Imasi: The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Kala Nidhi Division TIBETO-BURMAN LANGUAGES IN THE GLOBAL AGE The Case of Manipur from Oral to Text to Digital cordially invite you to The 6th Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Memorial Lecture by PROFESSOR SHOBHANA CHELLIAH University of North Texas, USA DATE Monday, June 10, 2019 at 5:30 PM VENUE - IGNCA Auditorium C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi 110001 Professor Shobhana Chelliah will look at the language documentation of Meiteilon and other languages of Manipur, from their traditional oral transmission and textual preservation to the digital in our age of information technology. She will provide a view into what can be gained by archiving and preserving a record of the world’s fast-disappearing languages digitally. Dr. Chelliah is Professor of Linguistics and Associate Dean for Research and Advancement at the College of Information, at the University of North Texas (UNT). Her publications include The Grammar of Meithei and the Handbook of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork (with Willem de Reuse). Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi (1922-2011) was Manipur’s key renaissance figure. An iconic pioneer in the evolution of Manipuri modernism, she was a Manipuri writer, sculptor, and conservationist who bridged the two worlds of ancient royalty and modern Manipur. Imasi: The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation in Imphal was established to protect, preserve and promote her legacy. www.imasi.org Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, Kala Nidhi Division: The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is an autonomous Trust set up by the Government of India under the Ministry of Culture. IGNCA is envisioned as a national level institution encompassing the study and experience of all the arts. www.ignca.gov.in

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