Events archive
South Asia Seminar
Sarmila Bose (DPIR, Oxford)
31 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Pavilion Room
Sarmila Bose is an academic and journalist with principal interests in the politics and public policies of South Asia. Her current work is on migration and identity formation of Bengal 'kayasthas',... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Uday Chandra (Georgetown Qatar)
26 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Two decades ago, the historical anthropologist K. Sivaramakrishnan noted with a sense of irony that “elites assuming the task of building a national culture and providing it with a liberatory/... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Gita Piramal (Business Historian, Mumbai; Saïd Business School)
17 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Can a company be both a commercial success and a social enterprise? Kamalnayan Bajaj (1915-1972) proved it is possible. Between 1942 and 1972, the group grew from a debt-riddled position to become... Read more
South Asia Seminar
Richard Williams (Oriental Studies; Trinity College, Oxford)
10 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
When the ruler of a small eighteenth-century kingdom was being assaulted and pillaged by multiple armies - Rajputs, Marathas, Mughals, and Afghans - why would he invest his resources in ensuring that... Read more
South Asia Seminar
David Lunn (SOAS)
3 May 2016 - 2:00pm
Fellows' Dining Room
Pandey Bechan Sharma (1900–67), known by his pen-name “Ugra” (“fierce”, or “extreme”) has an ambiguous place in the Hindi literary canon. Popular, populist, and unapologetically controversial, he is... Read more