Experiencing India
Lauren Meyer ’16 never wanted to visit India — until she was asked if she wanted to help save women from prostitution.
Lauren Meyer ’16 never wanted to visit India — until she was asked if she wanted to help save women from prostitution.
Cynthia Mahmood will join Central College as the Frank Moore Chair in Anthropology for the coming academic year.
Author and former Central College professor Cynthia Mahmood will visit campus as the Frank Moore Visiting Anthropologist-in-Residence March 10-13, teaching classes, meeting with students and faculty and presenting a lecture. Currently associate professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, Mahmood is an expert on India, especially religious motivations for militancy and the anthropology…
Michael Harris, professor of English, returns to India after 30 years to study the rediscovery of Buddhism in its birthplace, ironically with British colonial help, 25 centuries later. Harris was awarded a Fulbright Grant for his research.
Carrie Newcomer, American folk singer and songwriter, will perform a concert of her original works Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. She will also deliver an address at the Intersections convocation at 11 a.m. the same day.
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