The Halloween-themed Bollywood film series will be held in Riverside’s Community Center Media Room for four weeks in October. […]
Gandhi film screening
Academy Award Winning Biopic Gandhi (1982) will be screened at 7.30pm, Thursday, April 11th in the TV Room, Riverside Community Center. Come to learn about the Indian freedom fighter and to enjoy some Indian food. This event is generously sponsored by The Honors College and Housing and Residential Communities. Please contact Faculty in Residence Amy […]
Negotiating the Japanese Postmodern Identity Lecture and Film Series
The UA Japan Club and the Asian Studies Program present “Negotiating the Japanese Postmodern Identity” Lecture and Film Series on 3 Monday nights in April. The lectures (April 4 and 18 only) will be at 5:30 pm in Smith Hall 205. The film screenings (Apr 4, 11, and 18) will be at 7:00. Japanese food will […]
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Tibetan Hamlet
On Wednesday, March 9th, 7pm in tenHoor room 125, the History Club and Phi Alpha Theta will host a film with a scholarly introduction. The event is entitled “Remembering Empires, Performing Nations, Shakespeare Style: Negotiating Imperial Histories, Modernity and Tibetan Hamlet in Sherwood Hu’s The Prince of the Himalayas” (China, 2006). See poster here. The […]
25th Annual Sakura festival
The theme this year is jonetsu/passion. Events unite the University community and the broader Tuscaloosa area, with some events on campus and some off campus. Highlights of the festival include Hanga: Two Hundred Years of Japanese Woodblock Prints, an exhibit at the Ferguson Center Art Gallery on March 3 – 30 Haiku contest (deadline March […]
Bansuri Flautist Concert
Saturday, February 26 at 7:00 pm, John Wubbenhorst, a world-renowned Bansuri Flautist will present a free concert sponsored by New College and the Asian Studies Program. In this concert, he will demonstrate the variety of musical influences on his art, from blues harmonica, to jazz, to classical Indian music. John will discuss his meeting with […]
Riverside Bollywood Film Festival
The Asian Studies Program is a co-sponsor for this semester’s Bollywood Film Festival at the Riverside Community Center in Riverside Dormitories (http://tour.ua.edu/tourstops/riverside.html). All films are open to students, faculty and staff, and free food is provided. Tuesday, Feb. 15, 7pm – Black (2005) An inspiring story of a young woman (Rani Mukherji) born without vision, […]
Concert in Birmingham
Liu Fang, an internationally acclaimed Chinese-Canadian musician, will perform Chinese classical music on the pipa (lute) and guzheng (zither). The concert is a ticketed event (with discount tickets for students) at the Virginia Samford Theater in Birmingham on April 3 at 2 pm. The Alabama Asian Cultures Foundation is sponsoring this performance. […]
Chinese Spring Festival Celebration
The Spring Festival Celebration, organized by the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars, will be held on Feb 2nd in the Ferguson Center Ball Room. This is the eve of the Chinese New Year. It will start at 6:30 pm and will include a Chinese buffet and Chinese cultural performance. Advanced tickets will go on […]
Mehendi night
Mehendi night is Sunday, 17 October. The Indian Association of Tuscaloosa, a student organization on campus, invites everyone to come to the Ferguson Center, Room 309, for music, food, and Mehendi. Entry is free. For more information, consult the Mehendi night flyer. […]