Events
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Event Archive
Southern Asia Seminar: Bodies and Buildings: Performing Arts and Performing Artists in the Temples of Classical and Medieval India
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 5pm, Foster 103 Anna Tosato, Visiting Scholar and Bhagwan Munisuvrata Swami Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Religion, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Performing arts played a crucial role in shaping the cultural...
Tibetan Poetry as Resistance
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 5:00pm-6:30pm, Classics 110 Bhuchung D. Sonam, Founder, TibetWrites Experience the power of words as a tool for cultural preservation and social change. Join us as the leading Tibetan poet and activist shares insights on poetry,...
TAPSA: From Learning to Earning: The Influence of Siblings on Job and Wage Preferences
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 5pm, Foster 103 Rubina Hundal, PhD Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago This study explores how sibling dynamics, particularly among same-sex siblings within a 2 – 5 year age gap, shape job preferences and...
Discussion of Political Dynamics in Contemporary South Asia
Monday, October 21, 2024 - 12pm, Foster Hall 103 Paul Staniland, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago For students and faculty interested in contemporary politics in South Asia, Professor Paul Staniland will moderate a brown...
South Asia Seminar: From the American Southwest to India’s Deccan Plateau: John M. Fritz at Hampi Vijayanagara
Monday, October 14, 2024 - 5pm, Foster 103 George Michell, Founder-Trustee, Deccan Heritage Foundation Trained at the University of Chicago as an anthropologist with a special interest in prehistoric Native American sites in New Mexico and Arizona, the late Dr....
TAPSA: Organizing Mistrust: How India’s Leaders Navigate Bureaucratic Resistance on Foreign Policy
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 5pm, Foster 103 Emily Tallo, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago Bureaucratic competencies—technical and regional expertise, specialized skills, information provision, and institutional knowledge and...
The Right to Health: Sex Workers and the LGBTQ+ Community in India and Uganda
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 12:15pm, The University of Chicago Law School 1111 E 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 Anand Grover, Director, HIV/AIDS Unit, Lawyer’s Collective India Anand Grover, one of India's leading human rights litigators, will reflect on the...
South Asian Seminar: Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 5pm, Foster Hall 103 Priyasha Mukhopadhyay, Assistant Professor, English Department, Yale This talk will concern the author's recent monograph, Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire. The book explores how...
Discussion with Kshama Sawant
Friday, May 10, 2024 - 2:30pm, KPTC 103 Kersten Physics Teaching Center 5720 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 Kshama Sawant is an Indian-American politician and economist who served on the Seattle City Council from 2014 to 2024. We will discuss how and why Kshama's...
Comparative Politics Workshop: Democratic Dissent Amid Democratic Erosion in Contemporary India
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 3:30pm - 4:50pm, Pick Hall 506 Amrita Basu, Professor, Political Science and Sexuality, Women’s & Gender Studies, Amherst College This talk will compare the two most significant protest movements against the Modi-led Hindu nationalist...