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Name: Dr Nayanika Mathur
University of Oxford
https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-nayanika-mathur
Events this person is speaking at:
Tuesday 6 March 2018
"The Indian state is nothing but a paper tiger": For an anthropology of the bureaucratic state
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 6 March 2018, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker
:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Venue: Christ Church, St Aldates OX1 1DP
Venue Details: Tom 8, Lecture Room 1
Organiser:
Dr Chihab El Khachab (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 10 September 2020
Stolen Works, Stolen Lives: Racial Erasure, Exclusion and Dispossession in Academic Publishing
Date: 10 September 2020, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker
s:
Professor Patricia Daley (University of Oxford),
Dr James Esson (Loughborough University),
Professor Patricia Kingori (University of Oxford),
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford),
Dr Patricia Noxolo (University of Birmingham)
Organisers:
Dr Richard Baxter (University of Oxford),
Dr Sneha Krishnan (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 13 October 2020
Global histories of hierarchy? Reflections from India on caste, race and the Black Lives Matter movement
Date: 13 October 2020, 14:00 - 14:45
Speaker
s:
Rosalind O'Hanlon (Oxford),
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 2 November 2020
Beastly Identification: conservationist legal regimes and documents in the government of big cats in India
Date: 2 November 2020, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Common Room Area
Organiser:
Professor Linda Mulcahy (Director, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford)
Host:
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Friday 10 October 2025
OICSD Book Talks: Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi's Schools
Date: 10 October 2025, 18:30 - 19:30
Speaker
s:
Yamini Aiyar (CPR, Delhi),
Prof Akshay Mangla (University of Oxford),
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Venue: Somerville College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HD
Venue Details: Brittain Williams Room
Organisers:
What Works Hub for Global Education,
Neeraj Shetye (Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development),
Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Host:
Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Events this person is hosting:
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Book talk: H-POP - The Secretive World of Hindutva Popstars
Date: 13 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Kunal Purohit (Independent Journalist and Researcher)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Neeraj Shetye (Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development),
Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford),
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Tuesday 19 October 2021
Affect as a Technology of Rule: Militarism in Pakistan
Date: 19 October 2021, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker
:
Maria Rashid (UCL)
Venue Details: Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 18 January 2022
Researching South Asia: Kashmir
Date: 18 January 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Mona Bhan (Syracuse University),
Mohamad Junaid (MCLA),
Hafsa Kanjwal (Lafayette College)
Venue Details: Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Researching South Asia: Bureaucracy
Date: 25 January 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Yamini Aiyar (CPR, Delhi),
Maira Hayat (Notre Dame),
Zehra Hashmi (Brown University),
Prof Akshay Mangla (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 1 February 2022
Researching South Asia: Animals
Date: 1 February 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Naisargi Dave (Toronto),
Radhika Govindrajan (Washington),
Muhammad Kavesh (Toronto),
Dolly Kikon (Melbourne),
Ambika Aiyadurai (IIT, Gandhinagar)
Venue Details: Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Researching South Asia: Climate Change
Date: 8 February 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online - Zoom
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 26 April 2022
Fashioning Subjects: From Farmer, to Soldier, to Patriot
Date: 26 April 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Thiruni Kelegama (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 May 2022
‘British Bolé Baap Re Baap’ - World War II and the Prospect of ‘Quit India’ in Bengal: ‘War’ Rumours and ‘Revolutionary’ Parties
Date: 3 May 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Anwesha Roy (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 May 2022
‘Technology at the Wheel’: Computers, Data and Tech-Utopianisms in the Political Imagination of 1980s India
Date: 10 May 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Amogh Dhar Sharma (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 May 2022
The Cosmopolitan Standard of Civilization: A Critical Sociology of Elite Belonging among Indian Diplomats
Date: 17 May 2022, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Dr Kira Huju (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 22 October 2024
The Muslim son of a Hindu zamindar - family quarrels and religious boundaries in a Mughal landlord's lineage
Date: 22 October 2024, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Nandini Chatterjee (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford),
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Book talk: H-POP - The Secretive World of Hindutva Popstars
Date: 13 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Kunal Purohit (Independent Journalist and Researcher)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Neeraj Shetye (Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development),
Ankita Pandey (University of Oxford),
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford)