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
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.
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
Feb 3, 2023
POSTPONED: Gemma Dipoppa and Saad Gulzar — Fires: The Political Economy and Health Impacts of Crop Burning in South Asia
This event has been postponed. New date TBA.
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Dec 9, 2022
“More of us might be killed—but we will win": Hazara Persecution and Resistance in Afghanistan
4:00pm - 5:30pm EST McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer St
Dec 2, 2022
POSTPONED - Akhil Gupta — Changing Relations Between the State and Rural India
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Postponed.
Nov 11, 2022
Projit Mukharji — Brown Skins, White Coats: Genes, Castes and Medical Risk in Twentieth-century India
10:00am - 11:30am EST / 8:30 - 10:00pm IST Register to attend the webinar
Nov 7, 2022
Oct 24, 2022
Rukmini S. — Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India
12:00pm – 1:30pm EST McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
Oct 7, 2022
Sanjay Kak — Archives of the Present: Witness in Kashmir and Palestine
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Sep 30, 2022
Nayanika Mathur — Writing the Anthropocene from the Indian Himalaya
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
Sep 28, 2022
TM Krishna — Art & Activism - Meaning and Purpose
4pm – 5:30pm McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
Sep 16, 2022
P. Saravanamuttu — Sri Lanka in Crisis: Democratic Governance Imperiled?
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St.
Sep 9, 2022
Ali Sethi — Live in Concert
5:30pm to 6:30pm EST Starr Plaza, behind Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St.
Rain location: Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook St.