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)