Deepak Sarma ’91, associate professor of religious studies at Case Western Reserve University, will be on campus presenting two talks that are open to the public. Thursday, September 22, he will give a lecture entitled “Natural Born Killers: Karma and Predestination in one Hindu tradition” at 4:30 p.m. in Eliot 207. On Monday, September 26, he will present “When is a Brahmin a wicked Brahmin? Insider and outsiders in the study of religion” for Religion 470 (senior thesis and religion symposium), from 4:40 to 6 p.m. in ETC 208.
In August, Deepak led local alumni on a tour of rare Indian Kalighat paintings on display at the Cleveland Art Museum (an exhibit that he also guest curated). The paintings were produced by anonymous artists between the 1830s and 1880s, and they were sold as souvenirs in bazaars around Calcutta and around the Kalighat Temple. You may watch him speak about this unique artwork in this video.
