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CSSA promotes research and teaching related to the geographical region of South Asia and its intersections with the wider world, including the South Asian diaspora. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/centre-study-south-asia-and-indian-ocean-world

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UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 11h

From rescue to reform: Building a child protection system in Punjab, Pakistan 22 Oct 12–1pm Sarah Ahmad will explore how Punjab, Pakistan, is strengthening child protection systems through institutional reform, policy innovation, and multi-sector collaboration. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

From rescue to reform: Building a child protection system in Punjab, Pakistan

Join this event to hear Sarah Ahmad explore how Punjab, Pakistan, is strengthening child protection systems through institutional reform, policy innovation, and multi-sector collaboration.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Global Fascisms workshop 30 June 9:30am–7pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Including papers on ‘An ethnographic study of Muslim gig-workers in India’ (Khawla Zainab, Oxford) and ‘The Shaheen Bagh protests in New Delhi, 2019-20’ (Pragya Dhital, SAS). www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Workshop: Global Fascisms

This one-day workshop brings together a range of voices and presents new work that reconsiders the complex legacies of fascism, the Second World War and genocide in global context.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Drawing History 27 May 2026. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Senate House, Malet Street, London Including the Indian graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee and copies of Jadavpur University Press’s amazing 'Famine Tales' will be on sale afterwards. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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UCL Critical Childhood Studies Centre @criticalchildhood.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

For anyone who missed our event on 11 May, 'Digitalised childhood and the Gandhi-Tagore Legacy', a recording is now available: mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Player/44bi9...

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Prof Krishna Kumar - Digitalised Childhood and the Gandhi-Tagore Legacy

A lecture for the Critical Childhood Studies Centre

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Out Laws: Screening & discussion 11 May 6pm Out Laws follows three queer activists, from Namibia, Sri Lanka & Barbados, as they fight to overturn the colonial-era laws that still criminalise their lives With director James Lewis, Prof Bob Mills & activist Friedel Dausab www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

Out Laws: Screening and discussion

Please join us for a film screening and discussion of the documentary Out Laws (2025, Lexi Powner & James Lewis) with director James Lewis, Professor Bob Mills (UCL) and activist Friedel Dausab.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The politics of the ungovernable: Bengali translocalism in London 14 May 12-1pm @ioe.bsky.social Based on multi-sited fieldwork in Tower Hamlets and Bangladesh, Ashraf Hoque examines how British Bengalis practice what postcolonial theorists term “political society". www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

The politics of the ungovernable: Bengali translocalism in London

Based on multi-sited fieldwork in Tower Hamlets and Bangladesh, Ashraf Hoque examines how British Bengalis practice what postcolonial theorists term “political society".

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Our last big hurrah before we're shut down. We hope you can join us (free lunch!) 28 April 2026, 9am-5pm www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Reflections Symposium: Celebrating the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies

A one-day symposium that will celebrate the wealth of highly innovative, interdisciplinary research that has been generated within the auspices of the IAS over the last ten years.

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qUCL @qucl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Out Laws: Screening and discussion 11 May 6–8:30pm, UCL East Out Laws follows three queer activists, from Namibia, Sri Lanka and Barbados, as they fight to overturn the colonial-era laws that still criminalise their lives. www.ucl.ac.uk/lgbtq-resear...

Out Laws: Screening and discussion

Please join us for a film screening and discussion of the documentary Out Laws (2025, Lexi Powner & James Lewis) with director James Lewis, Professor Bob Mills (UCL) and activist Friedel Dausab.

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UCL Critical Childhood Studies Centre @criticalchildhood.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Digitalised childhood and the Gandhi-Tagore Legacy 11 May 5:30–7:30pm Gandhi & Tagore and their pedagogic legacy offer us a rare perspective and direction for contemplating our response to digitalised childhood. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Digitalised childhood and the Gandhi-Tagore Legacy

At a time when digital technology is decisively shaping the global political economy and children’s education, Gandhi and Tagore and their pedagogic legacy offer us a rare perspective and also a direc...

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

⚠️Reminder Call for Papers: ECR Workshop on South Asia and the Indian Ocean World Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2026 Workshop: 15 June 2026, at UCL www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Call for Papers: ECR Workshop on South Asia and the Indian Ocean World

This Early Career Researcher's Workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to present their research and to...

