A conference on ‘Timely Histories’ is being organized by CSDS, Delhi and Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin on 12-14 October 2022 (Tentative). It is part of the 5-year ERC project ‘Timely Histories: A Social History of Tim...
Mukulika Banerjee delivered a lecture on ‘Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India’ on 8 March 2022 via Zoom. It was chaired by Ravi Sundaram. This lecture presented anthropological study of democracy in India.
A book discussion on ‘Ek Desh Barah Duniya’ by Shirish Khare was held on 6 March 2022 via Zoom. It was chaired by Abhay Kumar Dubey. The discussants included Shubhneet Kaushik and Ranendra. The book captures the voices of neglected people
Radhika Govindrajan delivered a lecture on ‘Spectral Justice: On Multispecies Haunting in Himalayan India’ on 25 February 2022 via Zoom. It was chaired by Awadhendra Sharan. The discussant was Nayanika Mathur. This talk explores the possib...
Amelia Bonea delivered a lecture on ‘Footnotes of History: Fossils, Gender and Palaeosciences in 20th-Century India’ on 22 February 2022 via Zoom. It was chaired by Prabhat Kumar. Natural history specimens like fossilized plants and animal...
A book discussion on ‘A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent’ by Sudhir Chella Rajan was held on 15 February 2022 via Zoom. It was chaired by Ananya Vajpeyi. The discussant was Manu V. Devadevan.
The launch of Bioscope Journal Special Double Issue on ‘Keywords: Screen Media Studies from South Asia’ was held on 18 February 2022 via Zoom. It was chaired by Ravi Vasudevan. The panelists included Debashree Mukherjee, Lotte Hoek, Brian
In this episode, Prathama Banerjee speaks to Veena Das on the changed nature of daily life in our contemporary. Is the nature of everyday life different in post-Covid times? Has the everyday ever been a site of stability or security? What is the r...
Chandraiah Gopani delivered a lecture on ‘Anna Bhau Sathe: Life, Literature and Struggle’ on 9 February 2022 via Zoom. It was chaired by Nishikant Kolge. The discussant was Harish. S. Wankhede. Anna Bhau Sathe (1920-1969) was a writer, thi...