Retracing Roots
In South Asia, melas (Sanskrit for "gatherings") are community fairs of great significance. At Brandeis, MELA is an annual campus-wide event celebrating the heritage, dance, and culture of eight South Asian countries. Led by the South Asian Students Association, MELA also includes activism and social justice components.
Bringing Multiculturalism to the Business World
Sustainable Development in India
This summer, WOW fellow Tejas Kumar '10 is working for Yuva Pratishthan in Mumbai in the field of children’s education by contributing to the effort to bring about sustainable development at the grassroots level for the urban poor. Read more about this year's Wow fellows.
Intercultural Studies
The new South Asian Studies program is an interdisciplinary program, offering a look at the many aspects of social, religious and political life in the countries of South Asia.
Revive Mumbai Goes Abroad
Revive Mumbai, a program started by students after the November 2008 attack, was in Mumbai this summer. A group of four students are using theater to educate disadvantaged youth in the city (read more).
South Asia & Oceania
"Picking up rings with her eyes," photo by Brandeis international student Siddarth Dhurka '08, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Of critical importance to world security, economic viability and cultural diversity in the 21st century, South Asia and Oceania have a long history in the Brandeis experience. Faculty and students across the university have been collaborating on research and policy in public health, gender and equality and economic growth in the region for more than two decades by building mutual partnerships with institutions and communities, while the campus is further enriched by two major student groups and a recent art exhibit focusing on women and art in India. In 2007, a new interdisciplinary program in South Asian Studies was launched, reflecting the growing prominence of the region in the modern era and the Brandeis curriculum.
Upcoming Events
Soli Sorabjee Lecture Series
Sugata Bose, Professor of History and Director of the South Asia Initiative at Harvard University speaks on "Different Universalisms, Colorful Cosmopolitanisms: the Global Imagination of the Colonized."
Inaugural Lecture:
"Different Universalisms, Colorful Cosmopolitanisms: the Global Imagination of the Colonized"
by Professor Sugata Bose
Gardiner Professor of History & Director, South Asia Initiative
Harvard University
November 16, 2009
4:30 p.m.
Rapaporte Hall
Goldfarb Library, Brandeis University
Feature Stories
In focus: Brandeis and India
Fall 2008
In the coming months and years, the Office of Global Affairs will be leading an effort to build on these substantial ties to develop closer relationships and deeper partnerships in India.
Siddhartha
February 2009
The Brandeis Theater Company presented the play "Siddhartha", which tells the story of young Siddhartha’s ancient Indian journey into manhood and enlightenment as he explores the world and discovers himself. (read more)
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