Outreach
The Institute provides a broad range of resources and activities to serve a wide variety of persons. In conjunction with our National Resource Center, we arrange to have faculty and advanced graduate students speak to teacher-training sessions, in schools, and to groups interested in scholarly information on South Asia. With New York as a center of the national and international media, we are constantly in touch with reporters; faculty have often appeared on CNN and other network and local TV and radio programs. The Institute maintains an Outreach Office, containing films and videos, slides, teaching materials, and publications that can be used -- and sometimes borrowed -- by qualified teachers and scholars (contact: Zainab Mahmood or Financial Assistant and Institute Manager: Elisa Kirchheim 212-854-3616). Most of the conferences and lectures, workshops, and other events listed on our events page are open to the public. The National Resource Center for South Asia also provides training opportunities for K-12 and college and university teachers. It is also developing resources for use in school and college classrooms.
Links:
A weblinks directory to South Asian history, cultures and literatures from Frances Pritchett's website on South Asia:
http://www.outreachworld.org/resource.asp?Curriculumid=357
Aamir Mufti
Teach-In on Thirty Years of Indian and Pakistani History: A Tryst with Destiny; from the Midnight's Children Humanities Festival.
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/broadcast/ramfiles/mchf2003/03_06_b.ram
Gyan Pandey
Teach-In on Thirty Years of Indian and Pakistani History: A Tryst with Destiny; from the Midnight’s Children Humanities Festival.
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/broadcast/ramfiles/mchf2003/03_06_b.ram
Gowher Rizvi and Tariq Banuri
Teach-In on Thirty Years of Indian and Pakistani History: Bangladesh; from the Midnight’s Children Humanities Festival
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/broadcast/midnightschildren
Current Outreach Programs:
Religions of South Asia CourseSikhism:
Directions: There are many Ramayana traditions in India and elsewhere, but a good starting point for our discussions is the classical Sanskrit version by Valmiki. Here we provide two key passages. I suggest one of two reading programs, depending on how much time you can spare before class. *shorter reading program: *longer reading program:
Resources for Teachers:
Here is a useful website that provides basic information about the Ramayana (it also includes some resources for teaching the Ramayana): |
