The Columbia Undergraduate Journal of South Asian Studies

The Columbia Undergraduate Journal of South Asian Studies is looking for submissions and editorial board members for its fourth issue (Spring 2011).

The Columbia Undergraduate Journal of South Asian Studies (CUJSAS) is a web-only academic journal based out of Columbia University. The journal is a space for undergraduates all over the world to publish their original research on South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) from both the social sciences and humanities. The journal has been created by undergraduates for undergraduates, and so the selection process is administered by an editorial board comprised of Columbia students.

Editorial Application Information:
Get involved with the first undergraduate journal devoted entirely to South Asian studies! We are currently looking for a number of new editorial board members to help put together the Spring 2011 issue. **We encourage freshmen and sophomores to apply!** Applicants should enjoy working with peers, have some experience with publication or in a previous editorial capacity, and have a demonstrable interest in the study of South Asia. Applications can be found at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cujsas. The deadline for editorial board applications is March 6 before midnight.

Submission Information:
CUJSAS is currently accepting submissions for Volume II, Issue II.

1. Papers
We accept theses, research papers, seminar papers, and essays relating to the study of South Asia from both the humanities and social sciences. There is no ideal page range, though generally submissions between 15 and 40 pages are preferred. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply, as long as they attained their undergraduate degree no earlier than Spring 2010. More information can be found at:http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cujsas/submissions.html. Submissions are due on March 18 before midnight.

2. Book Reviews
For the first time, we will be publishing book reviews both online and in the Spring issue of the Journal. Reviews should deal critically with a work (non-fiction or fiction) that was published within the last year and deals with South Asia in some capacity; it should be 600-750 words. If you would like to write a review, email cujsas@gmail.com by March 18 with the details of the book you hope to review. For ideas, see the Columbia University Press website: http://cup.columbia.edu/subject/58/114

3. Notes from the Field
For the first time, we will be publishing a section of original journalistic research. If you have been “in the field” (i.e., working within South Asia or with diasporic communities) and would like to publish your research in the next issue, send your work with “Notes From the Field” in the title to cujsas@gmail.com by March 18. These submissions should be under 15 pages.

Any questions can be directed to cujsas@gmail.com.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The CUJSAS Editorial Board

A Conversation with the Cordoba Initiative’s Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

A Conversation with the Cordoba Initiative’s Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Main co-sponsors include The Helvidius Group, the Middle East Institute, Kraft Family Fund for Intercultural and Interfaith Awareness and the Office of the University Chaplain.

March 9, 2011
8 PM, doors open at 7:15 PM
Roone Arledge Auditorium, Columbia University

CUID and ticket-holders ONLY; tickets available the week of March 7. See TIC for more information.Check-in located at North entrance to Lerner Hall; no bags or posters.Students will be invited to ask questions following the end of the discussion.

The Helvidius Group, the publishing body of the Columbia Journal of Politics & Society, the Middle East Institute, the Kraft Family Fund for Intercultural and Interfaith Awareness and the Office of the University Chaplain are pleased to host Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (CC’69), who became known nation-wide as the “Ground Zero Mosque Imam” following the controversies of the Cordoba House project last summer. The event will be moderated by Dean Peter J. Awn, Dean of General Studies and head of the Middle East Institute. It promises to be a night of robust, intellectual and much needed debate.

Student co-sponsor groups include: Turath, The Roosevelt Institute, Columbia Political Union, Arab Students Association, College Democrats, College Republicans, The Current and the Muslim Students Association.

Columbia PEN and the Arab Student Association host Faculty Panel on Social Media and Popular Uprisings in the Middle East

Columbia and NYU faculty members will discuss the impact of blogs, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other new media forms in organizing and promoting the demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt, and elsewhere. How did organization and communication via online networking influence the course of the uprisings? Or has the importance of social media simply been overhyped? What is the role of citizen journalism in these revolutions?

The faculty panel will include:
Jack Snyder, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International
Relations, Columbia University
Muhsin al-Musawi, Professor of Arabic Literature, Columbia University
Anne Nelson, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public
Affairs, SIPA
Hala Halim, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
and Comparative Literature, NYU

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
8:15 pm
413 International Affairs Building

Please email Anna Feuer, CC ’11, at asf2130@columbia.edu for more information. Columbia PEN is a new undergraduate student group affiliated with the PEN America organization (www.pen.org).