Centre of South Asian Studies

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Ali Khan - 'Nostalgic pasts, nostalgic futures: poetry, politics and North Indian Muslim identity, 1850-1950'

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Ali Khan, of the Faculty of History, investigates Muslim identity, society and politics through the Urdu-language poetry of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Mon 12 May 2014


Asma Jahangir (Human Rights Lawyer and activist) - The rule of law and democratic development in Pakistan

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Ms Jahangir delivered the annual Centre of South Asian Studies Lecture on South Asian Public Affairs.

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Thu 22 Feb 2018


Behroze Gandhy - 'Artists as film-makers - three Indian artists'

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Behroze Gandhy, independent film-maker and critic, presents a discussion and screening of films by three Indian artists: M.F. Hussain, Tyeb Mehta and Akbar Padamsee. The sections...

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Mon 13 May 2013


Dr Anjali Bhardwaj-Datta: Rebuilding lives, redefining spaces: women in post colonial Delhi, 1947-1980

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Dr Bhardwaj-Datta (University of Cambridge) investigates Delhi's gendered spaces and how they were reordered by the aftermath of Partition, looking at how social space was...

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Wed 4 Feb 2015


Dr Harshan Kumarasingham, 'The "Tropical Dominions" - the appeal of Dominion status in the decolonisation of India,...

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Dr Kumarasingham presented a paper detailing the different discussions between the British government and the soon-to-be-independent South Asian colonies, and how practical...

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Thu 24 Oct 2013


Dr Humeira Iqtidar - Tolerance in Islamic thought: South Asian innovations

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Dr Iqtidar introduces her work into piety and liberalisation in Islamic thought among migrant populations from the Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Thu 28 Apr 2016


Dr John Zavos: 'Translating cultures of service in the diaspora: devotion as social action in the BrAsian city'

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Dr Zavos, University of Manchester, explores the transformation of ideas of devotional service and charity in the context of diasporic identity formation amongst South Asian...

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Tue 28 Apr 2015


Dr Justin Jones - '"Houses of justice": Islamic courts and legal forum-shopping in twentieth-century India'

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Justin Jones discusses the role of Islamic courts in the 1920s and 1930s, examining the ways in which the courts maintained their relevance and influence in the face of the...

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Wed 6 Nov 2013


Dr Kriti Kapila - 'Unpopular justice: law and the inexpediency of culture in north India'

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Dr Kriti Kapila presented a paper detailing the often complex relationship between the legal system and popular culture in North India

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Mon 2 Jun 2014


Dr Louise Tillin - Food for Votes? Comparing Welfare Politics in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

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Louise Tillin, from King's College, London, examines the relationship between politics and the provision of welfare in two Indian states.

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Mon 27 Jan 2014


Dr Mark Condos - Fear, violence, and the making of British power in India

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Dr Condos, of Queen Mary, University of London, investigates the representations of colonial British character. He argues that the commonly presented traits of stoicism and...

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Mon 23 Jan 2017


Dr Markus Daechsel -

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Dr Markus Daechsel of Royal Holloway, London, investigates urban development work in Pakistan in the 1950s and 1960s.

Collection: Centre of South Asian Studies: Seminars

Institution: Centre of South Asian Studies

Created: Tue 11 Mar 2014


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