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1 Creative Commons Dr Shailendra Bhandare on the Ashmolean Museum’s South Asian coin collections Shreya Gupta interviews Dr Shailendra Bhandare, Curator of South Asian and Far-eastern Coins and Paper Money at the Ashmolean Museum Shailendra Bhandare, Shreya Gupta 23 Aug 2024
2 Creative Commons Jan Lingen, President of the Royal Dutch Numismatic Society, on collecting South Asian Coins Shreya Gupta interviews Indian coin expert Jan Lingen on his collection. Jan Lingen, Shreya Gupta 20 Aug 2024
3 Creative Commons Interview with Robert Bracey on South Asian Coin Collections in the British Museum by Shreya Gupta This interview discusses the afterlives of coin collections from South Asia held in UK museums today. Robert Bracey, Shreya Gupta 31 Jul 2024
4 Creative Commons Interview with Dr Paul Stevens on collecting Indian coins by Shreya Gupta This interview discusses Paul Steven’s journey of collecting and researching Indian coins Paul Stevens, Shreya Gupta 31 Jul 2024
5 Pakistan & India: Common Origins, Divergent Trajectories Pervez Hoodbhoy seminar given as part of the Modern South Asian Seminar series in October 2023 Pervez Hoodbhoy 26 Oct 2023
6 Creative Commons Along The Path To Gandhi's Neighbor Ajay Skaria - University of Minnesota, speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 1 May 2023. Ajay Skaria 16 Jun 2023
7 Creative Commons Pakistan: Political Economy of an Elite Captured State Miftah Ismail Pakistan’s former Minister of Finance gives a lecture Miftah Ismail 19 May 2023
8 Creative Commons Nations Ascendant: Towards a Global Intellectual History of Self Determination Zaib un Nisa Aziz (University of South Florida, Tampa) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 13 March 2023. For queries, please contact seminar convenor at saih@history.ox.ac.uk Zaib un Nisa Aziz 23 Mar 2023
9 Creative Commons Uncivil Liberalism and the Globalisation of Dadabhai Naoroji’s Ideas of Sociality Vikram Visana (University of Leicester) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 March 2023. Vikram Visana 20 Mar 2023
10 Creative Commons ‘Power to the People?’: Citizens and the Everyday State in Early Postcolonial South Asia Sarah Ansari (Royal Holloway, University of London) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 31 Oct 2022 Sarah Ansari 12 Jan 2023
11 Creative Commons Who are the Muslims? Savarkar on Indian Muslim Origin Luna Sabastian (Northeastern University- London) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 Nov 2022. Luna Sabastian 12 Jan 2023
12 Seeking Supremacy: The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan Book Launch with Yasser Kureshi Yasser Kureshi 20 Dec 2022
13 Creative Commons Freedom Between Order and Chaos: Reading a Political Satire From India Freedom Between Order and Chaos: Reading a Political Satire From India Jyotirmaya Sharma (University of Hyderabad) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 16 May 2022. For queries, please contact seminar convenors at saih@history Jyotirmaya Sharma 23 Sep 2022
14 Creative Commons Queer Azaadi and the origins of Indian homonationalism in Kashmir In 2019, the Indian government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the disputed region of Kashmir amidst one of the harshest and longest military blockades and communications blackouts in history of the region Anish Gawande 23 Sep 2022
15 Creative Commons Pan-Nationalist Notions of Rights, Indian Khilafat Movement and the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) Talk by Cemil Aydin from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cemil Aydin 22 Sep 2022
16 Creative Commons Expulsion as Statecraft: Histories of Violence from the Asian Expulsion of 1972 to the Banyarwanda Crisis of 1982 Alicia Decker (Penn State) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and the Remaking of Nationality Alicia Decker 27 Jun 2022
17 Creative Commons Insecurities of Expulsion: Race, Violence, Citizenship and Afro-Asian Entanglements in Transregional Uganda Anneeth Kaur Hundle (UC Irvine) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and the Remaking of Nationality Anneeth Kaur Hundle 27 Jun 2022
18 Creative Commons Don't call yourselves Asian! Uganda's Indians and the problem of naming Taushif Kara (Cambridge) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and the Remaking of Nationality Taushif Kara 27 Jun 2022
19 Creative Commons Making Victory Visible in Idi Amin's Uganda Derek Peterson (Michigan) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and the Remaking of Nationality Derek Peterson 27 Jun 2022
20 Creative Commons Afrocentrism and the Indian Question: A Continental Reckoning with the Ugandan Expulsion Shobana Shanker (Stonybrook) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and the Remaking of Nationality Shobana Shanker 27 Jun 2022
21 Creative Commons OxPeace 2022 Session 3: Part 3 Ufra Mir presents "Peace-psychology: a Frontline Practitioner Perspective from Kashmir, South Asia." Ufra Mir 10 Jun 2022
22 A Debatable Empire Mishka Sinha (University of Oxford) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 7 February 2022 Mishka Sinha 11 Mar 2022
