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Distinguished panel to discuss future of nuclear weapons at IU Bloomington Oct. 29

John J. Mearsheimer

The Center on American and Global Security and the India Studies Program at Indiana University have invited a distinguished panel of experts to present a symposium on "The Future of Nuclear Weapons." The symposium will take place on Oct. 29 at the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington and is free and open to the public.   Full Story >>

Ambassador Arun Singh of India to visit IU Bloomington Oct. 23

Ambassador Arun Singh

Ambassador Arun K. Singh, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of India to the United States in Washington, D.C., will speak at Indiana University Bloomington on Friday, Oct. 23.   Full Story >>

Professor's book on dress and adornment in India receives 2009 Millia Davenport Publication Award

The Grace of Four Moons

Pravina Shukla, an associate professor of folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University, has been awarded the 2009 Millia Davenport Publication Award given by the Costume Society of America for her book The Grace of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, and the Art of the Body in Modern India (2008, Indiana University Press).   Full Story >>

IU partners with Australia's top university to create a joint Pan-Asian Institute

ANU IU Agreement image

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (Sept. 4) joined with the chief executive of the Australian National University -- that nation's top-ranked institution of higher education -- in signing a partnership agreement for the creation of a jointly operated Pan-Asian Institute. The new institute will combine the complementary academic strengths of the two universities into a single research and teaching enterprise with expertise that encompasses a broad range of Asian countries.   Full Story >>

IU India Studies announces its fall lecture series

India

This fall's India Studies lecture series at Indiana University will again bring leading political, art and cultural scholars of India and South Asia to the IU Bloomington campus. The lecture series will begin on Friday (Sept. 11) with a presentation by Christophe Jaffrelot, the Alliance visiting professor at Columbia University and a leading India scholar in France and adviser to the French government.   Full Story >>

IU expert available to discuss Ahmadinejad's second inauguration, other events in Iran

Jamsheed Choksy

An IU expert who has traveled extensively in Iran is available to discuss next week's inauguration of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term in office and the country's worst political turmoil since 1979.   Full Story >>