BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b65b4445-4d95-4924-ab72-ddf836287d7e.206065@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200225T180313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200225T180313Z LOCATION:Strong Hall 204 SUMMARY:CANCELED: Hindu Rajas and Biblical Time: How Christianity and Col onialism Shaped an "Ancient" Hindu Lineage DESCRIPTION:Everyone is invited to attend a free\, public lecture with Dr. Caleb Simmons on "Hindu Rajas and Biblical Time: How Christianity and Co lonialism Shaped an 'Ancient' Hindu Lineage."\n\n\nWhen the British captu red the Mysore kingdom from its Muslim ruler\, they claimed to have trium phantly restored the “Line of Ancient Hindoo Rajahs” to their rightful th rone. In this presentation\, we dive into 19th century South India and th is colonial encounter to see how this narrative of restoration was a comp lex negotiation of colonial and Hindu politics and Biblical historiograph y. Primarily\, we will examine the narrative about the lineage of the kin gs that was recreated in this moment modeled on the lineages found in the Christian Bible that reformed Hindu time to create a “Line of Ancient Hi ndoo Rajahs."\n\n\nSimmons\, assistant professor at the University of Ari zona\, is an MSU religious studies alumnus specializing in religion in So uth Asia\, especially Hinduism. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Ev eryone is invited to attend a free\, public lecture with Dr. Caleb Simmon s on&nbsp\;"Hindu Rajas and Biblical Time: How Christianity and Coloniali sm Shaped an 'Ancient' Hindu Lineage."</p>\n<p>When the British captured the Mysore kingdom from its Muslim ruler\, they claimed to have triumphan tly restored the “Line of Ancient Hindoo Rajahs” to their rightful throne . In this presentation\, we dive into 19th century South India and this c olonial encounter to see how this narrative of restoration was a complex negotiation of colonial and Hindu politics and Biblical historiography. P rimarily\, we will examine the narrative about the lineage of the kings t hat was recreated in this moment modeled on the lineages found in the Chr istian Bible that reformed Hindu time to create a “Line of Ancient Hindoo Rajahs."</p>\n<p>Simmons\, assistant professor at the University of Ariz ona\, is an MSU religious studies alumnus specializing in religion in Sou th Asia\, especially Hinduism.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200323T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200323T161500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://www.missouristate.edu/relst/Events.htm CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR