The continues its 90th anniversary celebrations with a symposium titled “.”
On Friday, April 24, The Cornell-黑料不打烊 South Asia Consortium (SAC) will feature presentations by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) professors and from 3-5:30 p.m. in the Strasser Legacy Room (220) of Eggers Hall. The program will be followed by a brief reception and then a screening of Kevin Dalvi鈥檚 at 6:30 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.
Events are free and open to the public. For more information, call SAC at 315-443-2553.
SAC is affiliated with the in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, which is administered by the Maxwell School.
Walter Andersen
Andersen is director of the South Asia Studies (SAIS) program at JHU. His presentation, 鈥淚ndia: Are Modi鈥檚 Goals Sustainable and Credible?,鈥 draws on his extensive knowledge of Hindu nationalism and India鈥檚 assertive foreign policy in the Indian Ocean.
Prior to JHU, Andersen served as chief of the U.S. State Department鈥檚 South Asia Division in the Office of Analysis for the Near East and South Asia. He also taught at the University of Chicago, where he earned a Ph.D., and at the College of Wooster in Ohio.
A faculty member of the Maxwell in Washington program, Hussain is an adjunct professor and senior visiting fellow at SAIS. He is a former senior diplomat from Pakistan whose expertise includes South Asian security, political Islam, terrorism and U.S. relations with the Islamic world. His presentation is titled 鈥淧akistan鈥檚 Dilemma: Finding a Balance Between Geopolitics and Internal Stability.鈥
Touqir Hussain
Hussain has also served as ambassador to Brazil, Spain and Japan; a diplomatic advisor to the Pakistani prime minister; and a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace.
The respondents to both lectures are , assistant professor of political science at Colgate University; , associate professor of political science at Hobart and William Smith (HWS) Colleges; and , associate professor of economics at HWS.
“Promise Land” marks Dalvi’s directorial debut. Described by critics as an intense, engaging drama, the 2013 film follows three South Asian immigrant families in the United States. One family, a same-sex couple, is grappling with pregnancy and a meddling mother. Another is a Muslim family enduring the struggles of U.S. immigration policy after 9/11, when many Muslims are made to feel unwelcome. Members of the third family work in an IT sweatshop, where mounting employee conflicts perpetuate a fear of job loss.
Afterward, Dalvi will participate in a talk-back, moderated by , visiting assistant professor of LGBT studies at Sarah Lawrence College.
“Immigration is the central theme of the movie,” says Susan S. Wadley, the University’s Ford Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, professor of anthropology and director of the South Asia Center. “It’s a gripping tale of love, conflict and hope that, in a way, puts a face on some of the scholarly discussions from earlier in the day.”
Wadley adds that “Promise Land” was among the highlights of last year’s summer film series of the Harvard University South Asia Center.
