Undergraduate Student Opportunities
There are numerous opportunities for undergraduates at Duke, NCSU, and UNC to explore the South Asian region through study at home and abroad. Below are links to some of those opportunities. New programs and activities will be added as they become available so please check back often!
Duke Undergraduate Journal of South Asian Studies
The North Carolina Consortium for South Asian Studies and Diya, Duke University’s South Asian students’ association, are proud to announce the creation of the Duke Undergraduate Journal of South Asian Studies, one of the first published journal of its kind in the nation. The formation of DUJSAS is an extension of the successful work accomplished by Sanscript, Diya’s published magazine, which brought critical pieces written by Duke undergraduates to the Research Triangle community.
The South Asian community in this region is growing, as is the interest in South Asian trends, culture, religion, politics, and economics. It is truly an exciting time to be developing strong South Asian studies curricula here at Duke, the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University. Through DUJSAS, we aim to share exceptional academic work being conducted by undergraduate and graduate students at our universities, as well as all over the nation at institutions like yours, in the field of South Asian Studies.
The journal to come will comprise exclusively academic content from the humanities and social sciences.
We invite you to nominate exceptional undergraduate written pieces on South Asia-related topics to be published in our journal. The inaugural issue of DUJSAS will be published in August, and will be made up of works written during this spring semester. We hope you will be able to share copies of the journal with your students at the beginning of the next semester. Papers will be blind-reviewed by an editorial board made up of students and faculty. Please download the following forms:
Please feel free to email dujsas@gmail.com with any questions.
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures has made some exciting
new additions to the Hindi-Urdu program at NC State!
We have added new sections to the Intermediate level Hindi-Urdu course to
facilitate a Hindi concentration and an Urdu Concentration, we offer a
summer intensive course in beginning Urdu, and we have hired an Urdu
language and literature specialist!
*New Concentration Option in Hindi or in Urdu*
We are now offering two sections of Intermediate Hindi-Urdu (see course
list below for schedule details) so that students may choose a
concentration in either Hindi or Urdu. Sign up for FLN 201 Section 001 and
FLN 203 Section 001 if you want to pursue the Hindi concentration and sign
up for FLN 201 Section 002 and FLN 203 Section 002 if you want to pursue
the Urdu concentration. Students will be able to continue with their
concentration in either Hindi or Urdu at the advanced level!
For those of you who already know the basics of Hindi-Urdu grammar and
want to learn how to read and write so you can join the intermediate or
advanced level courses, we will offer the “Fast Track to Urdu” script
course in Fall 2010 and the “Fast Track to Hindi” script course in Spring
2011!
*New Instructor*
We are pleased to announce that Christine Everaert has accepted a position
in Hindi-Urdu at North Carolina State University in the Department of
Foreign Languages and Literatures.
She took her PhD, MA, and two BA degrees from Ghent University (Belgium)
in Indology and History. Her PhD thesis has just been published under the
title “Tracing the boundaries between Hindi and Urdu: Lost and Added in
Translation between 20th Century Short Stories” (E. J. Brill, 2009). In
addition to her Dutch, English, French, Hindi, and Urdu fluency, she has
also studied extensively Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian. She taught at the
University of Colorado at Boulder for several years and will be joining us
in Fall 2010 from the University of California-Irvine.
*Fall 2010 Hindi-Urdu Course List*
FLN 101 001/FLN 103 001: Elementary Hindi-Urdu 1
This introduction to modern standard Hindi-Urdu develops novice-level
proficiency in speaking & listening, and in reading & writing in the Hindi
(Nagari) script. Readings in South Asian culture & civilization. Other
activities include role-playing, dialogues, and audio-visuals! Dr. Sujata
Mody, MW 3:00-4:15 PM and F 3:00-3:50 PM
FLN 201 001/FLN 203 001: Intermediate Hindi-Urdu 1
Hindi Concentration
This course develops intermediate-level proficiency in speaking,
listening, reading, & writing. Further practice of the Hindi (Nagari)
writing system. Introduction to the grammatical divergence of Hindi and
Urdu. Readings in South Asian culture & civilization. Other activities
include improvisation, discussion, skits, & audio-visuals! Dr. Christine
Everaert, MW 1:30-2:45 PM and F 1:30-2:20 PM
FLN 201 002/FLN 203 002: Intermediate Hindi-Urdu 1
Urdu Concentration
This course develops intermediate-level proficiency in speaking,
listening, reading, & writing. Further practice of the Urdu (Nastaliq)
writing system. Introduction to the grammatical divergence of Hindi and
Urdu. Readings in South Asian culture & civilization. Other activities
include improvisation, discussion, skits, & audio-visuals! Dr. Christine
Everaert, MW 3:00-4:15 PM and F 3:00-3:50 PM
FLN 301 001: Advanced Hindi-Urdu 1
Readings in Literature
This course introduces advanced students to prose fiction in Hindi–Urdu.
