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Conversations on South Asia with Robert Travers

Tuesday, May 9 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET | Zoom Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-travers How did Mughal law shape Britain’s empire in India? How did imperial officials co-opt and…

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Conversations on South Asia with Jayita Sarkar

Tuesday, April 11 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET | Zoom Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-sarkar For leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, mastering nuclear technology was tied to domestic development and national…

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Conversations on South Asia with Shailaja Paik

Tuesday, March 14 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET | Zoom Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-paik In Maharashtra, Tamasha is a popular genre of traveling theater performed by Dalits. Focusing on…

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Conversations on South Asia with Elora Halim Chowdhury

Tuesday, February 14 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET | Zoom Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-chowdhury Cinematic media have long been important for remembering and memorializing the 1971 Bangladesh War of…

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Conversations on South Asia with Gregory Clines

Tuesday, January 10 | 12:15-1:15 PM ET | Zoom Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-clines The Rāmāyaṇa—the story of Rām and the kidnapping of his beloved Sītā by the malevolent…

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Conversations on South Asia with Tarini Bedi

Tuesday, December 13 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/converstions-bedi In Mumbai, the black and yellow taxi is an ubiquitous symbol of the city, its hustle, its…

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Conversations on South Asia with Elizabeth Thelen

Join us for the next event in the “Conversations on South Asia” series featuring a discussion of Elizabeth Thelen’s “Urban Histories of Rajasthan” on Tuesday, Nov. 8 (12:15 PM ET).

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Conversations on South Asia with Vinayak Chaturvedi

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | 12:15–1:15 PM ET | ZOOM Register to attend: https://dartgo.org/conversations-chaturvedi In Essentials of Hindutva, V. D. Savarkar (1883–1966) proclaimed that “Hindutva is not a…

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Conversations on South Asia, 2022–23

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…

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Conversations on South Asia with Ishita Pande

Tuesday, September 13 | 12:15–1:15 PM EDT | Zoom Register: https://dartgo.org/conversations-pande How did expanding ideas of childhood give rise to new forms of colonial governance? How did the…