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UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM
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University Honors Program

Calendar of Events

Date Event Place
Wed., Sept. 9 Classes begin  
Thur., Sept. 11,
  4:00 pm		 "The Day After Trinity".
Documentary film about the creators of the first atomic bomb. 		Lippitt Auditorium
Tue., Sept. 15,
  7:30 pm		 India and the World
Edward Luce, Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times		 Chafee Auditorium
Thur., Sept. 18,
  4:00 pm		 "The Atomic Bomb Movie."
Recently released documentary about the results of atomic and thermonuclear bomb tests by the US, the USSR, and the PR of China. 		Lippitt Auditorium
Tue., Sept. 22,
  7:30 pm		 Turbulent Romance: The Trials and Triumphs of Cultural Immersion
John Jefcoat, director, Outsourced, and partner, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, Seattle, Wash. 		Chafee Auditorium
Thur., Sept. 25,
  4:00 pm		 "Fat Man and Little Boy."
Hollywood dramatization with Paul Newman about Oppenheimer and Groves, the two principal designers of the first atomic bomb.		 Lippitt Auditorium
Tue., Sept. 29,
  7:30 pm		 Indian Modernity: Once Colonial, Now Global
Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago.		 Chafee Auditorium
Thur., Oct. 2,
  4:00 pm		 "White Light/Black Rain."
Japanese documentary about the victims of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.		 Lippitt Auditorium
Tue., Oct. 6,
  7:30 pm		 What Would Gandhi Globalize? India’s Greatest Gift to the 21st Century 
Michael Nagler, professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley; founder, Peace and Confict Studies Program, UC Berkeley. 		Chafee Auditorium
Tue., Oct. 13,
  7:30 pm		 India: A Revolution of Rising Expectations 
Aseema Sinha, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin. 		Chafee Auditorium
Tue., Oct. 20,
  7:30 pm		 Women in Indian Society: Literary and Empirical Evidence
Indira Parikh, Director FLAME, Pune, India, and Minal Hajratwala, author. 		Chafee Auditorium
Tue., Oct. 27,
  7:30 pm		 Indian Entrepreneurs Abroad: Business & Social Ventures 
Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, engineer, co-founder and chairman of Sycamore Networks, Inc., Massachusetts. The Anthony J. Risica Endowed Lecture Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 		Chafee Auditorium
Tue., Nov. 3,
  7:30 pm		 Doing Business in India, with India
Panel discussion Tobias Luehrig, Head of Strategy for KSPG, Stuttgart, Germany; John S. Struck, Managing Director, Wand Partners Inc., New York; Shivan S. Subramaniam, Chairman & Chief Executive Ofcer, FM Global, R.I.;		 Chafee Auditorium
Tue., Nov. 10,
  7:30 pm		 Reading from Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, and Unaccustomed Earth.		 Chafee Auditorium
Tue., Nov. 17,
  7:30 pm		 Bollywood and the World 
Rachel Dwyer, Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 		Chafee Auditorium
Thur., Nov. 19,
  7:30 pm		 The Sacred Image in Modern India Henry Glassie, Professor of Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Daily Dress in Modern India Pravina Shukla, Professor of Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington. 		Chafee Auditorium
     

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