Events
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Religion and Performance in South Asia- Fall 2013 Lecture Series
The Fall 2013 lecture series sponsored by the McGill Centre for Research on Religion (CREOR) will address the theme of religion and performance in South Asia. The lectures illuminate the rich and complex links between performance traditions, politics, history, and identity in the living religions of South Asia including Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The lecture series consists of seven one-hour lectures followed by half-hour periods of open discussion. The lectures will take place in the Birks Heritage Chapel, Faculty of Religious Studies, 3520 University Street, on Wednesdays in October and November 2013, at 5:30 pm
Contact: Prof. Davesh Soneji, Associate Director of CREOR
davesh [dot] soneji [at] mcgill [dot] ca
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September 25, 2013 |
Prof. Margaret Walker, Associate Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology, Queen’s University |
From Salām to Praṇām: Sanskritization in India’s Kathak Dance |
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September 30th & October 1st, 2013 |
Prof. Zoe Sherinian, Associate Professor of Music (Ethnomusicology), University of Oklahoma |
September 30 -- Film Screening: This is a Music: Reclaiming an Untouchable Drum October 1 -- Lecture: Performing Tamil Christian Dalit Identity
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October 9, 2013 |
Prof. Anna Schultz, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, Stanford University
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Performing Translation in Jewish India: Kirtans of the Bene Israel |
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October 30, 2013 |
Prof. Richard Wolf, Professor of Music, Harvard University |
The Drums of Islam: A Shrine and a Story Set in Pakistan |
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November 6, 2013 |
Prof. Joyce Flueckiger, Professor of Religion, Emory University |
Performativity and Agency of the Material Guise (Veṣam) in a South Indian Goddess Tradition |
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November 13, 2013 |
Prof. Davesh Soneji, Associate Professor of South Asian Religions, McGill University |
The Powers of Polyglossia: Music, Multilingualism, and the Making of a South Indian Devotional Tradition |
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November 27, 2013 |
Prof. Archana Venkatesan, Associate Professor of Religion, University of California-Davis |
The Service of Kings: Dance, Music and Recitation at a South Indian Vishnu Temple |