Mar 6, 2020
Ellen Gough — What Makes a Jain not Hindu? Religious Identity and the Indian Festival Calendar
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Contemporary South Asia
The Center for Contemporary South Asia promotes research, teaching and public engagement on key issues of modern South Asia in an interdisciplinary framework and in a historically and culturally grounded manner.
Feb 28, 2020
Niloufer Siddiqui — Under the Gun: Explaining Party Violence in Karachi
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Birkelund Boardroom, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 20, 2020
Atul Kohli — Imperialism and the Developing World: How Britain and the United States Shaped the Global Periphery
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Contemporary South Asia
Development and Governance Seminar
Feb 14, 2020
Sahana Ghosh — Four Weddings and a Rice-eating ceremony: A biography of the India-Bangladesh border
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 7, 2020
Rumela Sen — Rebel Retirement Through Informal Exit Networks: Evidence From India
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Jan 31, 2020
Ajantha Subramanian Book Adda — The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Jan 29, 2020
Forum with Sugata Ray
9 a.m. – 11 a.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Dec 6, 2019
Jayita Sarkar — The Ploughshares and Swords in India’s Nuclear Explosion of 1974
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 22, 2019
Thibaud Marcesse — Patronage Guaranteed? The Local Politics of the Right to Work. Public Policy Reform, Citizenship and Patronage in Rural India
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Leung Conference Room, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Nov 15, 2019
Shandana Khan Mohmand — Crafty Oligarchs, Savvy Voters: Democracy Under Inequality in Rural Pakistan
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 14, 2019
Suvaid Yaseen — Poetry, Piety, and Politics: The Early Ahl-i-Hadith Movement in Kashmir
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Leung Conference Room, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Nov 8, 2019
Namita Dharia — The Politics of Pyaar (love) in India's Construction Industry
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 8, 2019
Nov 7, 2019
CCSA Returning Graduate Fellows Presentations: Danielle Falzon, Ieva Zumbyte, Imshan Dhrolia, & Nomaan Hasan
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Leung Conference Room, 280 Brook Street
Nov 1, 2019
Rohit De Book Adda — A People’s Constitution: Law and Everyday Life in the Indian Republic
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Petteruti Lounge, 75 Waterman Street
Oct 25, 2019
Ahsan Butt — Secession and Security in South Asia
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Lucian Pye Conference Room, E40-496, MIT, 1 Amherst St, Cambridge MA
Oct 25, 2019
Zia Mian ─ Crossing the Line: Kashmir, Pakistan and India Under the Nuclear Shadow
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 22, 2019
A Life in Food: A Conversation with Madhur Jaffrey
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 11, 2019
OP Jindal Lectures with Raghuram Rajan — India in the World: The “Vision” Thing
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 9, 2019
OP Jindal Distinguished Lectures with Raghuram Rajan — India’s Economy: How Did We Get Here and What Can be Done?
OP Jindal Distinguished Lectures
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. True North Classroom (101), Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Oct 4, 2019
Andrea Jain – Peace, Love, Yoga: The Politics of Global Spirituality
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 27, 2019
Mani Shankar Aiyar — Recent Developments in Kashmir
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 26, 2019
Rehan Rafay Jamil – Social Policy and Changing Citizenship Boundaries in Pakistan
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Leung Conference Room, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Sep 26, 2019
CCSA's Undergraduate Returning Fellow Presentations
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Leung Conference Room (110), Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Sep 20, 2019
Aatish Taseer & Karan Mahajan – The Tyranny of Place: A Conversation
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street