Asian Studies Centre
Talks:

Tuesday 29 April 2025

A Kerala Pilgrimage Approaches Its Centenary - why it matters for South India and the wider world
Date: 29 April 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Alex Gath (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 5 May 2025

Ghost in the courtroom: Gender, belief, spirit possession, and the postcolonial state
Date: 5 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Saumya Saxena (OP Jindal Global University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows Dining Room and online on zoom
Organisers: Bhadrajee Hewage (University of Oxford), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 May 2025

The Modern Life of Sanskrit: An Encounter with Psychoanalysis
Date: 6 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Ananya Vajpeyi (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 6 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Dr Erin M.B. O’Halloran (University of Cambridge)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Afghanistan and the Concept of Asia: Intellectual Geographies in an Age of Reform
Date: 13 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Marya Hannun (University of Exeter)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Labour as Method: Studying Technologies of the South
Date: 20 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Hemangini Gupta (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The World After Gaza
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 20 May 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Pankaj Mishra
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 May 2025

Sacred Geographies, Political Communities: Burma’s South Asian History
Date: 26 May 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Sana Aiyar (MIT)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows Dining Room and online on zoom
Organisers: Bhadrajee Hewage (University of Oxford), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Designing with the Rohingya: Trauma, Resilience, Memory
Date: 27 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Professor Esther da Costa Meyer (Princeton University and Yale University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Ecologies of Caste and Waste: Dependence and Value Making at the Bhalswa Landfill in Delhi
Date: 3 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker : Aparna Agarwal (University of Lausanne)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Pavilion Room
Organiser: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)
Host: Janaki Srinivasan (University of Oxford)

Monday 9 June 2025

The Birth of Indian Liberalism
Date: 9 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Rahul Sagar (NYU Abu Dhabi)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows Dining Room and online on zoom
Organisers: Bhadrajee Hewage (University of Oxford), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 June 2025

The Bangladesh Liberation War and Mass Internment of Bengalis in (West) Pakistan, 1971-1974
Date: 16 June 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Ilyas Chattha (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows Dining Room and online on zoom
Organisers: Bhadrajee Hewage (University of Oxford), Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
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