Students are exposed to the works of Munshi Premchand, Saadat Hasan Manto,
and other major Hindi-Urdu literary figures. All readings are available in
both Hindi and Urdu scripts. Emphasis will be placed on literary analysis
& discussion of cultural and historical contexts. Activities include
debates, presentations, & audio-visuals! Dr. Sujata Mody, MW 4:30-5:45 PM
FL 295 011: Fast Track to Urdu
This course provides a rapid transition to reading and writing in the Urdu
(Arabic-script-based, nastaliq) script for students who have already
acquired the basic grammatical structure of Hindi-Urdu. The course will
also increase students' Urdu vocabulary and highlight important cultural
differences between Hindi and Urdu. Short prose and poetry readings. Dr.
Christine Everaert, MW 4:30-5:20 PM
Dance Residency & Course at Duke for Fall 2010
Fall 2010, Mon. & Wed. 6:00-7:30PM
Crowell Dance Studio (Duke East Campus)
Contact: Dr. Purnima Shah pshah@duke.edu
Solo Odissi Concert by Ms. Mohapatra on Oct. 30 at 7:30pm.
Ms. Sujata Mohapatra is an outstanding and internationally recognized Odissi dancer. She has acquired a rigorous training from Late Guru Padmavibhushan Kelucharan Mohapatra, who played a leading role in the reconstruction of Odissi dance in the 1950s.
Odissi is one of the several classical dances of India, characterized by fluid movements and bhangis or sculpturesque poses inspired by the temple sculptures of Puri, Konark and Bhubaneswar.
Please click here to download the flier.
Summer Langauge Institute at SASLI
The South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI) based at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is offering intensive summer courses in the following South Asian languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Tibetan and Urdu. Applications for Summer 2010 are now being accepted.
Undergraduate students are also eligible for fee remissions (partial or full.) The application deadline for both forms of funding is February 5, 2010.
Applications and instructions can be found on the SASLI web site at sasli.wisc.edu. Please apply or encourage your students to apply as soon as possible as faculty hiring is based on student interest.
If you have questions about SASLI, the application process, or FLAS and Fee Remissions, please review the FAQ pages on the web site at http://sasli.wisc.edu/faq/index.html. Any additional questions can be addressed to Ean Barnard, by phone at (608) 261-1194 or by e-mail at sasli@southasia.wisc.edu <mailto:sasli@southasia.wisc.edu >
Summer Study Abroad in India Scholarship through the Phillips Ambassador Program
Phillips Ambassadors program provides scholarships for summer, semester, and year-long study abroad programs in Asia. These scholarship are available to UNC and Duke students. Please visit the website for more details.
For more information on the Phillips Ambassador Program: http://studyabroad.unc.edu/phillips/index.cfm
Instructions to the Duke Phillips scholarship: http://studyabroad.unc.edu/phillips/duke.cfm
UNC summer study in India: A great opportunity to study Hindi in an immersive environment and see India at the same time. This popular program is led by NCCSAS faculty member Afroz Taj.
Duke Engage: There are a variety of Duke engage programs both domestically and internationally that promote immersive service learning and critical reflection. NCCSAS is proud to have two programs in India: Duke Engage Hyderabad with Professor of Religion Leela Prasad, and Duke Engage Kolkata with Professor of Cultural Anthropology Katherine Ewing and Assistant Director of Programs for NCCSAS Baishakhi Taylor.
Duke Engage Hyderabad: http://www.duke.edu/~leela/dukeengage/
Duke Engage Kolkata: http://dukeengage.duke.edu/uploads/assets/India-Kolkataflyer.pdf
More information on Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) funding opportunities can be found at:http://www.nccsas.org/languages/flas_info.htm
http://www.nccsas.org/languages/unc_me_flas2010.htm