinduism in the U.S.
April 16, 2025
Lecture by Professor Rajeshwari Vijay Pandharipande, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Selected for Success: The Extraordinary Migration and Rise of Indians in America
March 26, 2025
Lecture by Professor Sanjoy Chakravorty, Temple University
2024
Freedom and Creativity in the Philosophy of Abhinavagupta
October 22, 2024
Lecture by Sthaneshwar Timalsina, Nirmal and Augustina Mattoo Chair of Classical India
Humanities
2023
Diwali 2023
November 14, 2023, 5:00 pm
Roth Pond
IAWE 25 World Englishes Linguistics Conference
June 2023
Mattoo Center
Presidential Lecture: A Conversation with Raj Chetty
Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Charles B. Wang Center Theatre
Conversation held in conjunction with the Gujavarty Seminar on leadership and values at the Mattoo Center for India Studies.
Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation Competition
The Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation is pleased to announce the competition for the first Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation (Post-doctoral) In-Residence Teaching and Research Fellowship in Classical Indology. For application forms and details of the terms, eligibility, possibility of renewal, and further information, please visit the Foundation website.
Applications are due no later than January 16, 2023. Results of the competition will be announced on or about April 3, 2023.
CIS: Distinguished Lecture on Current Trends in Indian Literatures Kannada
Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 3:00 pm
2022
Long Island South Asian Film Festival
Saturday, November 19, 2022 from 12:00-6:00 pm
Charles B. Wang Center Theatre
Italian Studies Conference
November 12, 2022
The Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook is organizing a 2-day conference to honor the legacy of its Founding Director, Distinguished Service Professor Mario Mignone. Mario enriched the university with his many contributions, and he was also a great friend of our Center.
U.S. Empire in Asia and the Pacific: Repression and Resistance
November 1, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Panel includes Prof. Nerissa Balce
Diwali Festival of Lights and Cultural Culinary Celebration
Monday, October 24, 2022
Please join us for this special holiday! This year’s weeklong celebration includes lavish Diwali meals at dining locations throughout campus.
Jana Seva: A Classical Indian Dance Celebration
Friday, April 4 2022 from 6-8pm
Tabler Arts Center
Proceeds donated to charity
Lecture Archives
Conserving India’s Cultural Diversity: Vibrant Tradition vs. Forces of Homogenization
A lecture by Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar, Delhi University
Queens College, Year of India Event - Roundtable: Society and Politics
Year of India Event - Roundtable: Society and Politics
The panel includes Shyama Venkateswar, director of research and programs, National Council for Research on Women; Shatadru Sen, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, and S. N. Sridhar, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, professor of linguistics and India studies at SUNY/Stony Brook.
Hosted by Serinity Young, adjunct assistant professor in QC’s Department of Classical, Middle Eastern & Asian Languages & Culture
An Interactive Conversation on Kannada Culture
Conversation includes Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambar, Jnan Peeth Awardee Playwright and Poet; Mr. Padmaraj Dandavate, Managing Editor; Prajavani Mr. Srinivas Kappanna, Theatre Artiste; Mr. H. Dundiraj, Standup Comedian;
And an audience dialogue with Mr. T.N. Sitaram, Renowned Actor, Writer and Producer of Kannada’s most popular TV serials, including “Mukta, Mukta”.
Religion to Make a Nation: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement
A Lecture by John Stratton Hawley, Professor of Religion, Barnard College and Columbia University
Annual Benefit Dinner
Keynote speech by Dr. Pratapaditya Pal