Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place M5S 3K7 Toronto, ON, Canada

Have you checked out the CSAS event calendar for 2018-19? See the full listing here: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca//18071-CSAS-2018-19-Events- and register for events here (more will be added in the new year): https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csas/events/

IARTS Textiles of India Grant Call for Proposals The Royal Ontario Museum is pleased to open the call for proposals for the IARTS Textiles of India Grant which supports a project on Indian textile arts. This biennial grant of $15,000 CAD can be used anywhere in the world by anyone in the world toward a project that enhances knowledge about Indian textiles, dress, or costume. Applicants can include scholars, curators, educators, community leaders, artists and citizen enthusias...ts. Projects can be research based or creative, and must further the preservation, documentation, understanding, encouragement, interpretation or revival of Indian textile arts. Through the support of such activities, the grant is meant to encourage cultural understanding, institutional collaboration and public engagement. APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 1, 2019 Learn more: https://www.rom.on.ca//illuminating-the-power-and-be/iarts

Have you registered yet to see This Shaking Keeps Me Steady this Wednesday night at Innis Town Hall? The film is presented by the Asian Institute in partnershi...p with the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and the Cinema Studies Institute. Originating from a prompt to two ambulance drivers in Karachi to retell recurring dreams that occur in their sleep, This Shaking Keeps Me Steady explores the permeable boundaries between memory and fiction, and between lived trauma, its recollection, and its re-enactment. First responders reflect on the aftermath of violent events, while television re-enactment actors audition for, and perform the gendered roles of victim, perpetrator, and witness in scenarios ranging from the banal to tragic. Unfolding through rituals, preparations, dreams, and performance, we never see the tragic events themselves, but catch traces of the extent to which they have been internalized by a society. The screening will be followed by a discussion moderated by urban and economic geographer Michelle Buckley. Tickets are free, but space is limited. Register at https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/ai/event/26390/ Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies at U of T Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto Anthropology, University of Toronto Undergraduate Psychology, University of Toronto - St. George Campus UofT Department of Geography & Planning

Interested in Tamil Worlds? Dont miss the talk by Martha Selby this Thursday at the Asian Institute, POETRY, FICTION, AND AUTHORIAL IDENTITY IN D. DILIP KUMARS SHORT STORIES, 4-6pm, 208N. Register online: http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/ai/event/21181/

On Thursday October 6th, Professor Martha Selby will be exploring the several instances in which Dilip Kumar pays homage to the antiquity of the Tamil language and to its literary conventions in various Tamil short stories. Register here: http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/ai/event/21181/

On Friday, May 27, 2016 6:30 9:30 PM, the Asian Institute will be hosting Enchanting India: A Photo Exhibit and Conversation, a keynote photographic presentation with images captured in Northern India. The presentation will feature Neville and Vivienne Poy. Neville, now a retired Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon, has strong passion for visual and performing arts. Vivienne, a historian and author, is interested in cultural diversity in both present and the past. Come out next Friday to go on a journey of Indian geography and culture through the eyes of these two global travellers! Additionally, Photographic prints will be on sale. See event details and register here: http://enchantingindia.eventbrite.ca

The Centre for South Asian Studies benefits from a close connection with the Royal Ontario Museum, which has provided us with images for our website. A selection of these images and its rich and extensive collection are presented at http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csas/resources/. CSAS gratefully acknowledges the Royal Ontario Museum for permission to reproduce images from their collection here. To learn more about a particular image and view the full the collection, visit ROM Images: http://images.rom.on.ca/public/index.php

Asha Toronto is sponsoring a Momo drop in fundraiser this Sunday afternoon to commemorate the one year anniversary of the earthquakes and to directly support community-led earthquake reconstruction. As you may know, the promised government support has still not rolled out yet, and of course another monsoon season is upon us. Please drop by if you can! https://www.facebook.com/events/1105803616142726/

