May 2, 2025
Yogendra Yadav — Reclaiming India’s democratic republic
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Webcasts
Apr 11, 2025
TM Krishna — Gender and Caste in Music: Tradition, Social Identities, Representation & Aesthetics
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
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
Feb 7, 2025
Pradeep Chhibber — Shallow Democracy: Political Parties and the Crisis of Representation in India
2:00pm - 5:00pm 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 22, 2024
Esther Duflo — Climate change and India: Should there be an Indian exceptionalism?
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
Oct 3, 2024
Prabhash Chandra — Film Screening "I Am Not the River Jhelum"
4:00pm - 6:00pm 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 25, 2024
Anand Patwardhan — Film Screening: "Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam" (The World is Family)
4:00pm - 6:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Sep 24, 2024
Anand Patwardhan — Film Screening "Ram Ke Naam" (In the name of God)
4:00pm - 6:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Sep 20, 2024
Sudev Sheth — Bankrolling Empire: Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India
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
Sep 13, 2024
Yamini Aiyar, Pradeep Chhibber, Gilles Verniers, Hilal Ahmed — Indian Elections and After
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Following the event, join us for a reception with food and drinks, offering a chance to interact with participants in an informal setting.
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
Mar 15, 2024
SherAli Tareen Book Adda — Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Mar 8, 2024
Arvind Subramanian, Devesh Kapur — One-Sixth of Humanity: The Development Odyssey of India's Precocious Democracy
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST McKinney Conference Rm, 111 Thayer St
Mar 1, 2024
Swapnil Rai Book Adda — Networked Bollywood: How Star Power Globalized Hindi Cinema
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer St
Feb 9, 2024
Shikhar Singh — In-group Anger or Out-group Ambivalence: Voters and Cross-ethnic Distribution
2:00pm - 4:00pm EST Joukowsky Forum, 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