Join us for a webinar on “Language, Culture, and Media: South Asian Perspectives,” that will bring together voices from across South Asia to explore how film, literature, and popular media can deepen language learning and cultural engagement.
In a region shaped by layered multilingualism and vibrant artistic traditions, cinema, storytelling, music, and digital platforms offer powerful entry points into language as lived experience rather than abstract system. Drawing on examples from the region, the discussion will consider how educators and cultural practitioners are using content to create immersive, context-rich learning environments. The conversation will foreground both pedagogical innovation and cultural practice, highlighting how cross-border artistic exchange and regional media ecosystems can inform more inclusive, dynamic approaches to language education within South Asia and in global classrooms.
Date: Friday, May 15, 2026
Time: 6:30–7:30 pm IST / 9:00–10:00 am EST
Venue: Online on Zoom
Moderator:
Richard Delacy, Preceptor in Hindi and Urdu in the Department of South Asian Studies at Harvard University
Speakers:
• Aparna Dharwadker, Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Madhava Prasad, Professor of Cultural Studies at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
• Priya Joshi, Professor of English at Temple University and affiliate faculty in the Global Studies Program
• Ravikant, Intermedia historian, translator and archivist at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)
