Asian Studies Centre
Talks:

Monday 16 February 2026

Right-wing decoloniality and civilizational discourses
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ali Usman Qasmi (LUMS)
Venue Details: Online - Teams
Organisers: Abraham Murad (University of Oxford), Jack Jacobs (Oriel College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2026

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: Gen Z revolutions
Date: 17 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: David Gellner (University of Oxford), Velomahanina Razakamaharavo (University of Reading), Krishna Adhikari (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2026

Scholarly mobility and Sufi authority: Imdadullah's intellectual world between South Asia and the Hijaz
Date: 23 February 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Moin Ahmad Nizami (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room & Teams
Organisers: Abraham Murad (University of Oxford), Jack Jacobs (Oriel College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2026

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: The Politics of Digital Interventions
Date: 24 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Tom Neumark (University of Oslo), Nafis Aziz (University of Amsterdam)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organisers: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2026

Book Talk: Order without Hegemony
Date: 26 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker s: Manjeet S. Pardesi (Victoria University of Wellington), Rosemary Foot (St Antony's College), Faisal Devji
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organiser: Nandini Gooptu (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2026

Family, Historical Memory and Cultural Capital in Late Colonial India
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Polly O'Hanlon (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room & Teams
Organisers: Abraham Murad (University of Oxford), Jack Jacobs (Oriel College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2026

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: 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: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2026

Prostitution and the Politics of Presence in Colonial India
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Zoya Sameen (Aga Khan University)
Venue Details: Online - Teams
Organisers: Abraham Murad (University of Oxford), Jack Jacobs (Oriel College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2026

South Asia-Africa Seminar Series: The Politics and Technologies of Measurement
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: Rebekah Lee (University of Oxford), Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 May 2026

DPhil Asia Day
Date: 7 May 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Dahrendorf Room
Organiser: Nandini Gooptu (St Antony's College)
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Asian Studies Centre seminars and events
Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
Modern South Asia Seminar
Southeast Asia Seminar
Southeast Asia Seminar