Sheth Lecture
The South Asian Studies Program's Annual Sheth Endowed Lecture in Indian Studies, made possible by the generous support of the Sheth Family Foundation, has become a well-attended, highly-regarded part of the programming tradition at Emory. The lecture series, popular among the Emory community and the greater Atlanta community, has hosted an impressive list of scholars and artists, including filmmaker Mira Nair, historian Gyan Prakash, writer Amitav Ghosh, and other leading scholars in their fields.
2009 Sheth Lecture
Medha Patkar
People's Movements: The State and Civil Society
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2009 4:00 P.M.
Tull Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Emory University School of Law
1301 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322
Lecture is free and Open to the public.
Reception to follow.
Medha Patkar is an environmental and human rights activist who has led the struggle against the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India. She founded the Narmada Bachoao Andolan (NBA, Save the Narmada) and the National Alliance of People's Movements dedicated to alternative development paradigms. She has worked in Bombay slums and tribal areas, and served on the World Commission on Dams, and on water and energy issues across the world.
For further information on Medha Patkar and the Save the Narmada organization, see: http://www.narmada.org/medha.html
2008
Shashi Tharoor
"The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone: The Transformation of India in the 21st century"
2007
Salman Rushdie
“The Composite Artist”
2006
Mira Nair
“Between Two Worlds”
2005
Gyan Prakash
“The Modern City in Ruins: The Memory of Cosmopolitan Bombay”
2004
Vidya Dehejia
“The Body Adorned: Secular and Sacred”
2003
Ashutosh Varshney
“Hindu-Muslim Violence: Gujarat Riots in Perspective”
2002
Amitav Ghosh
“The Greatest Sorrow: Times of Joy Recalled in Wretchedness”
2001
Vasudha Narayanan
“Diversity, Diaspora, and Dharma”