multi-day
Hindi Urdu Language Table
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Mondays Jan 12 through Feb 23, 2026 (no Jan 19). Kresge 4438. Are you learning Hindi-Urdu and want to...
Events
Jan
23
2026
ALC Can Sing!
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Karaoke! COME SING IN CHINESE! HINDI! URDU! JAPANESE! KOREAN! TIBETAN!! SNACKS! PRIZES! Be sure to register!
Jan
26
2026
Pariroo Rattan - "A Marketplace for Populism: The Moral Politics of Digitization in India's Informal Economy"
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Pariroo Rattan - Sociology, Northwestern University Title A Marketplace for Populism: The Moral Politics of Digitization in India's Informal Economy Abstract Why do citizens...
Feb
4
2026
"Reading Nineteen Eighty-Four in Beijing"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Reading Nineteen Eighty-Four in Beijing This presentation will look at how the last and most influential book written by George Orwell...
Feb
6
2026
Buffett First Friday Lunch | Dialectics of Tyranny with Iza Ding
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Buffett First Friday Lunches
Dialectics of Tyranny Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for a faculty research lunchtime talk series on the first Friday of every...
Feb
11
2026
The Ghost of Ghalib: Or, How to Be a Self - Anand Vivek Taneja
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by The Language of Islam
Speaker: Anand Vivek Taneja, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology, Vanderbilt University This talk explores an emergent trend within Urdu...
Feb
17
2026
Locating through Song: Folk Knowledge, Labor, and the Arts in Kyūshū, Japan
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by East Asia Research Forum
Stephanie M. Hohlios (Ph.D. UC Berkeley, 2021) is Assistant Professor of Art History at Flagler College. Her research considers issues...
Apr
1
2026
EDGS Book Talk: "Bad Lieutenants" with Andrew Mertha
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Join the Roberta Buffett Institute and its Equality Development & Globalization Studies (EDGS) program for a public talk with Andrew...
Apr
17
2026
Comparative Politics Workshop | The Uneven State: Bureaucratic Preferences and State Capacity in India
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Comparative Politics Workshop as they host Anustubh Agnihotri, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ashoka University. Why do...
May
1
2026
Buffett First Friday Lunch | Indian Painting at the End of Empire with Yuthika Sharma
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Buffett First Friday Lunches
Indian Painting at the End of Empire Join the Roberta Buffett Institute for a faculty research lunchtime talk series on the...
May
9
2026
Xuefei Yang, guitar
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, sponsored by Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series “with sparkle, clarity, and flair.” —New York Sun Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the...