Title: Groups, Individuals, and Affirmative Action
Speaker: Bastian Steuwer, Ashoka University
Chair: Arudra Burra, Department of HUSS, IIT Delhi
Abstract:
Anti-reservation advocates often invoke a progressive sounding... more
Speaker: Rohit Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Chair: Jayan Jose Thomas, Department of HUSS, IIT Delhi
Title: SOCIALLY NECESSARY GREEN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Abstract:
Inequality and climate change are intricately... more
Speaker: Bhavani Raman, University of Toronto
Chair: Mahuya Bandyopadhyay, Department of HUSS, IIT Delhi
Title: VIRAL SEDITION AND THE ETHICS OF REBELLION IN EARLY COLONIAL INDIA
Abstract:
This talk explores the pre-... more
Speaker: Amit Prasad, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chair: Naveen Thayyil, Department of HUSS, IIT Delhi
Title: J P S Uberoi, Science, Swaraj, and a Postcolonial Agenda
Abstract:
In 1968, more than half a century ago... more
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Delhi seminar series for the Monsoon Semester 2025 are given below, featuring a diverse range of topics and distinguished speakers from across the globe.
23 JULY
TO LIVE IS TO... more
Speakers: Aparna Mahiyaria, University of Exeter
Chair: Dickens Leonard, Department of HUSS, IIT Delhi
Title: To Live is to Fight: Memory, Performance, and the Making of
Jhandapur as Political Site
Abstract: This talk... more
Abstract:
While hearing appeals from prisoners sentenced to death, the Supreme Court in the recent past
has started permitting ‘mitigation investigations’. This process of ‘mitigation investigations’ by
the defense involves... more
Abstract:
In 1956, B. R. Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism raising questions about his turn from constitutionalism to religion. The answer lies in Buddhism itself. In the late colonial era, the struggle to produce an appropriate... more
Title: Speeding Up Sport: Technology and the Indian Premier League
Abstract
How has technology influenced the game of cricket? What did television do to the game that
changed it from the sedate five-day test match to the... more
