India Studies Lecture

The India Studies Distinguished Lecture is an annual CSAMES event.

2007: "Exploring the City of Victory — Vijayanagara"

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George Michell

George Michell is a distinguished scholar of international repute in art, architecture, and landscape history and a prolific author of more than a dozen seminal books. He has been involved in heritage conservation efforts most notably at Vijayanagara, a World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India. Since 1980, George Michell has co-directed an international team of archaeologists and architects that has been mapping and measuring the ruins of Hampi, the 14th- 16th century capital of the Vijayanagara Empire of southern India. His lecture titled "Exploring the City of Victory — Vijayanagara" will present results of over two decades of archaeological fieldwork and scholarship on this truly remarkable site.

Wednesday October 17, 2007 • 7:00 pm
Plym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall • 611 E. Lorado Taft Dr., Champaign
Reception immediately following

Sponsors

The India Studies Distinguised Lecture is organized and hosted by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; and co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Lorado Taft Lecture, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Center for Global Studies, Program for the Study of Religion, Global Crossroads Living/Learning Community, Department of Anthropology, & Department of Landscape Architecture.

Past India Studies Lectures

  • 2006: "Sriniketan: Experiment to Experience – Rabindranath Tagore’s Vision on Rural Reconstruction" by Prasanta Ghosh
  • 2005: "The Sitar and the Academy: Teaching Traditional Music in a University Setting" by Sanjoy Bandopadhyay -- view lecture flyer
  • 2004: "India at the Crossroads of Development" by Sam Pitroda -- view lecture flyer
  • 2003: "Somanatha: Reality vs. Ideology in Hindu-Muslim Relations" -- view lecture flyer