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Upcoming Events

All COSAS events are free and open to the public.

Event Archive

Remembering McKim Marriott

Monday, April 21, 2025 - 2pm, Swift Common Join us in remembrance of Professor McKim Marriott Welcome remarks: Constantine V. Nakassis (Chair and Professor of Anthropology, the University of Chicago) Remarks and remembrances from: Ralph Nicholas (Professor Emeritus...

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Eclectic Geographies of Tamil Music

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 5pm, Foster 103 Davesh Soneji, Associate Professor, South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania This talk considers the somatic and sensorial practices of music, dance, and theatre among Tamil-speakers as sources of global...

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TAPSA: Standard Differences, Different Standards

Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 5pm, Foster 103  Shubham Shivang, PhD Student, Departments of Anthropology and Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago  This talk takes up the “problem” of standardization in the North Indian language of Bhojpuri, categorized as a...

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TAPSA: The Atmospheric Discontent of Make-in-India

Monday, March 3, 2025 – 5pm, Foster 103  Ashima Mittal, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago This talk examines the mediation of economic and social interests that are enacted through the framework of “Make-in-India” in, what I call, the...

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