23 B.R. Ambedkar's Sociophilia and Other Anti-Caste Sciences J. Daniel Elam (University of Hong Kong) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 28 February 2022. J. Daniel Elam 11 Mar 2022
24 How ‘Dynasty’ Became a Modern Global Concept: Intellectual Histories of Sovereignty and Property Milinda Banerjee (University of St Andrews) speaks at the Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar on 24 January 2022 Milinda Banerjee 11 Mar 2022
25 Researching South Asia: Climate Change Aditya Ramesh, Nausheen Anwar, Camelia Dewan, Chitra Venkatramani, Nikhil Anand in discussion Aditya Ramesh (Manchester) Nausheen Anwar (IBA, Karachi) Camelia Dewan (Oslo) Chitra Venkatramani (NUS) Nikhil Anand (UPenn) 01 Mar 2022
26 Researching South Asia: Animals Panel discussion on researching no human animals in South Asia Ambika Aiyadurai, Naisargi Dave, Radhika Govindrajan, Muhammad Kavesh 01 Mar 2022
27 Researching South Asia: Bureaucracy A panel discussion on the problems of research in South Asia. Yamini Aiyar, Maira Hayat, Zehra Hashmi, Akshay Mangla 01 Mar 2022
28 Researching South Asia: Kashmir Round table discussion Mona Bhan, Mohamad Junaid, Hafsa Kanjwal 27 Jan 2022
29 Affect as a Technology of Rule: Militarism in Pakistan Positioning dead body politics and ritualistic mourning as technologies of rule, through a focus on subjectivity, intimacy and affect, the talk will explicate the persuasive powers through which they seek to produce consensus and ideological conformity. Maria Rashid 26 Oct 2021
30 Borders and Identities: Who is a “Bangladeshi” in Assam? This talk explores the ambiguities surrounding Indian citizenship in Assam, Northeast India. With Malini Sur (University of Western Sydney) Malini Sur 22 Oct 2021
31 Delusional states: Love, Citizenship and Resistance in Gilgit-Baltistan This talk examines the emotional and intimate logics of occupation, citizenship, and state-making in Gilgit-Baltistan, a contested borderland between India and Pakistan that forms part of the Kashmir dispute. Nosheen Ali 10 Feb 2021
32 Creative Commons A Contrapuntal History of Hindustan Manan Amend (Columbia), gives a talk for the Asian Studies Centre seminar series. Manan Amend 04 Feb 2021
33 Cyclone Amphan: Living through the Climate Crisis In May 2020 a deadly tropical cyclone struck Eastern India and Bangladesh. Named ‘Amphan’ and classified as a ‘Super Cyclone’ this was almost certainly a climate change induced extreme event. Debjani Bhattacharyya, Jason Cons, Annu Jalais, Megnaa Mehtta 24 Jul 2020
34 The Young and the Restless: Youth and Politics in India Book reading and Discussion with Gurmehar Kaur Gurmehar Kaur, Ria Kapoor 01 Mar 2019
35 Creative Commons The Failure of South Asian Regionalism Lawrence Sáez speaks at the International Relations of India Seminar on 9 May 2018 Lawrence Sáez 10 Jul 2018
36 Kamila Shamsie on writing history in A God in Every Stone Author Kamila Shamsie reads from her 2014 novel A God in Every Stone, and discusses it with Prof. Elleke Boehmer and the audience. Kamila Shamsie, Elleke Boehmer 25 Aug 2017
37 How the BBC reaches digital audiences in South Asia Roopa Suchak, South Asia workstream lead, BBC gives a talk for the Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series. Introduction by Richard Sambrook. Roopa Suchak 31 Oct 2016
38 Creative Commons FMR 49 - Integrating resilience in South Asia Communities can strengthen their resilience by integrating disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and poverty reduction measures. Mi Zhou, Dorien Braam 18 Jun 2015
39 Creative Commons Dr. Ansari and the Indian Medical Mission to the Ottoman Empire, 1912-13 Dr Burak Akcapar talks on his book 'People's Mission: Dr. Ansari and the Indian Medical Mission to the Ottoman Empire, 1912-13' published by Oxford University Press. Burak Akcapar 04 Dec 2014
40 Pakistan is a viable and not a failed state if...? Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Leader and the Chairman of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, delivered the inaugural Sarfraz lecture on October 30th 2014, at Wolfson College, Oxford. Mehmood Khan Achakzai 14 Nov 2014
41 Creative Commons Religion as a Motive for Exclusion in Contemporary Western Democracies A co-sponsored event from the Asian Studies Centre, the Dahrendorf programme for the Study of Freedom, the Middle East Centre and North American Studies Programme from the world renowned from the author of the award-winning book a Secular Age Charles Taylor 20 Jun 2014
42 Creative Commons Postcolonial Women Writers Professor Elleke Boehmer notes the distinct lack of women writers on the Post/Colonial Writing page of the Great Writers website, and explores why this is the case. Elleke Boehmer, Dominic Davies 08 Oct 2012
43 An Africanist's Legacy: Performing fragmentary movements - perspectives on the life-history of a Muslim dancer-choreographer Presented by Asst. prof. Zulfiker Hirji (University of York, Toronto) at 'An Africanist's Legacy - A Workship in Celebration of the Work of David Parkin', held at The School of Anthropology, Oxford, 8-9 July 2010. Zulfiker Hirji 24 Aug 2010