Check out this ROM Speaks event tomorrow night (Tuesday, May 26, 7:30pm). Professor Deepali Dewan and her colleagues have brought in two wonderful international photo-artists to Toronto, who will speak on their respective participatory projects around family photographs, one of the most interesting and least studied genres of photographic imagery. Tickets are $20/$18 and you receive a drink at the end of the evening! Description: The ROM welcomes two world-reknowned artists,... Annu Palakunnathu Matthew and Anusha Yadav, creator of the Indian Memory Project, to discuss the importance of photography in exploring issues such as national identity, collective memory, and social transformation. Join us for a post-discussion reception, where we encourage you to share your own family photo albums with Anusha Yadav and ROM Curator Deepali Dewan for possible inclusion in the Indian Memory Project website. http://www.rom.on.ca//generations-writing-history-through-

Happening now: breakfast fundraiser for Nepal at 315 Bloor Street West. Stop by and make a donation, and try a traditional Nepalese momo from Shangrila Tibetan and Asian Foods

The breakfast fundraiser for Nepal is tomorrow, we hope to see you at 315 Bloor Street West between 8-10:30 am to support earthquake relief. Proceeds go to Nepal-based Association of Youth Organizations Nepal (AYON) www.facebook.com/AyonNepal via Scadding Court Community Centre and Plan Canada www.plancanada.ca, and donations will be matched by the Government of Canada.

ASHA: A FUNDRAISER BREAKFAST FOR NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RELIEF In the spirit of Asha or hope, the Centre for South Asian Studies and the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto invite you to a breakfast fundraiser to aid victims of the earthquake in Nepal. After the devastation of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the region on April 25, the people of Nepal are in dire need of assistance. Hundreds of local and international organizations are working day and night for rel...ief and rebuilding work. Please join us in supporting them. May 13, 8:00 10:30 AM (drop in) Munk School of Global Affairs 315 Bloor Street West Donations in any amount are welcome, with tax receipts issued for contributions of $25 and over. Proceeds raised go to Nepal-based Association of Youth Organizations Nepal (AYON) www.facebook.com/AyonNepal via Scadding Court Community Center and Plan Canada www.plancanada.ca. The Government of Canada has pledged to match privately raised funds, so your generosity will automatically be doubled. Please help the University of Toronto mount a strong collective response to rebuild Nepal. Event page: http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/ai/event/18522/

Know any high school students thinking about going to UofT? Know any first year students who are deciding what POSt they want to study? If so, SHARE this post with them and tell them to come on down on November 1 to learn more about the rigorous and trans-disciplinary undergraduate programs we have here at the Munk School of Global Affairs

Today we have our first South Asian Studies Class of the year! "Like" if you are in SAS114H1F this year and get connected with your classmates. We welcome all new students to SAS and invite you to stop by our offices in North House at 1 Devonshire Place to get acquainted with all the happenings here at the Centre for South Asian Studies at the Asian Institute. :)

2014-2015 Work Study Positions at the Asian Institute

SAS students: If you have not worked on the INDePth conference before, this is your year! Its a very interesting topic, and the best part is that its entirely student run! How cool is that? Check it out here! bit.ly/1r9diHv

The Attach Journal of International Affairs is excited to announce its call for submissions for the 2013 Autumn-Winter semester. The Attach Journal of International Affairs is the undergraduate academic journal in the Department of International Relations at Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Submissions are open to students currently in any relevant undergraduate programme or to recent graduates who wrote papers during their undergraduate years. Submissions are due on February 1, 2014 Please look at the Submissions Page of their website for more details: http://theattachejia.wordpress.com/about-2/

The Asia Foundations LankaCorps program is looking for young North Americans of Sri Lankan background to live and work for six months in Sri Lanka: www.lankacorps.org

Are you an undergraduate student considering an international experience, but dont know how to pay for it? Think it will cost a fortune? Come and learn the true cost of an international experience (it can even be free!) and about some of the funding available for Summer Abroad, Science Abroad, student exchange and through the Faculty of Arts and Science international programs. Tuesday, January 28 Sidney Smith Hall, Room 2098 (History Conference Room) 3:00 4:00... To register, please send your name to [email protected] with "Funding panel registration" in the subject line.

