Events

Upcoming Events

Apr
03

TAPSA: Title TBA

On April 3, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Apr
10

Eclectic Geographies of Tamil Music

On April 10, 2025 at 12:00 am
Apr
17

TAPSA: Title TBA

On April 17, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Apr
21

Memorial for Marriott McKim

On April 21, 2025 at 12:00 am
Apr
25
May
01

TAPSA: Title TBA

On May 1, 2025 at 5:00 pm
May
08

South Asia Seminar: Title TBA

On May 8, 2025 at 5:00 pm
May
09

Memorial for Norman Zide

On May 9, 2025 at 12:00 pm
May
15

TAPSA: Title TBA

On May 15, 2025 at 5:00 pm
May
21
May
22
May
23

2025 Chicago Tamil Forum: Tamil Horizons and Borders

From May 23, 2025 9:00 am to May 24, 2025 4:00 pm
May
29

Conference in Honor of Muzaffar Alam

From May 29, 2025 9:00 am to May 30, 2025 7:00 pm

Southern Asia Seminar: The Poetics of Hindutva

May 5, 2022 - 5pm

Foster 103 and Zoom

HYBRID EVENT

Janaki Bakhle, Associate Professor, Department of History, UC Berkeley

V.D. Savarkar, the principal ideologue of Hindu fundamentalism and author of “Essentials of Hindutva” — the de facto manifesto of the Hindu right — thought of himself as a poet first, and only secondly as a politician or historian. I will talk about how poetry became the critical modality of his political imagination, and why it matters for understanding the history of right wing nationalist ideology in India.

Zoom registration link