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Demos, Democracy, Democratization: South Asia Lecture Series 2024–25

Poster for the South Asia Lecture Series 2024–25: Demos, Democracy, Democratization

This series explores themes of youth mobilization, urban politics, environmental renewal and social citizenship across South Asia. Each event offers critical insights into issues ranging from deindustrialization in Ahmedabad to the hydropower in Kashmir.

All events to take place on Wednesdays on 91ÑÇÉ«'s Keele Campus.

Series events

With:

  • Dina M. Siddiqi (New 91ÑÇÉ«)
  • Saad Hammadi (Balsillie School of International Affairs)

Discussant: Hana Shams Ahmed (Graduate Program in Social Anthropology, 91ÑÇÉ«)

Event webpage

Poster for Bangladesh’s Uprising: Youth Mobilization and the Road Ahead on 18 September 2024

With Rukmini Barua (History, 91ÑÇÉ«)

Discussant: Raju Das (EUC, 91ÑÇÉ«)

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This event is co-presented with the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change

In the Shadow of the Mill: Deindustrialization, Urban Politics and Emotions in 20th century Ahmedabad October 23 Poster

With Mona Bhan (Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, Syracuse University)

Discussant: Shubhra Gururani (YCAR Director; Anthropology, 91ÑÇÉ«)

Event webpage

Hydropower(ed) Nation: 
Ruin and Renewability in Kashmir, November 13 Poster

With: Chris Balcom (Doctoral Candidate, Social and Political Thought, 91ÑÇÉ«)

Discussant: Radhika Mongia (Department of Sociology, 91ÑÇÉ«)

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Poster, ‘Moscow is not a geographical but a political notion’: M.N. Roy and the Communist International, 1920–1930, with Christopher Balcom, 15 January 2025

With Lalit Vachani, Documentary filmmaker, lecturer and research scholar, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen

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Poster, Prisoner No. 626710 is Present: A Film by Lalit Vachani, 12 February 2025

With Nadia Z. Hasan, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, 91ÑÇÉ«

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Poster, Muslim Model Minorities and the Politics of Diasporic Piety with Nadia Z. Hasan, 12 March 2024