May 21, 2021
Diane Coffey — The Consequences of Caste and Untouchability for Health and Human Capital
12:00pm - 1:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
South Asia Seminar
The South Asia Seminar series is a central interdisciplinary offering of the Center. This series of public lecutres facilitaties a convergence of figures from accross the lines of academia, civil society, literature, public policy, and journalism to contribute to the discourse on contemporary issues in the region.
May 14, 2021
Kalaiyarasan A. — Caste and Racial Inequality: Competing Narratives
12:00pm - 1:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Apr 30, 2021
Gayatri Gopinath — Unruly Visions: Queer Archives, Affective Histories
12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Mar 19, 2021
Ghulam Hussain — Anthropology of Activism: Engaging with the Narrative of Forced Conversion in Pakistan
11:00am – 12:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Mar 12, 2021
Junaid Kamal Ahmad — Indian Federalism and Service Delivery: Navigating the Challenge of Covid 19
11:00am – 12:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Mar 5, 2021
Audrey Truschke — Hindutva History and Other Modern Problems with the Indian Past
12:00pm – 1:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Feb 19, 2021
Film Screening of Baato & discussion with Directors Lucas Millard and Kate Stryker
12:00pm – 1:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Film will be available for viewing from
4PM EST 2/16 - 11:50PM EST 2/19
Feb 12, 2021
Aditi Priya & Vineeta Nirban — The Pedagogy of Economics and Caste in India
11:00am – 12:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Feb 3, 2021
Ijlal Naqvi — Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan
12:00pm - 1:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Jan 29, 2021
Ashish Jha — COVID-19 in South Asia
12:00pm - 1:00pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Jan 22, 2021
Irfan Nooruddin — Evolving news media landscapes in India and Pakistan: Implications for regional peace and stability
12:00pm - 1:30pm EST Register here to join the webinar
Nov 13, 2020
Eszter Szakács + Naeem Mohaiemen — Solidarity Must Be Defended
12:00pm – 1:30pm EST
Nov 12–13, 2020
Film Screening: Naeem Mohaiemen's Two Meetings and a Funeral
6:00pm - 6:00pm EST
Nov 6, 2020
Oct 30, 2020
Oct 9, 2020
Oct 2, 2020
Sep 18, 2020
Sep 11, 2020
Mar 18, 2020
Cancelled — India's Citizenship Debate with Sahana Ghosh, Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju and Roshan Kishore
4pm – 6pm True North Classroom, 280 Brook St
Mar 6, 2020
Ellen Gough — What Makes a Jain not Hindu? Religious Identity and the Indian Festival Calendar
2pm – 4pm Leung Conference Room, 280 Brook St
Feb 28, 2020
Niloufer Siddiqui — Under the Gun: Explaining Party Violence in Karachi
2pm – 4pm Birkelund Boardroom, 111 Thayer St.
Feb 21, 2020
Marko Geslani — King's Body, Nature's Sign: Gender and Ornament in the Astral State
2pm – 4pm McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St.
Feb 20, 2020
Atul Kohli — Imperialism and the Developing World: How Britain and the United States Shaped the Global Periphery
12pm – 2pm Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Feb 14, 2020
Sahana Ghosh — Four Weddings and a Rice-eating ceremony: A biography of the India-Bangladesh border
2pm – 4pm McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St