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11 Nov

Book Discussion | Spectacle State: How Hindutva Shapes Feeling and Culture

11 November 2026, 17:00 to 18:30

The event will discuss how political power is expressed and experienced through spectacle in…

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9 Nov

Zadih (زَدٕ): Rethinking the Workplace

9 November 2026, 17:30 to 20:00

A public showing of collaborative textile works shaped by women’s experiences of work, care,…

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26 Oct

Of Times There Were Before: A Portrait of Romila Thapar

26 October 2026, 18:00 to 20:00

The event will screen Of Times There Were Before, Eshan Sharma’s intimate portrait of historian…

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21 Oct

Book Discussion | Becoming Agarwal: The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste

21 October 2026, 17:00 to 18:30

The event will discuss how caste privilege is reproduced within a dominant mercantile community in…

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14 Oct

The Language of Crowds: Public Assembly and Embodied Force in India

14 October 2026, 17:00 to 18:30

The event will examine how public assemblies and city crowds in India shape the relationship between…

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8 Oct

Moving Caste: Fish, Labor, and Bicycles in Kolkata

8 October 2026, 18:00 to 19:30

The event will explore how the movement of fish through Kolkata’s markets and neighbourhoods…

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7 Oct

Conversation with Professor Anna Morcom: The Multiplicities of Hindustani Music: Re-envisioning a National Tradition

7 October 2026, 16:30 to 18:00

Conversation with Professor Anna Morcom (Mohindar Brar Sambhi Professor of Indian Music at UCLA) on…

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7 Oct

Sangama: Coming Together | Film Screening and Discussion

7 October 2026, 16:00 to 18:00

A behind-the-scenes look at how a people’s movement against divisive politics takes on an…

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14 Sep

Book Launch: Shared Sacred Sites in South Asia: Negotiating Coexistence and Belonging

14 September 2026, 16:30 to 18:00

The event will examine how shared sacred sites across South Asia bring different religious…

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4 Sep

Automating deductive content analysis in social science: From theory to practice

4 September 2026, 09:30 to 13:30

Have you ever wished for a faster, cheaper, yet effective way to annotate your huge dataset with a…

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