South Asia Studies Fall 2025 Colloquium Series

From Science and Knowledge Production to Practices of Knowing: Contemporary Concerns

Sunandan K. N.
Associate Professor
Azim Premji University, Bangalore

Sept. 8, 4:00 PM
Cherpak Lounge 543, Williams Hall

The Aspiration and Ambiguities of Islamic Cosmopolitanism: Shāh Walīyullāh Dihlavī (d. 1762)

Sherali Tareen
Franklin & Marshal College
Professor of Religious Studies

Oct. 1, 4:30 PM
Cohen Hall 402

Dalit Studies, Vol. 2 Book Launch

Ramnarayan Rawat & K. Satyanarayana

Oct. 15, 4:30 PM
Cohen Hall 402

Drama of Democracy: Political Representation in Mumbai

Lisa Bjorkman
Associate Professor of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville

Oct. 29, 4:30 PM
Cohen Hall 402

The Yoga of the Mokṣopāya

Tamara Cohen
Rocher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Religious Studies
University of Virginia

Nov. 5, 4:30 PM
Cohen Hall 402
Ludo Rocher Memorial Lecture

Soft-Power Sutras: Buddhism, Nationhood, and the Political Imagination, from Nehru to Modi

Douglas Ober
Fort Lewis College / University of British Columbia

Dec. 3, 4:30 PM
Cohen Hall 402