Spring 2021 Webinar Series

In recent decades, people living in the Lower Mekong Region have witnessed major shifts from predominantly subsistence agriculture to industrializing economies, with attendant changes in migration, crop production systems, and major infrastructure (roads, dams, industrial estates). This series of four webinars will explore how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.

To view the flyer please visit The Mekong, China, & Southeast Asian Transitions series: Markets for Mekong Goods Spring 2021 Webnar series flyer.

International concurrent times: HST (2-3:30pm) | EST (7-8:30pm) | Vientiane/BKK/PhnomPenh/Hanoi=Apr. 29 (7-8:30am)

Register to attend.

Full webinar series schedule:

Panel 1 : Jan 27 - Markets for Mekong Commodities

Panel 2 : Feb 24 - Migration, Mobility, and the Mekong

Panel 3 : Apr 7 - The Spirits and Spiritual Life of the Mekong

Panel 4: Apr 28 - Mekong Dams: Debates and the Politics of Evidence

This series is made possible through funding from the Henry Luce Foundation and is co-organized by Michigan State University-James Madison College and Asian Studies Center, the East-West Center, University of Hawai'i-Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa-Center for Chinese Studies, and Chiang Mai University-Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development.

A virtual panel discussion addressing the urgent need to take seriously recent assaults against South Asians in the US and also the history of anti-South Asian racism, and in particular the forms of xenophobia targeting Sikh Americans.
Panelists: Divya Victor, MSU
Jyotsna Singh, MSU
Samip Mallick, South Asian American Digital Archive
Harleen Singh, Brandeis University
Arvinid-Pal Mandair, University of Michigan

Moderator: Siddharth Chandra, MSU.
Organized by the Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities in collaboration with the Asian Studies Center, MSU. Co-sponsors: Department of English|Creative Writing|INDIA COUNCIL|Film Studies Program|Muslim Studies Program
 

A virtual panel discussion addressing the urgent need to take seriously recent assaults against South Asians in the US and also the history of anti-South Asian racism, and in particular the forms of xenophobia targeting Sikh Americans.
Panelists: Divya Victor, MSU
Jyotsna Singh, MSU
Samip Mallick, South Asian American Digital Archive

Harleen Singh, Brandeis University

Arvinid-Pal Mandair, University of Michigan

Moderator: Siddharth Chandra, MSU.
Organized by the Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities in collaboration with the Asian Studies Center, MSU. Co-sponsors: Department of English|Creative Writing|INDIA COUNCIL|Film Studies Program|Muslim Studies Program
 

Aisha Farooqui is a Pakistani diplomat with a diverse career profile spanning more than two decades. She has served abroad in Pakistan's missions in France, Egypt, the United Kingdom, Turkey and the United States, as well as at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad.

She believes that diplomats worldwide are bridges that connect people, cultures, and countries. There is no greater caring than to contribute toward greater understanding and harmony between diverse people, in the interest of global harmony and order. She is the author of Musings of a Nomad: Essays on Life and Living, published in 2018.

 

Linking All Types of Teachers in International Cross Cultural Education.

Stop by to create bracelets for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital and Cancer Research Center in Pakistan. Donate $1-$5 to keep a bracelet for yourself and send one to a child halfway across the world. Chai will be sold for a donation of $1 as well. 

Arabic Diwan is a gathering of Arabic students who are in the Arabic program, where they speak the language and learn about the culture in a relaxed environment with our Fulbright teaching assistant. Students from all Arabic language levels are encourages to attend. Also, we extend the invitation to the Arabic speaking students at the English Center. 

Connor Plensdorf, a candidate for a M.S. in Geography from the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, will be hosting a public forum for presenting his thesis topic. Join us as we discover the techniques and skills that are involved in identifying missile test sites in the DPRK. 

Sania Hashmi, Film Maker Anhad Films.

As the managing partner of Anhad Films, Sania Hashmi has been involved with film making for past 15
years. Before establishing her own media company in
2010, Sania has done voice-overs and playback for
documentaries and short films for Riverbank Studio,
Progressive films, Credence Media Solutions, etc since
the age of 12. In 2006 she worked as assistant director
on "Say Salaam India", directed by Subhash Kapoor.
In 2007 she assisted and researched for a film on Bhagat Singh called Inquilab, directed by Gauhar Raza. She briefly dabbled in corporate films, but soon
quit the same for the world of documentary films.
Several films co-directed by her were selected,
screened and awarded at various national and
international film festivals.

This is a part of the Global Virtual Speaker Program, sponsored by the Asian Studies Center, funded by the India Council at MSU, and co-sponsored by James Madison College

The Hindi-Urdu Language Club presents English Vinglish, a 2012 Indian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Gauri Shinde. The narrative revolves around a woman named Shashi, a small entrepreneur who makes snacks. Shashi enrolls in an English-speaking course to stop her husband and daughter mocking her lack of English skills and gains self-respect in the process. The protagonist, played by Sridevi, was inspired by Shinde's mother.