Ambassador Richard Verma is an American diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to India from 2015 to 2017. During his tenure, Ambassador Verma oversaw an unprecedented nine meetings and three summits between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which … Read more
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Vivek Wadhwa will deliver a lecture, “Solving the Grand Challenges of Humanity Through Technology and How India Will Lead the Way,” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium in … Read more
Cities of Cinema: Hollywood and Bollywood Located on opposite sides of the globe, the cities of Los Angeles and Mumbai are homes to thriving international film industries known as Hollywood and Bollywood. This Dialogues seminar will compare and contrast these … Read more
Join us for a lecture-demonstration and abridged performance of the Kathakali dance-drama plays from Kerala in South-western India: Damayanthi & the Woodsman and Damayanthi & the Hamsam (Golden swan) featuring reowned artist Kalamandalam Manoj Kumar and lecturer V. Kaladharan! For … Read more
Join us for a lecture-demonstration and abridged performance of the Kathakali dance-drama plays from Kerala in South-western India: Damayanthi & the Woodsman and Damayanthi & the Hamsam (Golden swan) featuring reowned artist Kalamandalam Manoj Kumar and lecturer V. Kaladharan! For … Read more
The Modern Indian Studies Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a conference entitled Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power on October 10-11, 2019. Driving Innovation will explore India’s increased role … Read more
The Modern Indian Studies Initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host a conference entitled Driving Innovation: Technology and India’s Rise as a Global Power on October 10-11, 2019. Driving Innovation will explore India’s increased role … Read more
SCHEDULE 8:30AM - 9:00AM Registration, Coffee & Pastries Room 4003 9:00AM - 9:10AM Welcoming Remarks Room 4003 9:15AM - 10:30AM LANGUAGE LEARNING Room 2008/2010 A Quantitative Study of Foreign Language Anxiety of Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners of Persian Shahla Adel, … Read more
We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience but this event has been cancelled to adhere to UNC's policies regarding COVID-19. Hindustani classical music is developed through two interwoven elements: raga and tala. Raga is the melodic element and is crafted by … Read more
“Urban Recoveries” is the inaugural webinar of the series, “Resilience and Well-being through the Lens of the Pandemic,” designed to examine the impact that the global coronavirus pandemic has had on India and the way that the country is responding … Read more
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