Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series

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Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Tuesdays at 2pm

Talks:

Tuesday 15 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Being Hindu, Being Indian: Lala Lajpat Rai’s Ideas of Nationhood
Date: 15 October 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav (National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 22 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Muslim son of a Hindu zamindar - family quarrels and religious boundaries in a Mughal landlord's lineage
Date: 22 October 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Nandini Chatterjee (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford), Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 29 October 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Populism, piety and postfeminism in Pakistan
Date: 29 October 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Afiya Zia (Independent scholar)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The political lives of Information: Information and invisibilisation in digital India
Date: 5 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 12 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Radical Futures or Pristine Pasts? : The Afterlives of Anti-Casteism in Western India
Date: 12 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Surajkumar Thube (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Book Talk: Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir
Date: 19 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Omer Aijazi (Manchester)
Venue: 11 Bevington Road, 11 Bevington Road OX2 6NB
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Hate crime law as Meliorist Hope: Seeking justice for caste atrocities in Rajasthan
Date: 26 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sandhya Fuchs (University of Bristol)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony
Date: 3 December 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sandipto Dasgupta (New School for Social Research, New York and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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