2021–22

The “Conversations on South Asia” series invites authors to discuss their recent publications in South Asian studies with scholars from within and beyond the field. Featuring experts in history, religious studies, politics, and gender studies, this year’s series brings a range of regional experts together with disciplinary and interdisciplinary readers and respondents.

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Wednesday, October 13, 12:15–1:15 PM ET

The King and the People: Sovereignty and Popular Politics in Mughal Delhi

Abhishek Kaicker, University of California, Berkeley

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Tuesday, Nov. 9, 12:15–1:15 PM ET

Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India

Mytheli Sreenivas, The Ohio State University

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Tuesday, December 7, 12:15–1:15 PM ET

Branding Bhakti: Krishna Consciousness and the Makeover of a Movement

Nicole Karapanagiotis, Rutgers University, Camden

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Tuesday, January 11, 12:15–1:15 PM ET

Tata: The Global Corporation that Built Indian Capitalism

Mircea Raianu, University of Maryland, College Park

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Tuesday, February 8, 12:15–1:15 PM ET

The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social And Legal History of Muslim Worship

Sana Haroon, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Tuesday, March 8, 12:15–1:15 PM ET

The Frontier Complex: Geopolitics and the Making of the India-China Border, 1846-1962

Kyle Gardner, George Washington University

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Tuesday, April 12, 12:15–1:15 PM ET

Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India

Jessica Namakkal, Duke University

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Tuesday, May 10, 12:15–1:15 PM ET

 Sovereign Attachments: Masculinity, Muslimness, and Affective Politics in Pakistan

Shenila Khoja-Moolji, Bowdoin College

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Date and Time TBA

Sex, Law, and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891–1937

Ishita Pande, Queen’s University

Registration link forthcoming.