9/1/09: One of the country’s premier scholars of South Asian politics and ethnic conflict, Ashutosh Varshney, has joined the Brown faculty as a professor of political science this year. Continue reading South Asia Scholar Joins Brown
Brown Updates South Asian Studies Concentration
9/1/09: As Brown advances its efforts to internationalize its curriculum across the board, the South Asian Studies (SAS) academic concentration is also evolving this year to create a clearer sense of opportunities for inter-disciplinary work focused on the history, cultures, and political and economic issues pertaining to this vital geographic area. Continue reading Brown Updates South Asian Studies Concentration
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Visit Professor James L. Fitzgerald’s website exploring the Mahābhārata, “a powerful and amazing text that inspires awe and wonder.”
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Take in the sounds and sights of Professor Lina Fruzzetti’s collaborative website on the Patua singers and painters of stories on scrolls.
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Zakaria Paints Optimistic Scenario at Baccalaureate
5/23/09 – Watch international commentator Fareed Zakaria deliver Brown University’s 2009 baccalaureate address.
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Conference Explores Emerging States in Global Financial Turmoil
4/3/09 – A summary report is now available for the two-day conference on “Regional Powers, New Developmental States and Global Governance: BRICSA in the New World Order,” which examined the role of the newly emergent regional and continental powers – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – in the world system.
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Check out Radio Open Source’s Year of India series, including a conversation with economist Amartya Sen (right).
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Brown, IIT Co-found Indo-US Center for Biomaterials
1/22/09 – Brown University is partnering with the India Institute of Technology at Kanpur to further research into the emerging field of biomaterials – the creation of artificial and organic materials that are compatible with the human body, such as those used for contact lenses, joint replacements, and dental crowns.
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