29 Apr Fugitive Words: Dale Luis Menezes - Speaking in (M)other Tongues: Goan Politics after Decolonization 29 April 2022, 14:00 to 16:00 This event looks closely at the rhetoric around official language and mother tongue, which after the…
11 Mar Matériel cultures: The semantics of democratic transition 11 March 2022, 14:00 to 16:00 Michael Collins, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, discusses how a new…
25 Feb Gendered utterances: Women and elections in India 25 February 2022, 14:00 to 16:00 Lipika Kamra (O P Jindal Global University) presents her research on women and elections in India,…
28 Jan The Facebook Chaupal and Political Satire 28 January 2022, 14:00 to 16:00 In this event, we will explore how satire on social media fits into the political landscape.
14 Jan Revisiting non-willing freedom: How Gandhi matters today 14 January 2022, 14:00 to 16:00 Ajay Skaria, Professor of history at the University of Minnesota, discusses how Gandhi questioned…
26 Nov Fragments of fraternity: The performance of Mera Houchongba in Northeast India 26 November 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 Hear from Edward Moon-Little about fraternity in contexts where siblingship must be graded.
22 Oct Millenarianism in South Asia: Critical Reflections across Time and Space 22 October 2021, 14:15 to 16:15 This roundtable invites fresh perspectives on millenarism and how it makes us consider how prospects…
24 Sep Laughing at Netaji 24 September 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 This event will explore the concept of Netaji as part of King's India Institute's Fugitive Word…
17 Sep What do Masses Want? Lessons from Telugu Cinema 17 September 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 In this presentation S.V. Srinivas proposes to take discourses and practices nurtured by Telugu…
25 Jun Idioms of justice, healing and debt in rural Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh - Tommasso Sbriccoli 25 June 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 This talk analyses how local idioms of traditional justice, healing/possession and debt intersect…
11 Jun Political Communication Beyond ‘Truth and Lies’ - Lisa Björkman 11 June 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 This seminar discusses cash-compensated crowds that assemble for political gatherings in Mumbai.
28 May From parasitic feudalism to responsible hierarchy: the emergence of a ‘political’ vocabulary among Sora Adivasis of southern Odisha 28 May 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 Piers Vitebsky discusses the emergence of a ‘political’ vocabulary among Sora Adivasis of southern…
14 May The political theory of Narendra Modi: Provisional notes on Hindutva and democracy in contemporary India. Uday Chandra 14 May 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 Uday Chandra, Assistant Professor of Government at Georgetown University, discusses Narendra Modi.
9 Apr Changing theory: Thinking from the Global South. Dilip Menon 09 April 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 Dilip M Menon looks at how decolonisation changes how we look back at history.
26 Mar India’s politics in its vernaculars: An opening shot. Anastasia Piliavsky 26 March 2021, 14:00 to 16:00 Why do we need to study the languages in which India's political actors themselves speak about and…