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VOLUME 2 NUMBER 3 SPRING 2005 |
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Krishna
in springtime |
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arc/india symposium,
performance |
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| International studies at Stanford
will get increased support under a new academic division now being
developed by the School of Humanities and Sciences. |
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of International, Comparative, and Area Studies (ICA), the new
unit will put ARC and other programs and centers under a single
administrative roof. |
| Startup of the division is
scheduled for autumn of this year. |
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The popular Hindu deity Krishna will be the
subject of a scholarly meeting on campus Saturday, May 7. The
afternoon symposium will be followed in the evening by a performance
of Odissi dance dedicated to the deity. |
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The twin events, entitled
"Krishna in Springtime," are jointly sponsored by arc/india
and the Department of Religious Studies, and organized by arc/india
director Linda Hess (Religious Studies), a specialist on Indian
sacred literature and performance art.
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Dalai Lama to visit Stanford |
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Two-day event in November |
| His Holiness the Fourteenth
Dalai Lama will make a two-day visit to Stanford, November 4-5,
2005. Events on his schedule include a day-long conference on
neuroscience with the School of Medicine, a public meditation
and teaching on Buddhism for the Office for Religious Life, and
a discussion on nonviolence with the Aurora Forum. |
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| Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences
has received a $2 million pledge to endow a professorship in
Korean studies. The gift from the Korea Foundation will be matched
by the School's Hewlett Challenge funds to create a new position
in the humanities or social sciences. |
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| The professorship, announced
at a campus reception January 26, is the second awarded to Stanford
by the Korea Foundation. It is a further step in the recent development
of the university's Korean Studies Program, headed by Prof. Gi-Wook
Shin. For further details, see the
January 25 Stanford Report. |
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