Events archive
South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
Ajay Skaria (University of Minnesota)
1 May 2023 - 4:00pm
Syndicate Room & Zoom
The figures of the neighbor and friend are ubiquitous in Gandhi’s writings. While he himself assumes he is only reaffirming old figures, something truly radical happens in his writings (as in those... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Guneeta Singh Bhalla (Partition Archive, India)
25 April 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
In this Modern South Asian Seminar talk, I will discuss recent interventions made by The 1947 Partition Archive in documenting a significant yet much-silenced moment in history through the invention... Read more
South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
Zaib un Nisa Aziz (University of South Florida, Tampa)
13 March 2023 - 4:00pm
Syndicate Room
At the turn of the twentieth century, the global imperial order was in peril. In cities across the world, revolutionary factions emerged where nationalists deliberated radical, even violent paths to... Read more
South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
Vikram Visana (University of Leicester)
7 March 2023 - 4:00pm
Old FDR, St Antony's College
Uncivil Liberalism studies how ideas of liberty from the colonized South claimed universality in the North. Recovering the political thought of Dadabhai Naoroji, India's pre-eminent liberal, this... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Pranav Prakash (Oxford)
28 February 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
Abstract : On February 2, 1901, the Krishna Press in Bhagalpur published 1000 copies of Bābū Bṛj Bihārī Lāl Maṇḍal’s Mithilā Nāṭak . This was an ambitious undertaking for a small-town... Read more
Marie Lecomte-Tilounie (College de France)
24 February 2023 - 5:00pm
Syndicate Room
Marie Lecomte-Tilouine is Research Director at the Social Anthropology Laboratory (LAS) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and a part of the Anthropology of Life project's... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Ina Zharkevich (Oxford)
21 February 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
While international migration in Nepal is often lauded for its significant contribution to the nation’s GDP (almost 30 per cent), the dark side of this success story is that much of the international... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Jon Keune (Michigan State University)
14 February 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
As Ambedkarite Buddhists increasingly migrate outside India in the past thirty years, they interact with other Buddhist traditions and socio-political contexts that prompt new considerations of... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Edward Anderson (Northumbria University)
7 February 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
The political lives, identities, and influence of the Indian diaspora have been much discussed in recent years. This paper will contextualise current political trends within a longer historical... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Radha Kapuria (Durham University)
31 January 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
This presentation will examine the role of music festival organisers as “postcolonial custodians” fostering communal amity through classical music in newly created India and Pakistan. Focused on... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Saif Mahmood (Oxford)
24 January 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
Freedom of speech and expression is a critical indicator of the health of any society and guarantee of such freedom is integral to democracy. Yet, does a legal or constitutional guarantee necessarily... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Ankita Pandey (Oxford)
17 January 2023 - 2:00pm
Syndicate Room
The talk analyses civil rights activism in Indian politics. It traces the path taken by voluntary and independent citizen groups to secure civil rights. In that backdrop the talk proposes some... Read more
South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
Uday Mehta (The City University of New York)
16 January 2023 - 4:00pm
Old FDR, St Antony's College
Professor Uday Singh Mehta is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at The City University of New York. A renowned political theorist, his publications include The Anxiety of Freedom:... Read more
Various Speakers
28 November 2022 - 11:30am
Investcorp Lecture Theatre
The Oxford Taiwan Studies Programme Launch Monday 28 November, 11:30am to 6:00pm UK time Investcorp Lecture Theatre, St. Antony's College This event is open to the public. For registration please... Read more
South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
Vikram Visana (University of Leicester)
23 November 2022 - 4:00pm
Old FDR, St Antony’s College, Oxford AND Zoom
Uncivil Liberalism studies how ideas of liberty from the colonized South claimed universality in the North. Recovering the political thought of Dadabhai Naoroji, India's pre-eminent liberal, this... Read more