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South Asia-Africa Seminar Series
In HT2026, the weekly Modern South Asia Seminar Series and the African Studies Seminar series will be jointly convened as the Joint South Asia-Africa Seminar Series. The goal of this series is to create opportunities for a cross-regional encounter of scholars, research agendas, epistemologies, and field sites across South Asia and Africa via a different lens or topic every week.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford),
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Timing: Tuesdays at 2pm
Web Address:
https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/asian-studies-centre/asian-studies-centre/events/
Organising department: Asian Studies Centre
Talks:
Tuesday 20 January 2025
Anti-caste and anti-imperial political thought
Date: 20 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Karthick Ram Manoharan (University of Cambridge),
Amber Murrey (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 27 January 2025
Talking about Unfree Labour
Date: 27 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Bhanupriya Rao (Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Behanbox),
Michael Odijie (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 February 2025
Insurgency, Conflict and Governance
Date: 3 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Paula Cristina Roque
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 February 2025
Sovereignty by Exception: Global China, Law, and Infrastructure across Africa and South Asia
Date: 10 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Thiruni Kelagama (Wolfson College, Oxford),
Miriam Dreissen (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 February 2025
Gen Z revolutions
Date: 17 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Velomahanina Razakamaharavo (University of Reading),
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: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 February 2025
The Politics of Digital Interventions
Date: 24 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Nafis Aziz Hasan (University of Amsterdam),
Tom Neumark (University of Oslo)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 March 2025
Southern Urbanisms, Migration and Belonging
Date: 3 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Elisa Tamburo (Harvard University & University of Oxford),
Bani Gill (University of Tübingen)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 March 2025
The Politics and Technologies of Measurements
Date: 10 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
s:
Dr Shankar Nair (Oxford),
Dr Rachel King (UCL)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers:
Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford),
Prof Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Clare Salter,
Amy Crane,
Thomasina Eustace
