Post Tagged with: "Brian Collins"

  Dr. David Haberman of Indiana University examines the worship of Mount Govardhan, a sacred hill in north-central India, in the Fall 2016 Gawande Lecture in Indian Philosophy and Religion. Haberman, Professor of Religious Studies at University, delivers “Anthropomorphic Techniques in the Worship of Mount Govardhan” on Monday, Sept. 20, at […]

NOTE: Date changes: Chop Puja and Skeleton dance is now Tuesday, March 8. The lecture on Buddhism & a Course in Happiness is Wednesday, March 9. The Comparative Religions Club and Gawande Organization at Ohio University are sponsoring a visit from Tibetan Monks from Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehradun, India. […]

The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities presents The Mahabharata: India’s Great Epic This three-day workshop for secondary teachers is being held from Wednesday, June 17, to Friday, June 19, 2015, at Ohio University in Athens, OH. The workshop leaders are Brian Collins, Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian […]

The Gawande Speaker Series and the Becoming Human Theme Present “Epic Fail?: Comparing Myths, Monsters, and Metaphors Across Cultures,” an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion with Dr. Shubha Pathak of American University, on Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. in Ellis 111. This event is free and open to the public. Pathak […]

This summer, join Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Classics & World Religions for an amazing program experience at Gawande College in Unmarkhed, Maharashtra, India. The “India: Gender, Culture, and Development” program is July 1 through Aug. 1, 2015. The deadline for applications is Feb. 16. Students will have the […]

In the movie, Indiana Jones stumbles upon the Temple of Doom, where a cult worshiping the fearsome Hindu goddess Kali practices human sacrifice. The movie is fantasy. The setting is India. The sacrifice scene—the blonde nightclub singer in a cage dangling over a fiery pit—is the creation of co-writer George […]

“Tucked away in the unlikely hills of West Virginia stands a remarkable community brought together by a common belief,” says Sharon Fritz ’15. “The beauty of rural West Virginia is surpassed by the splendor of the temples and grounds of New Vrindaban, and by the hospitality of the devotees,” she […]