28 May The Monster in Your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India 28 May 2026, 15:00 to 16:30 Sharika Thiranagama’s talk, based on The Monster in Your Path: The Private Life of Caste in India,… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
21 May Citizens to Traitors: Bengali Internment in Pakistan, 1971–1974 21 May 2026, 17:00 to 18:30 A powerful account of war, captivity, and erased lives, this book uncovers how the 1971 Bangladesh… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
6 May Kaaghaz and Khoon: Materializing Representation in Mumbai Cancelled 6 May 2026, 17:00 to 18:30 This talk explores how political representation in Mumbai is produced, performed, circulated, and… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
27 Apr From Magic to Monumentality: the ‘Museum’ in Today’s India 27 April 2026, 17:00 to 18:30 This lecture traces how museums in India have moved from being seen as colonial leftovers to… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
1 Apr David Ludden Revisiting Richard Eaton’s The Rise of Islam, Bengal, and Agrarian Frontier 1 April 2026, 17:00 to 18:30 David Ludden’s talk will open a discussion on the ethnogenesis of the vast majority of Bengali… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
19 Mar Order Without Hegemony 19 March 2026, 14:00 to 15:30 Associate Professor Manjeet S. Pardesi’s talk will explore what the ancient Mediterranean and Indian… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
4 Mar Women Politicians and Bureaucratic Politics in India 4 March 2026, 17:00 to 18:30 Bhumi Purohit’s talk will examine how female politicians navigate male-dominated bureaucracies in… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
24 Feb 2026 MN Srinivas Lecture by Surinder S. Jodhka: Reading Rampura, The Remembered Village, in the Time of Hindutva: Social Anthropology and the Making of the Indian Commonsense 24 February 2026, 18:00 to 19:00 Professor Jodhka’s talk will examine how The Remembered Village shaped a commonsense view of Indian… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
11 Feb Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam 11 February 2026, 17:00 to 18:30 Faisal Devji’s talk will examine the rise of Islam as a global historical idea and the consequences… Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.
5 Feb Triumphing over Incredible Obstacles in Life and Art 5 February 2026, 18:00 to 19:30 A conversation with Ambassador Lakshmi Puri on her award-winning debut novel Swallowing the Sun. Please note: this event has passed Browser does not support script.