Centre for South Asian Studies

Living with Toxic Development: Shipbreaking and Greenwashing in Bangladesh

Join us for Living with Toxic Development: Shipbreaking and Greenwashing in Bangladesh with Dr Camelia Dewan, Uppsala University

The Seed and the Well: Ecologies of Risk in Rural India

Join us for The Seed and the Well: Ecologies of Risk in Rural India with Dr Tanya Matthan.

Ambedkar Lecture: Life, Labour, and Death: A Cartography of Caste under Racial Capitalism with Dr Srilata Sircar

Life, Labour, and Death: A Cartography of Caste under Racial Capitalism with Dr Srilata Sircar.

Legends of South Asian Heritage in Scotland

Photography Exhibition, Documentary Screening and Discussion

Screening of Seed Stories: a documentary by Chitrangada Choudhury

Join us for a special screening of Seed Stories, followed by a discussion with acclaimed director, Chitrangada Choudhury.

Authoritarian Populism and Bovine Political Economy in Modi’s India

Forms of the Left for the 21st Century: Contemporary Art, Digital Media, and Repressive Politics in Bangladesh

CHITrA Reading group: “John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky”

We will read and discuss the Introduction to Ashish Rajadhyaksha’s John-Ghatak-Tarkovsky: Citizens, Filmmakers, Hackers (2023).

The Fabrication of Homeland Security: authoritarianisms and policing across India and Palestine/Israel

CSAS Meet and Greet

We invite all CSAS affiliated students and faculty to join us in an informal meeting about the centres planned activities over the year.

Wielding a Double-edged Sword: Knowledge, Language and Representation in the age of Big Tech

A reflection on efforts to amplify the presence, knowledge, and narratives of the global majority—communities in digital spaces

India’s Quest for ‘Superior Babies’

With Dr Clemence Julien, Centre d’études sud-asiatiques et himalayennes