Month: October 2022

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Conversations on South Asia with Elizabeth Thelen

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Tuesday, November 8 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET | Zoom

Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-thelen

How did diverse communities live and work in Rajasthan’s urban spaces? When did religion and politics create conflict? How did community and caste affect conflict negotiations? 

Focusing on the cities of Ajmer, Nagaur, and Pushkar, between the 16th and 18th centuries, Elizabeth Thelen (University of Exeter) explores these questions in her book Urban Histories of Rajasthan: Religion, Politics and Society (1550–1800) and calls on legal documents, state registers, and family archives to understand how diverse communities made urban society vibrant and resilient.

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Divya Cherian (Princeton University) and Usman Hamid (Hamilton College) will be joining the author for this discussion.

Elizabeth Lhost will moderate.

Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-thelen

All are welcome to attend.

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The Conversations on South Asia Series is sponsored by the Bodas Family Academic Programming Fund, the Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages Program, and the Department of History at Dartmouth College.

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Conversations on South Asia with Vinayak Chaturvedi

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET | ZOOM

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In Essentials of Hindutva, V. D. Savarkar (1883–1966) proclaimed that “Hindutva is not a word but a history.” What did he mean, and how did this claim define Savarkar’s political thought? 

Probing the relationship between “Hindutva” and “history,”Vinayak Chaturvedi (University of California, Irvine) examines the ideas, influences, and experiences that shaped Savarkar’s politics. Like the controversial figure at the center of this new book, Hindutva and Violence: V. D. Savarkar and the Politics of History (SUNY Press, 2022) offers a portrait of Savarkar that is both critical and compelling.  

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Durba Ghosh (Cornell University), Chris Moffat (Queen Mary University of London), and Thomas Blom Hansen (Stanford University) will be joining the author to discuss his latest book. 

Elizabeth Lhost will moderate.

Conversations on South Asia is sponsored by the Bodas Family Academic Programming Fund, the Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages Program, and the Department of History at Dartmouth College.

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