The Global Perspectives Symposium (GPS) will be held next week on the afternoons of January 21, 22 and 23 with a series of events at different locations around campus. GPS is a great opportunity to hear from students about their research experiences overseas in Kosovo, New Zealand, Taiwan, South Africa, Brazil, Tunisia, China and France through programs like the International Course Module (ICM program), student exchange, Summer Abroad and the Deans International Initiati...ves Fund. Please come out and learn more about these programs and others! (Attendance at any session automatically enters you into a raffle to win an iPad mini!) More information on the GPS is available at: http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/international-/spotlights/gps

Amazing field research opportunity for undergraduate students this March! Join a delegation of professors and students from the University of Toronto to visit India to conduct research on clean cook stoves. Application deadline: January 17 Application details here: http://munkschool.utoronto.ca//india-clean-cook-stove-fie/

Reminder this Friday the CSAS with be hosting the South Asia in the Media event. All those interested in learning more about labour protests in Bangladesh are invited to attend. More details available here-http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/ai/event/14138/

Interested in doing one of the graduate programs at the Munk School of Global Affairs? There will be a Munk School Programs Open House this Saturday at 315 Bloor Street West. Learn more and register here: uoft.me/munk-openhouse

The Tamil Studies Conference is looking for artwork to be used on their website, brochure, and posters for 2014, details below or at www.tamilstudiesconference.ca . Email them with your submission by November 13 to [email protected]

Are you coming to the Richard Fung Retrospective on October 25 and 26? This award-winning Canadian video artists work explores fascinating themes including diaspora, identity, and queer sexuality. Read more and register at: http://munkschool.utoronto.ca//reorientations-a-retrospec/

Faculty and students: Become an expert on how to access the wealth of resources on South Asia in the U of T library system. Join a tour of the South Asian Studies collection at Robarts Library on September 27! Email [email protected] by September 23 to RSVP.

World Literacy Canada is recruiting for their Canadian Volunteer Internship in India (CVII). Follow the link for details:

Internships with Asian Development Bank: http://ow.ly/kYvRJ

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institutes Bringing Youth into Development youth internship program has extended its deadline to May 5. Click for details: http://ow.ly/kBW6r

Read more about Deepali Dewans book and photography exhibit from the BBC (http://ow.ly/kzOrC), National Post (http://ow.ly/kzOnX), and Toronto Star (http://ow.ly/kzOur).

Congrats to Joseph McQuade, former student of Prof Ritu Birla, who has won a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to pursue research on WWI state surveillance and intelligence gathering in Bengal http://ow.ly/kzFMC

Registration for April 25ths Rachel Dwyer talk is quickly filling up! For more details see: http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13742

Dont miss the upcoming India-Canada Association Lecture with Rachel Dwyer on April 25, "International khiladis (players): Bollywood and the Indian Diaspora." Register here: http://ow.ly/k7h1X

Next week Rachel Dwyer will be giving the 2013 India-Canada Association Lecture! Her talk focuses on Bollywood meaning the mainstream Hindi cinema made in Bombay (Mumbai), mostly in the post-1991 period, as it examines the role it plays in the South Asian diaspora, the depictions of this diaspora and the impact of the diaspora on the film industry itself. The talk is illustrated with many subtitled clips. Please register at http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13742

CSAS core faculty member Naisargi Dave talks about her research on activism in India for U of T Magazine: http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca//the-art-of-activism-nais/

http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=13363 April 2: The B.N. Pandey Memorial Lecture will feature Professor Mahesh Rangarajan of the University of Delhi. Nature Beyond Borders: Science, Society and Ecology in Contemporary India, will explore the challenge India faces with regards to maintaining its ecology while continuing down the path of development. Some websites of interest include: http://www.ecology.edu/iiee/index.htm or http://www.unep.org//RuralEcologi/tabid/29868/Default.aspx

http://www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=12568 March 28: Professor Anjali Arondekar of the University of California will be placing sexuality within emerging narratives of reform and rights. Professor Arondekar will be engaging with some important questions with regards to sexuality and history, so join us for this fascinating talk entitled In the Absence of Relianble Ghosts: Sexuality, Historiography, South Asia.