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<p style="direction: ltr; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mark Bender</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Professor of Chinese Literature and Folklore</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 4, 2024 4:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bender, Mark <bender.4@osu.edu>; Borland, Katherine <borland.19@osu.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Noyes, Dorothy via Folkserv <folkserv@lists.osu.edu>; Kaplan, Merrill <kaplan.103@osu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: quick question on folklorist poet from NE India</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">HI Mark, </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I’ve cc’d Merrill Kaplan on this reply, as she is the current director of the CFS.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I’m happy to follow her lead on this.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Barry</span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black">Folkserv <folkserv-bounces@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Bender, Mark via Folkserv <folkserv@lists.osu.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, November 1, 2024 at 10:32</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Borland, Katherine <borland.19@osu.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Noyes, Dorothy via Folkserv <folkserv@lists.osu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Folkserv] quick question on folklorist poet from NE India</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black">Hi Katey, </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black">Hope you are doing well in this witching season
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"; color:black">🙂</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black"> </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black">I would like to draw your attention to a workshop and lecture we are planning for March 2025. I may have mentioned Desmond to you and Dorry before (he is a good
friend of Ulo Valk), but here is more info: </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black">The invitee is Prof. Desmond Kharmawphlang of Northeast Hill University, Meghalaya, India. We would like to invite Prof. Kharmawphlang, an internationally known
folklorist and poet of the Khasis indigenous minority group in Northeast India, to give a public lecture and a workshop on the theme of “Khasi Traditions: Objects, Orality, Poetry, and Place.” Prof. Kharmawphlang will also participate in a Roundtable Discussion
at the Association for Asian Studies, which will be held in Columbus Ohio on March 13-16, 2025. The subject of the roundtable if World Heritage sites in Asia and the newly designated UNESCO World Heritage site near Columbus, Ohio, the Hopewell Ceremonial
Earthworks. The dates of Prof. Kharmawphlang’s visit are March 11, 2025 - March 20, 2025. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black">I am wondering (hoping) the Center for Folklore Studies is interested in being listed as a co-sponsor? I think we have the finances covered, but would appreciate
help getting word around and encouraging attendance as the time draws near. Thanks for considering.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:black">Here is a very recent video interview on Youtube (in Khasi language, but lots of English mixed in — anyway he is an excellent lecturer in English and writes poetry
in English, as many poets in the NE do: </span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Professor of Chinese Literature and Folklore</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">The Ohio State University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">1775 College Road S, Hagerty Hall 398</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Columbus, OH 43210 </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">bender.4@osu.edu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><br>
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