SASLI Events
2009 SASLI Events
Student Welcome Orientation
Thursday, June 18 in room 1820 Van Hise - 1-3 p.m.
Samosas, ice cream, cookies and beverages - meet SASLI instructors, faculty and students!
Film: Metse "The Life"
Wednesday, June 24 in room 206 Ingraham Hall - 1:30 p.m.
Tibetan with English subtitles
(Link to synopsis and photo)
Lecture by Don Davis Jr., SASLI Academic Director
"Satire as Apology: Or, What I Learned from the Chakyar"
Tuesday, June 30 in 206 Ingraham Hall at 1:30 p.m.
Using the Chakyar figure in the traditional theater art of Kerala known as Kutiyattam as a model, this paper will open with reflections on the limits that are often structurally imposed on what we are allowed to learn from. Specifically, the talk will challenge prevailing notions of "area studies" and their relationship to the humanities by analyzing certain intellectual habits that keep Asia in a ghetto within the humanities. By way of example, the Purusharthakuttu of the Chakyar, a kind of comic interlude within a larger Kutiyattam performance, will be examined for what it teaches us about the nature of satire. The apologetic function of satire is revealed in the Chakyar's biting wit and sometimes merciless roasting of his audience. Throughout the talk, the role of excellent language skills will be highlighted as the only way to overcome this marginalization of humanity from the humanities.
Unofficial SEASSI vs SASLI Showdown
(SEASSI is the SouthEAST Asian Studies Summer Institute)
FRISBEE in James Madison Park
Noon, Sunday July 5
Lecture by Vinay Dharwadker
"Poetry, Language and Translation"
Tuesday, July 7 in 206 Ingraham Hall - 1:30 p.m.
National Security Agency Information Session
Monday, July 13 in 206 Ingraham Hall - 4-6 p.m.
(PDF flyer)
Khorana Reception
Tuesday, July 14 at the University Club - 4-6 p.m.
(PDF flyer)
***Note: for SASLI participants only. Please RSPV if you plan to attend as per directions on PDF flyer***
Film: Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Thursday, July 16 in room 206 Ingraham Hall - 1:30 p.m.
(Theatrical Trailer)
In Hindi with English subtitles
Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye is a story of Lucky Singh who plays a loveable thief, someone who even the Delhi police are extremely fond of. His modus operandi is to outsmart the people, chowkidars and policemen with his sharp mind and wit. He is an aspiring individual who loves the good things in life and is generally enamored by the lifestyles of the rich and affluent Delhi families. Lucky's journey from a middle class boy to a popular thief turns him into a flamboyant playboy who now wants more than just the riches. Now he needs the respect, the social standing of a city gentleman without sacrificing that reckless freedom he cherishes (the duality of having the freedom to steal).
Unofficial SEASSI vs SASLI Showdown #2
(SEASSI is the SouthEAST Asian Studies Summer Institute)
CAPTURE THE FLAG in James Madison Park
Midnight, Friday July 17/18
Film: Sita Sings the Blues
Tuesday, July 21 in room 206 Ingraham hall - 1:30 p.m.
(Website)
WHAT do a 3,000-year-old Sanskrit epic, a ’20s-era jazz singer and Indonesian shadow puppets have in common? They’re all part of the eclectic cultural tapestry that is Sita Sings the Blues,” an 82-minute animated feature that combines autobiography with a retelling of the classic Indian myth the Ramayana, and that required its creator, the syndicated comic-strip artist Nina Paley, to spend three years transforming herself into a one-woman moving-picture studio. (From 2/13/09 review in The New York Times)
Film: Arabikatha
Wednesday, July 22 in room B10 Ingraham - 1:45 p.m.
In Malayalam with English subtitles
'Cuba' Mukundan (Sreenivasan) is an earnest Communist party-worker, whose life is completely in tune with the ideologies preached by the party. His earnestness, however, ruffles the feathers of industrial bigwig Kunjunni (Jagathy, in yet another 'avatar') and upcoming part leader Karunan. Mukundan's naiveness makes him an easy target, and against his misgivings, he is forced to leave for Dubai. Arabikatha traces the journey of Mukundan from here on.
SASLI Class Performances/6th Week Party
Friday, July 24 in B10 Ingraham Hall beginning at 12 noon
Lecture by Lisa Mitchell (CV)
"Politics and Public Space in Southern India"
Tuesday, July 28 in room 206 Ingraham Hall
Past SASLI Events
Film and Lecture Series 2008
Class Performances/Party 2008
Film Series 2007
Class Performances/Party 2007
Class Performances/Party 2006
Class Performances/Party 2005
SASLI Graduate Conference 2005 (Special thanks to Neilesh Bose for organizing this event)
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