South Asian Intellectual History Seminars

Seminar will be held 4.00 pm to 5.30pm on Monday, all talks take place on Zoom (registration required). Some talks are hybrid, taking place in person in the Pavilion Room, St Antony’s College. Graduate-run series of seminars exploring the rich discipline of intellectual history rooted in South Asia. All talks followed by Q&A and discussion.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Jack Jacobs (Oriel College), Abraham Murad (University of Oxford)
Timing: Mondays 4.00-5.30pm
Web Address: https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/asian-studies-centre/asian-studies-centre/events/
Organising department: Asian Studies Centre

Talks:

Monday 3 November 2025

Partition, Bengali Refugee Critiques of Postcolonial Sate and Capitalism, and the Subaltern Origins of the Cold War in India, 1947-1950
Date: 3 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dr Milinda Banerjee (University of St Andrews)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room & Zoom
Organisers: Abraham Murad (University of Oxford), Jack Jacobs (Oriel College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 November 2025

The Buddha of Berlin: The German Career of the Indian Film Pioneer Himansu Rai
Date: 17 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Andrew Halladay (London School of Economics)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room & Zoom
Organisers: Abraham Murad (University of Oxford), Jack Jacobs (Oriel College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 November 2025

The Idea of India beyond Nationalist Thought
Date: 24 November 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Salmoli Choudhuri (Oxford and National Law School of India)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room & Zoom
Organisers: Abraham Murad (University of Oxford), Jack Jacobs (Oriel College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 December 2025

A Cacophony of (Ir) Responsibilities
Date: 1 December 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Anwesha Roy (University of Sheffield)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room & Zoom
Organisers: Abraham Murad (University of Oxford), Jack Jacobs (Oriel College)
Hosts: TBA

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