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Tagore Festival 2024

Dec 7, 2024 4:45 pm

Channing Murray Foundation in Urbana

Ceremony/Service

Sponsor: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
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Originating Calendar: CSAMES Events; The Tagore Festival is celebrated annually to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore’s 1912 visit to Urbana and his first public lecture in the US. The Annual Tagore Festival features a keynote lecture and a performance. This year, the theme is Tagore in the Age of Extraction. The keynote speaker is Professor Lisa Trivedi, historian. A performance based on two works by Tagore—Red Oleanders and The Land of Cards will follow the lecture. Here is a link to the current Tagore Festival website and a blog containing information about Tagore’s 1912 visit.

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