From
June 11, 2015 17:15
until
June 11, 2015 18:30
Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University would like to invite you to a:
Book Launch | Indian Diaspora: Hindus and Sikhs in Australia
Date: Thursday 11 June 2015 Time: 5:15 - 6:30pm
Location: ACJC Seminar Room, H8.06/05, Monash Caulfield Campus, 900 Dandenong Rd, E.Caulfield
(Easy access from Caulfield Railway station, and Parking next to Coles Supermarket)
Launch by Dr. T. Janardana Rao, Ex. Hon Consul General of India
The Indian Diaspora, published by D. K. Printworld, Delhi, covers the theory of diaspora, the historical development of the Indian communities in Australia since the late 19th century to the present times, current practices and statistical profiles of Hindus and Sikhs in Australia, and interactions between Hindus and Sikhs with the wider Australian community. There are case studies of the Indian students and women in the Australian community, of Indian communities in Melbourne and South Australia, and of temple building. This substantial work (466pp) has been edited by Professor Purushottama Bilimoria (Deakin and Melbourne Universities), an internationally-known scholar of philosophy and religion, Dr Jayant Bhalchandra Bapat (Adjunct Research Associate, Monash University), one of Australia's most senior Hindu priests and a scholar of Hinduism, and Dr Philip Hughes (Christian Research Association), a leading analysist of the sociology of religion in Australia. It also contains contributions from several other prominent scholars, including special essays on the importance of diaspora by the late Ninian Smart, on the 19th century Afghan cameleers and Indian hawkers by Richard Forster with other contributions from the editors and Dr Salim Lakha (Melbourne), Dr Michael Steveson (Monash), Surjit Dhanji (Monash), Manpreet Kaur (SBS), Dr Margaret Kumar (Deakin), Dr Heather Foster (Adelaide), and Dr Carmen Voigt-Graf (ANU).
A limited number of copies will be available at the launch for $40; the expected retail price will be $65.
Hosted by Prof Constant Mews and Dr. Scott Dunbar, under the auspices of the STaR Seminar of the Centre for Religious StudiesSchool of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies, Monash University