Year of India and Pakistan

Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Independence in India and Pakistan

During the 2022-2023 academic year, Oglethorpe will mark the 75^th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan with a series of themed courses and co-curricular programming.

COURSES

COR-101 is reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Namesake” (Dr. Seema Shrikhande)
COR-101 is reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Interpreter of Maladies” (Dr. Christine McCulloch)
COR-101-003: Narratives of the Self 1 (Dr. Reshmi Hebbar)
COR-301 is reading the “Bhagavad Gita” (Dr. Kathleen W. Peters)
ENG-105-001: Global Literatures (Dr. Reshmi Hebbar)
ENG-340-002: Colonialism & Writing Back (Dr. Reshmi Hebbar)
HIS-101: Studying the Partition and watching “Gandhi” (Dr. Glenn Sharman)

EVENTS

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Spring 2023

Apr. 24 - Liberal Arts & Science Symposium Keynote Address from 2022 Georgia Author of the Year Anjali Enjeti

Oglethorpe University welcomes activist, author and journalist Anjali Enjeti to campus for the opening keynote address to the annual Liberal Arts & Sciences Symposium.

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Apr. 28 - Jun 25 - Rise of Empire: Indian Miniatures…Collection of Martha & Dileep Mehta,' Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

A collection of small-scale, highly detailed paintings in the museum’s Center Gallery. The art form traces back to at least 9th century CE.

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Lecture by Dr. John Daniel Tilford, Curator of Collections at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

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April 21-22 - Eid al-Fitr

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Past Events

September 29 - Opening Reception

Turner Lynch Campus Center Trustee Room, 3 – 4 p.m.

The Year of India and Pakistan will kick off with an opening reception featuring Indian/Pakistani foods and a lecture/Q&A by Dr. Chris Martin on the Economics of Human Development.