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South Asia Program at Cornell University

The South Asia Program (SAP) is an area studies program under the Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. We bring attention to South Asia in the form of courses, faculty, research, libraries, resources, programming and outreach. The Cornell South Asia Program is a National Resource Center for South Asia from the U.S. Department of Education.

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"Absolute Constructions in Early Indo-European," Cornell Sanskrit Scholar Antonia Ruppel's new book

"Absolute Constructions in Early Indo-European," Cornell Sanskrit Scholar Antonia Ruppel's new book

"In the past, discussions of absolute constructions (ACs) have been limited by an imprecise understanding of what ACs are. By examining the nature and function of ACs and related constructions in Greek, Latin and Sanskrit, this new study arrives at a clear and simple definition of ACs. Focussing on the earliest attested material in each language, it highlights how AC usage differs between languages and offers explanations for these differences. Identifying the common core shared by all ACs, it suggests a starting-point and way by which they developed into Greek, Latin and Sanskrit.

Rabindranath Tagore Modern Literature Lecture Series presents: Amit Chaudhuri

Rabindranath Tagore Modern Literature Lecture Series presents: Amit Chaudhuri
Date: 
09/27/2013 - 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: 
TBA
Sponsors: 
Narahari Umanath Prabhu and Suman Prabhu gift to the South Asia Program
Contact Name: 
Durga Bor
Contact Email: 
nsj1@cornell.edu
Contact Phone: 
5-8493

The South Asia Program will bring Amit Chaudhuri an internationally recognized Indian English author to present it's Rabindranath Tagore Modern Literature Lecture this coming September 27th 2013. He has written numerous novels, short stories, poems and critical essays in English including the books: The Immortals, A New World, and Calcutta. He is currently Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia, UK.

NEW and Unique Environmental Semester Abroad in the Nilgiris Field Learning Center in India

Learn about the new and unique semester abroad program in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve of the Western Ghats, India.  Click on: http://sap.einaudi.cornell.edu/NilgirisLearningCenterSemesterAbroad