Mar 14, 2025
Kirin Narayan — Cave of My Ancestors: Vishwakarma and the Artisans of Ellora
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
South Asia Seminar
The South Asia Seminar series is a central interdisciplinary offering of the Saxena 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.
Feb 28, 2025
Smitha Radhakrishnan — Hidden Precarities: Indebtedness, Caste, and Breadwinning in Urban Uttarakhand, India
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Dec 6, 2024
Sharika Thiranagama — Everyday Life, Fear, and Politics in Northern Sri Lanka
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Nov 8, 2024
Rebecca Brown— Roots in Relation: The Painted Gardens of KCS Paniker
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Nov 1, 2024
Sidra Kamran — The In-Between Workers: Femininity and Class Flux in Pakistan's Service Economy
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Oct 29, 2024
Rohit Lamba — What’s up with the Indian Economy?
4:00pm - 6:00pm EST Birkelund Board Room, Room 140, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 11, 2024
Leela Prasad — Gandhi and Ahimsa in a Carceral Imaginary: Some Vignettes
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Sep 27, 2024
Anand Patwardhan — Earth, War and Cinema
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Sep 18, 2024
Dr. Pukar Malla — Transforming Governance through Youth Innovation for an Enterprising Nepal
4:00pm - 6:00pm EST Leung Conference Room, 280 Brook Street
Mar 22, 2024
Rajmohan Gandhi — Resisting Supremacy: The Dogged and Unfinished Life of Rev. James M. Lawson
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
Feb 2, 2024
Tiraana Bains — The Ideological Origins of the British Empire in South Asia
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Dec 8, 2023
Siddhartha Deb — A New Kind of Indian Novel: A Discussion on The Light at the End of the World
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST McKinney, 111 Thayer Street
Dec 1, 2023
Crafting Cuisine: A Celebration of Food and Art in South Asia with Andrea Gutierrez, Sarah K. Khan, Sylvia Houghteling, Deepa Reddy and Yael Rice
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 14, 2023
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan — Democracy in India: Constitutional Design and Realized Outcomes
4:00pm - 5:30pm EST McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
Nov 8, 2023
Yamini Aiyer — Citizen vs Labharthi (beneficiary): Interrogating India’s Emerging Welfare State
4:00pm - 5:30pm EST McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
Nov 6, 2023
Chandra Bhan Prasad — Dalit Capitalism, A Memoir: A Self-Respect Movement
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
Oct 24, 2023
Ali Sethi — Raga Saga: Theory and Practice in North Indian Music
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St.
Oct 3, 2023
Rohini Somanathan — Scheduling Caste: State-shaped Identity and Inequality in India
12:00 - 1:30pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 28, 2023
Film Screening — While We Watched
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EST Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St
Sep 8, 2023
Aqil Shah, Fahd Humayun & Niloufer Siddiqui — Political Crisis in Pakistan
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 26, 2023
Ramachandra Guha — Sport and the Nation: Cricket and the Making of Modern India
4:00pm - 5:30pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Apr 21, 2023
Bhrigupati Singh — Is India going through an Opioid Epidemic?
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST Mckinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 7, 2023
Parismita Singh — Crisis Comics: Drawing and Writing Non-Fiction in South Asia
2:00-2:30PM- Talk, 2:30-4:00PM Workshop Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Mar 16, 2023
Nida Kirmani- Documentary Screening of Shadowlands and Discussion
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EST Joukowksy Forum, Watson Institute111 Thayer Street
Feb 24, 2023
Faiza Moatsim ─ The Making of Islamabad as a Master-planned City
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street