Dipesh Chakrabarty - Indian Modernity: Once Colonial, Now Global
Tuesday evening, 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
September 29, 2009
Chafee Auditorium URI Kingston Campus
Indian Modernity: Once Colonial, Now Global Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago.
The topic is Indian Modernity: Once Colonial, Now Global. Talk by Dr. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago. Books by Dr. Chakrabarty include "From Colonial to Post Colonial: India and Pakistan in Transition"; Habitations of Modernity: Essays in the Wake of Subaltern Studies (University Of Chicago Press, 2002), Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference (Princeton University Press, 2000) and Rethinking Working-Class History: Bengal, 1890-1940 (Princeton University Press, 1989).This event is also the featured keynote lecture of the 2009 University of Rhode Island (URI) Diversity Week. Free and open to the public.
University of Chicago Experts Guide: Dipesh Chakrabarty
The Immanent Frame » Reflections on the future of Indian democracy
Colloquium Coordinators:
Professor Ruby Roy Dholakia
College of Business Administration
Professor Nikhilesh Dholakia,
College of Business Administration
Professor Arun Shukla
College of Engineering
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Demystifying India on Facebook
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IndianAtURI on Sakai
Contacts:
Questions, contact the Honors Center at 401.874.2381, or Deb Gardiner. or www.uri.edu/hpr.
