South Asia Conversations At Cambridge University

Jonathan Saha, 'Fatal associations: racial differentiation and interspecies empire in colonial Myanmar'

Roundtable: ‘The Modern History of Art in India’

'A Detective and a Gentleman: Crime in Colonial Calcutta' with Anindita Ghosh

'The End of Indenture?': with Neilesh Bose and Ashutosh Kumar

'What is the intellectual history of India?': a roundtable discussion

'Caste today' with Sharika Thiranagama and Suryakant Waghmore

'Green Revolution': Shailaja Fennell

'Plantationocene': with Sarah Besky and Maan Barua

Equality and difference: with Radhika Coomaraswamy

The scientific life in South Asia: with Charu Singh and Projit Mukharji

Literary lineages: with Neloufer de Mel and Geeta Patel

Everyday voices and the early modern: with Abhishek Kaicker and Jagjeet Lally

Publics, online and off: with Michael Edwards and Philippa Williams

Michael Edwards and Philippa Williams discuss the effects and changing nature of the spaces created within and by social media in online public and private spheres in Burma/Myanmar and India.

South Asia and the Global South: with Dilip Menon and Samia Khatun

The second series of conversations features content from the Cambridge South Asian Seminar, a programme of double-headed presentations held online. This episode features Dilip Menon of the University of the Witwatersrand and Samia Khatun from SOAS.

Climate crisis: with Debjani Bhattacharyya and Nayanika Mathur

A second series of conversations features content from the Cambridge South Asian Seminar, a programme of double-headed presentations held online. In the first episode, Nayanika Mathur (University of Oxford) and Debjani Bhattacharyya (Drexel University) highlight the effects of the climate crisis on aspects of South Asian civil society and politics. (Please note: due to a recording error, the first few minutes of this seminar are missing from the file)

Neeladri Bhattacharya Pt 2

The second of our conversation with Neeladri Bhattacharya, one of South Asia's great scholars. In this episode, Neeladri explains how political pressures are changing the teaching of history in India, and addresses the history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond. The interviewers are the Centre of South Asian Studies' Dr Edward Anderson and Dr Partha Pratim Shil. The South Asia podcast is a production of Cambridge University's Centre of South Asian Studies.

Neeladri Bhattacharya Pt 1

The first of our two part conversation with Neeladri Bhattacharya, one of South Asia's great scholars. In this episode, Neeladri explains how the teaching of history in India has evolved over the last 40 years, and the role that he has played in those changes. The interviewers are the Centre of South Asian Studies' Dr Edward Anderson and Dr Partha Pratim Shil.

Tanika Sarkar

In this episode, Professor Tanikar Sarkar of Jawaharlal Nehru University looks back on her career chronicling the rise of the Hindu right, and reflects on the ways in which the Hindutva movement has interacted with feminism and caste divisions. The interviewer is the Centre of South Asian Studies' Dr Anjali Bhardwaj-Datta. The South Asia Podcast is a production of Cambridge University's Centre of South Asian Studies. In each episode we sit down with a scholar who has contributed something extrao...

Shohini Ghosh

In this episode, film-maker and academic Professor Shohini Ghosh explores queerness, films and film-making in India. She also reflects on her own career as a documentary-maker and academic. The interviewer is the Centre of South Asian Studies' Dr Anjali Bhardwaj-Datta. The South Asia podcast is a production of Cambridge University's Centre of South Asian Studies. In each episode we sit down with a scholar who has contributed something extraordinary to our understanding of history, politics or cu...

Justin Jones

In this episode, Professor Justin Jones explores the history of Shia Islam in India, including the role of Shia legal frameworks in modern India. The interviewer is the Centre of South Asian Studies' Dr Edward Anderson.

Yasmin Khan

In this episode, Yasmin Khan of the University of Oxford reflects on India's contributions to World War II and Britain's sense of self in relation to India since the end of empire. The interviewer is the Centre of South Asian Studies' Dr Edward Anderson. The South Asia Podcast is a production of Cambridge University's Centre of South Asian Studies. In each episode we sit down with a scholar who has contributed something extraordinary to our understanding of history, politics or culture in South ...

Lisa Mitchell

In this episode, Lisa Mitchell of the University of Pennsylvania discusses the role of language in Indian politics - and southern India in particular. She also explains how even the emergency stop chain on trains can be a tool of political protest. The interviewer is the Centre of South Asian Studies' Dr Edward Anderson. The South Asia Podcast is a production of Cambridge University's Centre of South Asian Studies. In each episode we sit down with a scholar who has contributed something extraord...