Event Announcements
September 15, 2023
LECTURE POSTPONED
Due to extraordinary circumstances, the Inaugural Carmen R. and Joseph G. Schneidler Lecture will be postponed to the Spring 2024 semester.
Meanwhile we would like to call your attention to the following upcoming events:
Musical Dreams of the Red Mansion
September 24, 2:00 PM
SSA Auditorium (SSA 13.330) in the Student Services Addition Building (SSA) at UT Dallas
Join us for the Dallas Huayun Chinese Orchestra's annual concert where they will be presenting an enchanting exploration of the classic Chinese novel, Dream of the Red Mansion. In addition to repertoire pieces and solos, the orchestra will be featuring compositions by the celebrated Wang Liping, from the renowned 1987 television adaptation. This performance will weave the tales of romance and melancholy into a rich auditory experience. Join us for a mesmerizing journey through one of China's most cherished literary works, brought to life in sound!
Parking & Directions
For non-affiliated UTD visitors, please download and print the attached parking permit beforehand so that you can display it on your dashboard when parking. The permit is valid for any orange space on campus, and since it is the second-highest level (purple being the highest), you have the option to park on any gold or green spaces if orange spaces happen to be full.
Lot J and Parking Structure 4 (PS4) will be the closest parking areas to the SSA building, and orange spaces start on the second floor of PS4. Below is an image of the lot and garage in relation to the SSA:
To view the whole parking map and get a better gist of the area, please use the button below to view the UTD Parking Map:
A Contemporary Hindustani Classical Music Ensemble:
The Anirudh Varma Collective
October 1, 2023, 7:00 PM
ATC Lecture Hall (ATC 1.102) in the Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building
About the Collective
The Anirudh Varma Collective is a contemporary Indian classical ensemble from New Delhi, India. It is led by pianist, composer & producer, Anirudh Varma.
The Anirudh Varma Collective comprises over 150 musicians & artists from across India, America, and Canada. The Collective aims to discover, re-discover, and present the tradition & diversity of Indian music in a contemporary yet rooted manner in order to reach and connect with the masses.
The Collective has released 2 full-length albums, 'Perspectives' (2018) and Homecoming (2022), and they have staged more than 500 performances. They have performed at HCL Concerts, The Jaipur Literature Festival, Serendipity Delhi and The Mahindra Kabira Festival.
Anirudth Varma Collective Show reel
For any questions, please contact the Arts and Performance Office at AHTevents@utdallas.edu or 972-883-2982.
Writing Into Our Many Bodies: Narratives of Diaspora and Home
October 11, 7:30 PM
Jonsson Performance Hall (JO 2.604) in the Erik Jonsson Academic Center (JO) at UT Dallas
Parking information to come
Jai Chakrabarti’s fiction masterfully weaves Indian and Jewish themes to depict the depths and heights of human experience. His hauntingly brilliant novel A Play for the End of the World, that received the National Jewish Book Award, explores the role of art in horrific circumstances, the persisting burden of survival, and the possibility of redemption. In his award-wining short fiction, "whether the setting is India or the United States…there is a universality to the characters’ concerns” (New York Times).
Co-sponsors:
Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
Crow Museum of Asian Art
US India Chamber of Commerce DFW
Participating sponsors:
Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Hobson Wildenthal Honors College
Dallas Literary Society
11th Annual Anlin Ku Lecture
October 19, 7:30 PM
Jonsson Performance Hall (JO 2.604) in the Erik Jonsson Academic Center (JO) at UT Dallas
Parking information to come
Prof. Bernard Faure (Columbia) will present the 11th annual Anlin Ku Lecture on Chinese Culture on the topic “New Perspectives on the Life of the Buddha." He is an internationally renowned scholar whose recent book 1,0001 Lives of the Buddha is the basis of his remarks.
The Anlin Ku Lecture series is co-sponsored with the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology and is generously supported and endowed by Jeffrey Robinson and Stefanie Schneidler