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SUMMER STUDIES IN THE INDIAN TRADITION



TAXILA ACADEMY

Taxila Academy is a summer program in Indian Studies, set in Bangalore,=20
and intended for students in high school and college. The program=20
accommodates thirty-five students from North America, Europe and India.=20
In 1996, the program will be held from July 3 to August 11.

Taxila Academy is intended to provide students a structured introduction=20
to present-day India through the framework of its indigenous learning.=20
It provides an environment where students from around the world may=20
explore India=B9s knowledge systems.


CURRICULUM

Students at Taxila Academy choose two seminars from the following=20
selection and then attend classes and do research in those fields. In=20
addition, they participate in special lectures, performances and field=20
trips. These experiences complement one another to generate questions=20
and discussion, enabling students to gain deep insights into India=B9s=20
traditions in a short time.

SEMINARS

Epics and Mythology	 =09
Cinema and Society	=09
Classical Music and Dance
Art and Architecture	=09
Language Training	=09
Literature and Theory

EXCURSIONS

Madras Region
Sravana Belgola
Nrityagram
Halebid, Belur
Mysore
New Delhi
Agra

LECTURES				=09

Postcolonial Politics				=09
Islam in India					=09
Ecofeminism						=09
Vijayanagar Archeology				=09
Indian Economy				=09
Colonial Architecture					=09
Sanskrit Literature				=09

PERFORMANCES

Bharatnatyam
Kathak=09
Odissi
Bhajan
Carnatic
Khayal
Quwalli


FACULTY

ARINDAM CHAKRABARTY is Professor of Philosophy at Delhi University. He=20
is an authority on the Nyaya School of Indian Logic, as well as British=20
Philosophy of Mind. On the program Professor Chakrabarty will teach=20
music and ethics.

ANANYA VAJPEYI is a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. She is the Academic=20
Director of the program and is interested in alternative education. She=20
will teach literary history and linguistic approaches to culture.

KAPIL KAPOOR is Associate Professor at the Center for Linguistics and=20
English at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Dr. Kapoor does research in=20
Semiotics and teaches North Indian Languages and Poetics.

ADITI JAITLEY teaches Bharatnatyam at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. She=20
has experimented with intercultural and multimedia performances and will=20
teach dance, drama and their appreciation.

PRAHLADACARYA is Professor of Sanskrit at Bangalore University and=20
Director of Bangalore=B9s Purnaprajna Vidyapeetham. He is an authority on=
=20
Vedanta and is interested in comparative educational methodology.=20

ADITYA DEV SOOD is a Century Fellow at the University of Chicago=B9s=20
Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations. He serves as=20
Program Director and teaches Indian literature, art and architecture.


CAMPUS LIFE

Taxila Academy is located on an aesthetically landscaped 29 acre campus=20
in Whitefields, on the outskirts of Bangalore. Built in 1963, its modern=20
facilities are surrounded by groves of coconut and palm. It has a=20
library of 11,000 volumes with extensive sections on Indian Literature,=20
Religions, Philosophy, Art and Politics. It also has classrooms, a large=20
auditorium, a dining hall and a sportsfield.=20


ADMISSIONS PROCESS

Applications will be reviewed from January 15 through March 15, 1996, on=20
a rolling basis. To ensure a place on the program please apply early.


CORRESPONDENCE

For an application package and a brochure, please send your name address=20
and phone number to:

TAXILA ACADEMY
5322 South Drexel Avenue, #1B
Chicago IL 60615.
Phonefax: (312) 643 5847

email: taxila@uchicago.edu
http://www.silverleaf.com/taxila






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