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, the series brings regional experts together with disciplinary and interdisciplinary readers and respondents.
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Sex, Law, and the Politics of Age: Child Marriage in India, 1891–1937
Tuesday, September 13 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Ishita Pande, Queen’s University
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-pande
Hindutva and Violence: V. D. Savarkar and the Politics of History
Tuesday, October 11 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Vinayak Chaturvedi, University of California, Irvine
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-chaturvedi
Urban Histories of Rajasthan: Religion, Politics and Society (1550–1800)
Tuesday, November 8 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Elizabeth M. Thelen, University of Exeter
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-thelen
Mumbai Taximen: Autobiographies and Automobilities in India
Tuesday, December 13 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Tarini Bedi, University of Illinois at Chicago
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-bedi
Jain Rāmāyaṇa Narratives: Moral Vision and Literary Innovation
Tuesday, January 10 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Gregory M. Clines, Trinity University
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-clines
Ethical Encounters: Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in Bangladesh
Tuesday, February 14 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Elora Halim Chowdhury, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-chowdhury
The Vulgarity of Caste: Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India
Tuesday, March 14 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Shailaja Paik, University of Cincinnati
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-paik.
Ploughshares and Swords: India’s Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War
Tuesday, April 11 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Jayita Sarkar, University of Glasgow
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-sarkar.
Empires of Complaints: Mughal Law and the Making of British India, 1765–1793
Tuesday, May 9 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET
Robert Travers, Cornell University
Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-travers.
The Conversations on South Asia series is coordinated by Elizabeth Lhost (elizabeth.lhost [at] dartmouth.edu). Doug Haynes, Tiraana Bains, Preeti Singh and other members of the South Asian studies community at Dartmouth College contributed to the planning of this year’s series.
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.