The 2009 Mary Flexner Lectureship Blog

A) Flexner Lecture with Sanjay Subrahmanyam


November 2 - First Flexner Lecture: “Courtly Competition between ‘Muslim’ and ‘Hindu’ States in 16th-Century South Asia” on Monday, November 2 at 5 p.m. in Thomas Great Hall.

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B) Flexner Advanced Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students


November 3 - Advanced Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students:  Reflections on “Courtly Competition between ‘Muslim’ and ‘Hindu’ States in 16th-Century South Asia” on Tuesday, November 3 at Noon in Campus Center, 200.

Bryn Mawr faculty convener:  Michael Allen, Political Science.

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C) Flexner Dinner: Alumnae and Faculty with Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Flexner Lecturer


November 4 - Alumnae Dinner with faculty and alums from History, East Asian Studies, and History of Art on Wednesday, November 3 at 6 p.m. at Wyndham Alumnae House, Private Dining Room.

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D) Flexner Special Lecture: Historian Carlo Ginzburg on “Rome 1735″


November 5 - Flexner Special Lecture: “Rome 1735: Making Sense of the “Chinese Rites” Debates” with Historian Carlo Ginzburg on Thursday, November 5 from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in the Carpenter Library, Room 21.

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E) Flexner Dinner: Campus dinner Sanjay Kak, independent screenwriter


November 6 - Campus Dinner with documentary Filmmaker, Sanjay Kak on Friday, November 6 at 6 p.m. in Dorothy Vernon Room, Haffner Dining Hall.  Film screening to follow.

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F) Flexner Film Screening of “Words on Water” with Sanjay Kak


November 6 - Documentary Film Screening: “Words on Water” with independent documentary Filmmaker Sanjay Kak on Friday, November 6 from 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. in Carpenter Library, Room 21.

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G) Flexner Dinner: “Advancing interfaith dialogue about faith traditions and shared spiritual and humanistic beliefs”


November 7 - A dinner and conversation with Bi-Co students and Flexner Lecturer Sanjay Subrahmanyam on Saturday, November 7.

  • Location:    Religious House, Cambrian Row
  • Caterer:      Sunshine Palace
  • Time/s:       Doors open at 5:30 p.m.   ♦    Dinner at 6:00 p.m.

Co-sponsored by:

  • Multifaith Alliance
  • Sanskriti
  • Jewish Student Union
  • Muslim Student Association
  • Sikh Student Association
  • Bi-Co Catholic Newman Community
  • South Asian Women

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