Integrating India into the Liberal Arts
A Project Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Opening Faculty Workshop
May 7 and 8, 2012
Main Dining Room, Anderson Center
Winston-Salem State University
Monday, May 7, 2012:
8:00 - 8:30:
Registration
8:30 - 9:00:
Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Merdis McCarter, Senior
Associate Provost for Academic
Affairs
Dr. Joti Sekhon, Director of
International Programs
9:00 - 10:15:
Diversity at HBCUs and how to connect it with learning about India
Dr. Anita Nahal, former Assistant Provost for International Programs,
Howard University
10:30 – 11:45:
Teaching Contemporary India: Incorporating Significant Issues in
Course Syllabi across Disciplines
Dr. Neil DeVotta: Associate Professor of Political Science, Wake Forest
University
12:00 – 1:30:
Working Lunch
Remarks: Dr. Donald J. Reaves, Chancellor, WSSU
Keynote Address: Doing Business with India: Significance of
Knowledge of Indian Culture
Mr. Jim Nanton, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer,
HanesBrands Inc. & Member, Board of Trustees, WSSU
1:45 – 3:00:
Study Abroad in India: Cultural Immersion and Language Learning
Dr. Afroz Taj, Associate Professor of South Asian Studies, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3:15 – 4:30:
Engaged Learning & Community Based Opportunities in India
Dr. Murali Nair, Director & Professor, School of Social Work, Cleveland
State University
Tuesday, May 8, 2012:
8:30 – 10:00: Concurrent Round Table Sessions I & II
I.
Teaching about India in an HBCU classroom: Case study:
Comparative course on African American Women & Women in
India: History, Issues, Participants and Contemporary Times
Dr. Anita Nahal
II
U.S.-India Relations in a Global Context
Dr. Neil DeVotta
10:15 – 11:45: Concurrent Round Table Sessions III & IV
II.
Alternative Health and Healing Practices in India
Dr. Murali Nair
III.
Diversity in Indian Drama, Film, and Music
Dr. Afroz Taj
12:00 – 1:30: LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30 – 2:15:
Wrap-up Q&A
with invited
scholars
2:15-2:45:
Future Seminar
Activities
2:45-3:00:
Evaluation