01/06/2025
Dear Duke communities,
We are delighted to invite you to a special celebration hosted by AMES (Asian Middle Eastern Studies) and Hindi Rang Manch at Duke University in honor of the Centennial Birthday of the renowned Hindi playwright, Mohan Rakesh.
Date: Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue: White Lecture Hall 107
Join us for an evening filled with play readings, stories, and a journey through the life and works of Mohan Rakesh in Hindi. This event promises to be a memorable tribute to a literary legend whose contributions have left an indelible mark on Hindi literature.
RSVP: Please confirm your attendance by emailing Kusum Knapczyk at [email protected].
Light Snacks and chai will be served to add to the warmth of the evening.
We look forward to celebrating this momentous occasion with you!
01/01/2023
नव वर्ष की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं एवं बधाई! नया वर्ष आपके जीवन में अनेक खुशियां ले कर आए। 💐💐🎊
01/01/2023
Voices in Global Health: Hindi
Through practical and theoretical discussions around case studies, visual texts, and interviews in the target language, we examine healthcare issues from preventing and controlling COVID-19 and healthcare systems to traditional Indian medicine and environmental health. Guest speakers help us explore the underlying reasons for different beliefs and behaviors, with the goal of creating culturally appropriate interventions. Tutorials meet weekly for 75 minutes. Prerequisite: 3-4 semesters of language or equivalent – heritage and native speakers are welcome to enroll. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Hindi (GLHLTH 270T/ Hindi 270T) Tuesdays 5:15-6:30 (Professor Kusum Knapczyk)
*while you do not need to be enrolled in GLHLTH 101 to sign up for this course, you may find it rewarding to do so!*
08/21/2022
A new Bollywood course at Duke.
02/07/2022
मेरी हिंदी प्रसार की यात्रा में एक और महत्त्वपूर्ण कदम
Haiku writing Workshop – for Hindi Students at Duke University ड्यूक विश्वविद्यालय के हिंदी छात्रों के साथ एक और कार्यशाला। हाइकु लेखन की यह कार्यशाला ....
01/10/2022
Interested in Global Health issues? Learning Hindi? Explore how language and culture impact health beliefs and behaviors! Contact: Dr. Kusum Knapczyk [email protected]
11/17/2021
Under the Indian Literature of Marginalized Society speakers’ series, the AMES Hindi program organizes monthly sessions and discussions focusing on different topics of marginalized literature. Each month, experts and scholars are invited to have a critical discourse on marginalized topics. The lecture will be in English. This event is primarily for the Duke community but other univerties' students are welcome to join.
Please join us this Saturday, November 20, 202l. at 8:30 pm IST / 10 am EST.
Prof. Srinjoyee Dutta
Assistant Professor of English at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi.
Title 'Tracing the Q***r Idiom in Agha Shahid Ali's Poetry'
Aditi Angiras
A poet and artist based in New Delhi
Title: Who is a poet? What is Q***r? Where is South Asia?: 3A.M. thoughts on The World That Belongs To Us.
Zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 992 5348 7406
Passcode: 205097
Contact: kusum Knapczyk
[email protected]
This series is sponsored and supported by Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke Service-learning.
01/10/2022
11/17/2021