Name: Janaki Srinivasan
University of Oxford

Events this person is speaking at:

Tuesday 5 November 2024

The political lives of Information: Information and invisibilisation in digital India
Date: 5 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Nayanika Mathur (Oxford), Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 February 2025

Rights in Crisis: Indian Gig Economy and Workers' Rights
Date: 28 February 2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker s: Professor Sandra Fredman (Oxford Martin Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Venue: Flora Anderson Hall,
Venue Details: Please enter from the main entrance on Woodstock Road
Organisers: Oxford Human Rights Hub, Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Hosts: Neeraj Shetye (Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development), Aradhana CV (University of Oxford), Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Global Southing Internet, Data and AI Studies Workshop
Date: 25 March 2025, 10:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford), Rutendo Chabikwa (Oxford Internet Institute), Dr Andrea Medrado (University of Exeter), Prof Cheryll Soriano (De La Salle University), Dr Jian Xiao (Zhejiang University), Dr Mohammad Amir Anwar (University of Edinburgh), Prof Tanja Bosch (University of Cape Town), Dr Fadi Salem (Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government), Dr Andrés Domínguez Hernández (The Alan Turing Institute), Prof César Ricardo Siqueira Bolaño, Prof Patricia Peña (University of Chile)
Venue: Wadham College, Parks Road OX1 3PN
Venue Details: Okinaga Room or Zoom
Organiser: Ellen Mobbs (Oxford Internet Institute)
Host: Dr Jonas Valente (Oxford Internet Institute)

Saturday 17 May 2025

OSGA 20th Anniversary Weekend: ‘Social and Economic Challenges and Opportunities’ Roundtable
Date: 17 May 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker s: Jonathan Lusthaus (University of Oxford), Professor Rachel Murphy (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford), Professor Hugh Whittaker (University of Oxford), Dr Gregory Thaler (University of Oxford)
Venue: 27 Winchester Road, 27 Winchester Road OX2 6NA
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Afghanistan and the Concept of Asia: Intellectual Geographies in an Age of Reform
Date: 13 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Marya Hannun (University of Exeter)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Designing with the Rohingya: Trauma, Resilience, Memory
Date: 27 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Professor Esther da Costa Meyer (Princeton University and Yale University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Ecologies of Caste and Waste: Dependence and Value Making at the Bhalswa Landfill in Delhi
Date: 3 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Aparna Agarwal (University of Lausanne)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 21 January 2025

Organisation of Segregation: Reproducing Caste Inequalities in Urban India
Date: 21 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Jusmeet S Sihra (University of Cambridge)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 January 2025

From ‘Riot’ to ‘Pogrom’: A History of Ethno-Religious Violence in Sri Lanka
Date: 28 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Shamara Wettimuny (Queen’s College, University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 February 2025

Unfair ID: Digital Identity from Injustice to Resistance
Date: 4 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Silvia Masiero (University of Oslo)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Darhendorf Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 February 2025

Threatening Dystopias: Development, Scientific Knowledge, and Adaptation to Climate Change
Date: 11 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Kasia Paprocki (The London School of Economics)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Darhendorf Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 February 2025

Plantation Crisis: Ruptures of Dalit Life in the Indian Tea Belt
Date: 18 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Jayaseelan Raj (King's College London)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Between Nation and Community. Muslim Universities and Indian Politics after Partition (1947-1990s)
Date: 25 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Laurence Gautier (Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 March 2025

‘Mao-Lana’ of Asia: Bhashani, Black Maoism, and Islamic Socialism in the 1960s
Date: 4 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Layli Uddin (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 March 2025

‘Home’ in Sikh Polity: Understandings of mīrī pīrī in contemporary Britain
Date: 11 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Jaskiran Kaur Bhogal (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 March 2025

Rainbow Rishta: A Screening and Discussion with Jaydeep Sarkar
Date: 21 March 2025, 14:45 - 17:00
Speaker : Jaydeep Sarkar
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 29 April 2025

A Kerala Pilgrimage Approaches Its Centenary - why it matters for South India and the wider world
Date: 29 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Alex Gath (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 May 2025

The Modern Life of Sanskrit: An Encounter with Psychoanalysis
Date: 6 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Ananya Vajpeyi (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Afghanistan and the Concept of Asia: Intellectual Geographies in an Age of Reform
Date: 13 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Marya Hannun (University of Exeter)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Labour as Method: Studying Technologies of the South
Date: 20 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Hemangini Gupta (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Designing with the Rohingya: Trauma, Resilience, Memory
Date: 27 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Professor Esther da Costa Meyer (Princeton University and Yale University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Ecologies of Caste and Waste: Dependence and Value Making at the Bhalswa Landfill in Delhi
Date: 3 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Aparna Agarwal (University of Lausanne)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 June 2025

India's Experiment With Democracy: The Life of a Nation Through its Elections
Date: 6 June 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Dr S. Y. Quraishi (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organisers: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford), Kate Sullivan de Estrada (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Rangoonwala Fellows: Development and Displacement in Pakistan
Date: 10 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Ilyas Chattha (Lahore University of Management Sciences), Azeema Cheema (Verso Consulting), Arslan Waheed (Institute of Business Administration, Karachi)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 June 2025

A woman’s work is never done: Gender norms and Indian female labor force participation
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 17 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Rohini Pande (Yale University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Souls in the Kalyug: The Politics and Cosmologies of Migrant Workers in Contemporary India
Date: 14 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Shankar Ramaswami (O. P. Jindal Global University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

From redress to reimagining: a decolonial lens on justice for women war survivors in Sri Lanka
Date: 21 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Farah Milhar (Oxford Brookes University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Beyond the Mountains: Social and Political Imaginaries in Gilgit-Baltistan
Date: 28 October 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Nosheen Ali (NYU)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 October 2025

Nepal’s Gen-Z ‘Revolution’: What Happened and What Lies Ahead?
Date: 30 October 2025, 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker s: Professor David Gellner (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford), Dr Krishna Adhikari (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 November 2025

Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy
Date: 4 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Louise Tillin (King’s College London)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Forms of the Left for the 21st Century: Contemporary Art, Digital Media, and Repressive Politics in Bangladesh
Date: 11 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Lotte Hoek (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Post colonial capital – a genealogy
Date: 18 November 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Professor Barbara Harriss-White ((Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Oxford))
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

The Uncertain State: Uncertainty as everyday experience and mode of governmentality in contemporary India
Date: 25 November 2025, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Geert de Neve (University of Sussex)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford), Prof Nandini Gooptu (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Strange Fruit in Comparative Perspective
Date: 2 December 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Adnan Naseemullah (Kings College London)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA