Abstract
This talk will revisit the work of the Subaltern Studies [SS] group by attending to the "subaltern intimation of freedom." Retrospectively, we can see that the emergence of Subaltern Studies is itself part of the... more
Abstract
This talk will revisit the work of the Subaltern Studies [SS] group by attending to the "subaltern intimation of freedom." Retrospectively, we can see that the emergence of Subaltern Studies is itself part of the... more
Abstract:
In this talk I suggest that initial thinking on Indian atmospheres in modern times was framed within a climate discourse and was concerned largely with issues of heat and humidity. Towards the middle of the 19thc, black smoke... more
Abstract: This lecture explores the structure of what WEB Du Bois calls the "color line," examining its moral logic along two vectors: an infrapolitical form that uses juridical and civic norms to make inequality hurt; and an... more
Abstract
Being Hindu, Being Indian undertakes a systematic intellectual study of Lala Lajpat Rai's nationalist thought through four decades of his active political life, between 1888 and 1928. It contests the dominant scholarly... more
Abstract:
Grammar as unlocking our pasts
Two cases will be taken up to show that our present is highly fractured:
(i) The puzzle of a Dravidian-Tibeto-Burman axis in terms of grammatical
structures with the exclusion of... more
Brazil and India: cultural, artistic and theatrical dialogues and exchanges
Speaker: Ana Beatriz Gomez Pestana
Abstract:
This conversation aims to be a collective space for exchanges, dialogues and reflections about Indian... more
Register for an Open House for MA Culture, Society, Thought to be held on 15-16 March 2024.
The In Person Open House will be held on 15 March 2024. Details of venue etc. will be sent to all registered participants.
The Online Open... more
Abstract:
In recent years, Heat Action Plans (HAPs) have proliferated across cities, states, and regions in India in response to the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme heat events. However, as we have argued elsewhere (Khandekar... more