A discussion of the 'Worlding' of (South) Asian art and questions of representation with Chaitanya Sambrani, Associate Professor at the Centre for Art History and Art Theory, Australian National University.
Introduction: Professor Mallica Kumbera Landrus, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Moderator for Discussion: Professor Geoffrey Batchen, University of Oxford
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A symposium at the University of Oxford to explore the implications of gender on healthcare in South Asia to enable an exchange of knowledge and skills between researchers and practitioners from across disciplines, both within the UK and on the Indian subcontinent.
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**We are currently inviting submission of abstracts (300 words). Deadline: 11 April 2023**
A symposium at the University of Oxford to explore the implications of gender on healthcare in South Asia to enable an exchange of knowledge and skills between researchers and practitioners from across disciplines, both within the UK and on the Indian subcontinent.
A discussion of the 'Worlding' of (South) Asian art and questions of representation with Chaitanya Sambrani, Associate Professor at the Centre for Art History and Art Theory, Australian National University.
Introduction: Professor Mallica Kumbera Landrus, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Moderator for Discussion: Professor Geoffrey Batchen, University of Oxford
Image ©Ali Kazim
A special IndOx screening of the multi-award winning, BAFTA and Oscar nominated documentary film All That Breathes from Director Shaunak Sen, in the Nissan Lecture Theatre at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.
Followed by a discussion with the Director, and key characters of the film Nadeem Shehzad and Salik Rehman
The February 2023 session of the Education South Asia Seminar is on 'Gatecrashing into Gurukuls: Caste in Indian Academia' with Professor N. Sukumar. The discussion will centre around Professor Sukumar's book, "Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities: A Critical Reflection".
This talk from Education South Asia is in partnership with the University of Oxford, the Oxford South Asian Alternative Forum, the India-Oxford Initiative (IndOx), and UCL Institute of Education.
The January 2023 session of the Education South Asia Seminar is on Dr Akshay Mangla's new book "Making Bureaucracy Work: Norms, Education and Public Service Delivery in Rural India".
This is an Education.SouthAsia seminar series in partnership with the University of Oxford, the India-Oxford Initiative (IndOx), and UCL Institute of Education.
Speaker: Professor Uday Mehta, The City University of New York
Convenors: Zobia Haq and Alizeh Tariq Paracha
This is a graduate-led seminar series at the University of Oxford, exploring themes related to Intellectual History in South Asia. All are welcome to attend.
A special panel on Partition and its legacies, with presentations from two Oxford graduate students, Danish Khan and Naveen Zaidi Farhan, followed by Q&A and a tour of Manisha Gera Baswani’s ‘Postcards from Home: 1947 and the Partition of India’ exhibition.
In collaboration with the India-Oxford Initiative.
Prof Nikhil Anand in conversation with Hannah Knox on how and why unsustainable development projects continue to be built in a climate changed Mumbai.
This lecture will be followed by a reception.
Dr Erin Riggs, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign presents on her research about refugee resettlement in post-1947 Partition Delhi, explored through methods of contemporary archaeology. Followed by discussion and a Q&A session facilitated by Sumedha Chakravarty (OISCD Scholar).
Dr Nishant Kumar and Professor Greger Larson discuss public health concerns raised by the lifeworlds that interact with people on a daily basis, and how at PAWS-Web, they are studying their variable distribution, abundance and behaviour to address the conundrums of sharing living spaces with growing waste that supports opportunistic animals.
Professor Kalpana Hiralal: Women in the anti-apartheid struggle
Professor Shadreck Chirikure: Can archaeology and heritage enable sustainable development in Africa?
This Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) Insaka is organised in partnership with the Oxford Department of International Development and the India Oxford Initiative.
Professor Sandra Albert, Director of the Indian Institute of Public Health Shillong and Dr Rajiv Sarkar, Associate Professor in Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Public Health Shillong present on and discuss the challenges of health research in the North East Region of India with Dr Toral Gathani, Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Epidemiology and Consultant Surgeon at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford.
GUEST SPEAKER
K K Shailaja Teacher, Minister for Health, Social Justice, and Woman & Child Development, Government of Kerala spoke at the IndOx inaugural seminar on 27 October 2020, which discussed the response in Kerala to the COVID-19 pandemic and why it stands out as a model.
GUEST SPEAKER
Lekha Poddar, founder of 'Devi Art Foundation' spoke at the India-Oxford Initiative Webinar on 26 November 2020, which discussed philanthropy in the field of arts in the context of South Asia.
GUEST SPEAKER
Anders Petterson, founder of 'ArtTactic' spoke at the India-Oxford Initiative Webinar on 26 November 2020 which discussed philanthropy in the field of arts in the context of South Asia.
GUEST SPEAKER
Sanjay Srivastava, Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; and British Academy Global Professor at the Department of Geography, University College London, spoke about Urban Theo-topias in India: Religious Identities, the State, Private Capital and the Making of the New ‘Ordinary’ Person at the India-Oxford Initiative Webinar on 26 February 2021.
GUEST SPEAKER
Romila Thapar, Professor Emerita at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, spoke about her book Voices of Dissent at the India-Oxford Initiative Webinar on 30 April 2021.
MEETING CHAIR
Subir Sarkar, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Oxford University chaired the panel session on 'Decolonising Science?' as part of the 6th Symposium in the ‘Literary Activism’ series: ‘Decolonisation’ from the Literary Activism Project, in partnership with Ashoka University, India International Centre, and TORCH
GUEST SPEAKER
Prof. Sudha Pai is the former Professor of Political Science at the Jawaharlal Nehru University where she also served as the Rector (Pro-Vice Chancellor), and spoke about the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Elections at the India-Oxford Initiative Webinar on 27 April 2022.
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. Rahul Verma is a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) based in New Delhi and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Ashoka University, and spoke about the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Elections at the India-Oxford Initiative Webinar on 27 April 2022.
WEBINAR CHAIR
Dr Amogh Dar Sharma is an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Oxford Departmental of International Development, University of Oxford. He chaired the discussion on the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Elections at the India-Oxford Initiative Webinar on 27 April 2022.