Apr 16, 2021
Uday Mehta — Gandhi’s Critique of Political Rationality
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST Register here to join the webinar
OP Jindal Distinguished Lectures
The Jindal Distinguished Lecture Series was endowed in perpetuity by Sajjan and Sangita Jindal to promote a serious discussion of politics, economics, social and cultural change in modern India.
Apr 14, 2021
Uday Mehta — Critiquing Empire and the Challenge of Representation: Gandhi and the Nationalists
12:00pm – 2:00pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Oct 11, 2019
OP Jindal Lectures with Raghuram Rajan — India in the World: The “Vision” Thing
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St
Oct 9, 2019
OP Jindal Distinguished Lectures with Raghuram Rajan — India’s Economy: How Did We Get Here and What Can be Done?
4pm – 6pm True North Classroom, 280 Brook St
Apr 26, 2019
Sanjay Subrahmanyam — The Long Roots of Indian Capitalism: Portfolio Capitalism and Political Capitalism
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Apr 23, 2019
Sanjay Subrahmanyam — The Long Roots of Indian Capitalism: The Indian Ocean as a Framework
4pm – 6pm Room 101, 280 Brook St
Dec 4, 2018
Menaka Guruswamy - The Jurisprudence of Freedom: We the Peoples' Supreme Court
5pm – 7pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Apr 13, 2018
Amitav Ghosh ─ In Conversation with Leela Gandhi
2pm – 4pm Pembroke Hall, Rm 305
Apr 6, 2018
Amitav Ghosh ─ Embattled Earth: Commodities, Conflict and Climate Change in the Indian Ocean Region
4pm – 5:30pm Pembroke Hall, Room 305
Nov 3, 2017
OP Jindal Lecture by David Mosse - Narratives, Networks and NGOs: Dalit Rights and Development in South India
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Nov 1, 2017
May 1, 2017
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture by Nayanjot Lahiri ─ At the Crossroads of Politics and Progress: India’s Archaeological Heritage Since Independence
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Apr 28, 2017
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture by Nayanjot Lahiri ─ Are Archaeological Discoveries like Scientific Discoveries? The Curious Case of the Indus Civilization
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Oct 28, 2016
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture by Pratap Mehta ─ Metaphysics of Avoidance: Self and History in Aurobindo
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Oct 24, 2016
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture by Pratap Mehta ─ The Melody of Discord: The Self and History in Iqbal
5pm – 7pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
May 2, 2016
Apr 29, 2016
Oct 28, 2015
Montek Singh Ahluwalia – India's Future Prospects and Policy Imperatives
This is the second lecture in the two part OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture series on economics in India.
4pm – 6pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 26, 2015
The Brown-India Initiative Presents: The OP Jindal Distinguished Lectures with Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Commentator: Abhijit Banerjee, MIT
4pm – 6pm Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum
111 Thayer Street
May 1, 2015
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture Series Presents: William Dalrymple | Part II
Commentator: Faiz Ahmed, History
2pm – 4pm Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
111 Thayer Street
Apr 28, 2015
Nov 19, 2014
Mar 14, 2014
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture with Ashis Nandy on Partition Violence
Commentator: Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and Professor of History and German Studies
2pm – 4pm Watson Institute, Joukowsky Forum
111 Thayer Street
Mar 12, 2014
OP Jindal Distinguished Lecture with Ashis Nandy on Partition Violence
Commentator: Vazira Zamindar, Associate Professor of History
5:30pm – 7:30pm Pembroke Hall, Room 305
172 Meeting Street
Nov 8, 2013