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
India’s press- is it really free? As India falls to its lowest ever ranking on the world press freedom index (161 out of 180), what is the state of press freedom in the world’s largest democracy?
Join us for our IndOx Annual Event 2023: An evening lecture and Q&A with Nidhi Razdan (Journalist and Former NDTV Anchor) on 'Press Freedom in India'. Followed by a reception.
Please note this event is only open to members of the University of Oxford and its Colleges, and registration is required.
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Hosted by All Souls College Oxford, the second series of Radhakrishnan Memorial Lectures for 2022 from Professor Amita Baviskar of Ashoka University focussed on 'The Elements in the Anthropocene: Urban India’s Changing Climate'. This series consisted of 3 lectures, which took place during Trinity Term both in the Old Library, All Souls College and online: 1) Heat - Monday 09 May, 5pm; 2) Dust - Thursday 12 May, 5pm; and 3) Rain - Monday 16 May, 5pm.
IndOx's first in-person gathering in over 2 years, the 2022 Annual Event provided an opportunity for all interested academics, researchers and students to find out more about the Initiative, the funding opportunities and support available from IndOx, and to invite active participation in planning and shaping IndOx’s future activities. A presentation from the IndOx Chair, Mallica Kumbera Landrus, and a discussion led by members of the IndOx strategy Board was followed by a networking reception.
Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest and the most populous province in India, has long held the distinction of being the bellwether for national-level politics. Defying the anti-incumbency trend of the last four decades, the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections brought the Bharatiya Janata Party back to power for a second consecutive term with a sizable majority. Two of the leading experts on UP’s political and social landscape, Prof. Sudha Pai and Dr. Rahul Verma, reflect on the implications of the electoral results for the wider landscape of Indian politics.
The first set of Radhakrishnan Memorial Lectures (postponed from 2021 to 2022) were given by Professor Joya Chatterji FBA (Trinity College, University of Cambridge). 'Princes at Midnight: Afterlives of Subjecthood in Post-Partition India' consisted of 3 lectures, which took place during Hilary Term: 1) 'Voting with their Feet: Refugee Flows to Princely States in 1947' - 17 February; 2) 'Thinking with Refugee-Subjects: Why Seek the Shelter of a Prince after Independence?' - 24 February; and 3) 'Subjects among a Democratic Citizenry' - 3 March.
Literary Activism Project, in partnership with Ashoka University, India International Centre, and TORCH
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.