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Event Archive
TAPSA: Divide and Rule? Separating Wheat From Chaff in Colonial South Asia
Fahad Sajid, doctoral candidate in Political Science Although divide-and-rule is widely believed to have been an important strategy of colonial control, I argue that the evidence for this popular thesis is mixed at best for British India. Drawing on a range of...
TAPSA: Many Tongues, Many Voices: The Multilingual World of the Indian Press (1900–1915)
Sanjukta Poddar, doctoral candidate in South Asian Languages and Civilizations At the turn of the twentieth century, the city of Allahabad emerged as a significant site of efflorescence in print culture. The city’s most prolific publishing house during this period,...
“since feeling is first:” Hedonic Tone (_Vedanā_) in the Meditation Practice of S. N. Goenka
Erik Braun, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at University of Virginia Erik Braun co-edited with David McMahan the volume "Buddhism, Meditation, and Science" (Oxford University Press, 2017) and is the author of "The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern...
Chicago Dialogues: Episode 2 – The Near in Blood
History is replete with the unfulfilled promise of princes cut down in their prime. The Mughal Empire is no exception. This episode traces the life and times of the crown prince, Dara Shukoh, his prodigious talent as a chronicler, poet, philosopher and connoisseur...
Chicago Tamil Forum: Tamil Images
Makeup date for Spring 2020 forum Participants include: Swarnavel Eswaran, Lalitha Gopalan, Zoé Headley, Lisa Owen, Indira Peterson, and Anna Seastrand. More information can be found...
South Asia Seminar: Gendering Jajmani, Caste-ing Monastic Governmentality and Capital
Indrani Chatterjee, University of Texas at Austin, Department of History In 1855, Rashmoni, a widow of the caste of fishermen, built a large temple on the bank of the Ganges. Then she employed three very poor rural Brahmin men to serve as priests, paying each a...
South Asia Seminar: Gendering Jajmani, Caste-ing Monastic Governmentality and Capital
Indrani Chatterjee, University of Texas at Austin, Department of History In 1855, Rashmoni, a widow of the caste of fishermen, built a large temple on the bank of the Ganges. Then she employed three very poor rural Brahmin men to serve as priests, paying each a...
Doing Research during the Pandemic: Resources for South Asian Studies
This workshop will provide an overview of the Library tools and resources available for online or remote research in South Asian studies. We’ll share strategies for identifying and using remote resources, and we’ll discuss ways in which COSAS and the Library may...
Chicago Dialogues: Episode 1-The Ray Less Traveled
The inaugural episode of Chicago Dialogues sheds fresh light on some of the lesser known contours in the work and genius of the auteur, Satyajit Ray, including the film-makers who left a deep impact on him, the subtle political undertones in his films, the eternal...
Virtual Chai/Happy Hour with Irving Birkner
We will have a Virtual Chai/Happy Hour with COSAS’s former Associate Director, Irving Birkner, on July 9th, at 4:30pm. Please join via the Zoom link below: Link: https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/99857460266?pwd=ZWIrUmkvbHFlSmRkZTBxUVAxc2p4Zz09 Password: 585413 Dates:...