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Upcoming Events

 

Film Screening and Q&A: In the Name of God

Directed by Anand Patwardhan.

India, 1992, 75 min.

Hindi and English with English subtitles.

 

Description: A pathbreaking documentary that focuses on the plans of the militant Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to destroy a 16th-century mosque in Ayodhya, India, said to have been built by Babar, the first Mughal Emperor of India. The VHP claims the mosque was built at the birth site of the Hindu god Ram after Babar razed an existing Ram temple. They are determined to build a new temple to Ram on the same site. This controversial issue led to violent riots and many deaths, culminating in the mosque's destruction by Hindu mobs in December of 1992. 

 

 

 

 

 

Past Events

Latin American Dialogues Speaker Series 

Event Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023 Speaker: Dr Jordan Lynton Cox, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Mississippi State University Public Talk Title: "Hybrid Diasporas in the Age of Rising China: Tracing Conversations of China's Presence in the Caribbean"