Dec 10, 2021
Debjani Bhattacharyya — Climate Ledgers: Law and Imperial Finance in the Indian Ocean World
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 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.
Dec 3, 2021
Zuheir Desai — How do Gender Quotas Impact Accountability?
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Register here to join the webinar.
Nov 19, 2021
Harish Naraindas & Prerna Singh – Vaccinating India Against Covid: Lessons from History
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Register here to join the webinar.
Nov 15, 2021
Swarnim Wagle — The Twin Challenge of Development Catch-up and Democratic Consolidation in Low-Income Countries: The Case of Nepal
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 10, 2021
Mira Nair — On Being Brown Before it was Fashionable: Reflections on a Cross Cultural Journey
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. True North Classroom, Stephen Robert Hall '62
Nov 8, 2021
Mississippi Masala — Film Screening and Q&A with Director Mira Nair
4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. True North Classroom, Stephen Robert Hall '62
Nov 5, 2021
Salman Rushdie in conversation with Gauri Viwanathan, Shahzad Bashir and Ashutosh Varshney — Politics, Religion and Literature: India and Pakistan
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. True North Classroom, 280 Brook Street
Oct 29, 2021
The Past and Future of India-China Relations
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Register here to join the webinar.
Oct 15, 2021
Mushfiq Mobarak — Returns to International Migration: Evidence from a Bangladesh-Malaysia Visa Lottery
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 15, 2021
Rema Nagarajan – India's Private Health Sector's Response to Covid-No Surprises
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Register here to join the webinar.
Center for Contemporary South Asia
Virtual Events
South Asian Studies
Oct 13, 2021
Understanding the Crisis in Afghanistan
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. True North Classroom, Stephen Robert Hall, 280 Brook Street
Oct 8, 2021
Arvind Subramanian & Raghuram Rajan (Discussant) – Is the Indian Economy Back?
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Joukowsky Forum (155), 111 Thayer Street
Oct 6, 2021
Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy — A Book Adda
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Register here to join the webinar.
Oct 1, 2021
Debashree Mukherjee — Bombay Hustle: Labor and Ecological Entanglements in 1930s Cinema
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 17, 2021
Interpreting the Pew Report on Religions in India: A Discussion with Neha Sahgal
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube channel.
Sep 10, 2021
COVID-19 in South Asia Workshop
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
May 21, 2021
May 14, 2021
POSTPONED TBD — Kalaiyarasan A. — Caste and Racial Inequality: Competing Narratives
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Register here to join the webinar.
Apr 30, 2021
Gayatri Gopinath — Unruly Visions: Queer Archives, Affective Histories
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel.
Apr 26, 2021
The COVID-19 Crisis in India: A Time to Act
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube channel.
Apr 16, 2021
Uday Mehta — Gandhi’s Critique of Political Rationality
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel.
Apr 14, 2021
Apr 9, 2021
Representation from Below: How Women Mobilize Inside Parties
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Register here to join the webinar.
Apr 2, 2021
Priyamvada Gopal Book Adda — Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Register here to join the webinar
Mar 30, 2021
Gayatri Gopinath — Unruly Visions: Queer Archives, Affective Histories
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel.