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Sep
27

Southern Asia Seminar: Describing India – People’s Movements and Knowledge Production

On September 27, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Oct
05

TAPSA: The Garb of Modernity”: The NRI Gaze and the Indian Developmental State

On October 5, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Oct
12

Southern Asia Seminar: Awakening the largest digital library of Buddhist manuscripts to AI: The Buddhist Digital Resource Center and the future of preservation and access

On October 12, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Oct
26

Southern Asia Seminar: J. C. Bose’s hand-machines: Instrumentation as the transcendence of limits in Presidency College

On October 26, 2023 at 5:00 pm

Southern Asia Seminar: The Multi-Institutional Form of Presidency College

On October 26, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Nov
02

TAPSA: Vishnuite “garlands of devotees” and Persian as a language of bhakti

On November 2, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Nov
09

Southern Asia Seminar: Rewriting Muslim Histories: 1948 Police Action and the Case of Hyderabad

On November 9, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Nov
14

TAPSA: Witchcraft, Spells and Bewilderment: Literary Adaptation and Magic in ʿĀqil Khān Rāzī’s Mihr-u Māh

On November 14, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Nov
16

The Guerrilla Fighter: Mrinal Sen and the Legacies of Radical Cinema

On November 16, 2023
Nov
30

TAPSA: Talk Title TBD

On November 30, 2023 at 5:00 pm

Faculty Highlight: Blake Smith

Faculty Highlight: Blake Smith

Apr 26, 2021

Doan: How did you decide to pursue a PhD in history? Smith: I did a PhD because I needed the money! As I was finishing...

Faculty Highlight: Elena Bashir

Apr 12, 2021

Doan: How did you become interested in studying linguistics? Bashir: Ever since childhood I have loved thinking about...

Faculty Highlight: Marco Garrido

Faculty Highlight: Marco Garrido

Mar 29, 2021

Doan: Congratulations on your most recent book, The Patchwork City: Class, Space, and Politics in Metro Manila. Can...

Faculty Highlight: Paul Staniland

Faculty Highlight: Paul Staniland

Dec 29, 2020

We recently interviewed Associate Professor of Political Science and COSAS Member, Paul Staniland, on his forthcoming book and academic career.