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An Ocean of Devotion: Regional Traditions
March 20, 2008 - March 22, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 7:30 pm, Keene Faculty Center
- Keynote Address: Humoring the Saints: Mirabai and her Guru
Dr. John Stratton Hawley, Barnard College / Columbia University
Friday, March 21, 9am–12noon, Pugh Hall 210
- Imagined Landscapes: Space and Place in the Haridwara Mahatmya
Jim Lochtefeld, Carthage College Legal Diglossia in Premodern India, Cambodia, and Java
Tim Lubin, Washington and Lee UniversityThe Kasikhanda and Varanasi’s Visvesvara Temple
Travis L. Smith, University of Florida
Friday, March 21, 3 pm
- Ocean of Devotion Exhibit at the Harn Museum
Saturday, March 22, 9am–12noon, Pugh Hall 210
- The Persistence of Erotic Devotion: Telugu Javali Songs in South Indian Courtesan Traditions
Davesh Soneji, McGill UniversityAn Assembly of Love Songs: Gender, Genre, and Performance in Contemporary Sufi Practice
Kelly Pemberton, George Washington University Sikh Langar: Sharing the Fruits of Labor
Gurinder Singh Mann, University of California, Santa Barbara