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UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Learning to belong to a nation that denies you: Myanmar curriculum & education for Rohingya refugees 19 March 2-3:30pm @ioe.bsky.social Dr Vanessa Ozawa & Dr Tejendra Pherali discuss contradictions between national discourses and children’s lived realities. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Learning to belong to a nation that denies you: Myanmar curriculum & education for Rohingya refugees

Join this event to hear Dr Vanessa Ozawa and Dr Tejendra Pherali discuss contradictions between national discourses and children’s lived realities.

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UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Call for Papers: ECR Workshop on South Asia & the Indian Ocean World 📅 Deadline: 15 April | Workshop: 15 June An interdisciplinary forum for doctoral & postdoctoral scholars from Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to present their research & participate in debate. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Call for Papers: ECR Workshop on South Asia and the Indian Ocean World

This Early Career Researcher's Workshop provides an interdisciplinary forum for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to present their research and to...

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

CRUNCH: Depth and Belonging 9 Mar 2026, 18:30 – 20:00 Ijlal Muzaffar examines how depth reveals invisible connections between land and belonging, traced through silt, dust and bodies in colonial Sindh. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

CRUNCH: Depth and Belonging

Ijlal Muzaffar examines how depth reveals invisible connections between land and belonging, traced through silt, dust and bodies in colonial Sindh.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS. We will close our doors forever on 31 July 2026. Follow the link to leave thoughts, comments, memories 💗 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

All good things come to an end

It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS on 31 July 2026.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

CRUNCH: The Architecture of Imminence 23 Feb 18:30 – 20:00 Swati Chattopadhyay draws on Bengal's flood-prone riverine landscape to propose ways of reimagining architecture beyond permanence, challenging how we design in the face of global warming. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

CRUNCH: The Architecture of Imminence

Swati Chattopadhyay draws on Bengal's flood-prone riverine landscape to propose ways of reimagining architecture beyond permanence, challenging how we design in the face of global warming.

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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Thursday’s seminar asks why caregiving is central to understanding empire & today’s world. New research traces how paid & unpaid care shaped labour, migration & political change across South Asia & beyond. 5 Feb, 12–1pm, Gordon Sq #SocialResearch #socialInclusion bit.ly/3ZH6AQe @ioe.bsky.social

Caregiving at the Centre of Empire and the Contemporary World Order, 1930-2023

Exploring the vast and blurred domains of paid and unpaid caregiving, from 1930-2023 in South Asia and beyond.

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LSE South Asia Centre @lsesouthasia.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🇮🇳 is facing #tariffs from 🇺🇸; 🇨🇳 is part of South Asian #geopolitics; 🇺🇸 is altering global dynamics. Join us to discuss this w/ experts. 📆 Mon, 26 Jan - ONLINE 🕒 3pm🇬🇧 8.30pm🇮🇳 11pm🇨🇳 🗣️ & 🆓 reg. details > tinyurl.com/33vykcz3 @filippoboni.bsky.social @lseideas.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social

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Urban Multiplicities @urbanmulti.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The first talk in the Urban Multiplicities Seminar Series will be delivered by @rikjaz.bsky.social (@uclgeography.bsky.social) Tuesday 27th January, 16:30–18:00, Small Lecture Theatre. All welcome!

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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

How public art shapes community and identity in Delhi’s Lodhi Art District. 📅 25 November | ⏰ 1 PM – 2 PM | Free and open to all! Find out more: tinyurl.com/ucl-lodhi #UCLGeography #PublicArt #UrbanIdentity #CityLife #CreativePlacemaking @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ias.bsky.social

Beyond Creative Placemaking

This talk explores how public art in Delhi’s Lodhi Art District shapes encounters, access and belonging, showing how placemaking becomes a contested arena for community, identity and power.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Visualizing Design and its Values in Postcolonial India Nov 26 3-5pm GMT The Queen's College, Oxford A seminar on postcolonial Indian design by Dr Vishal Khandelwal (Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualizin...

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Visualizing Design and its Values in Postcolonial India

A seminar on postcolonial Indian design by Dr Vishal Khandelwal (Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University)

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Prof Tirthankar Roy – Building a state in late-18th century India: Revisiting the Permanent Settlement debate 9th Oct 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST Royal Asiatic Society, London The talk will suggest how we should read institutional reforms in early-colonial India. royalasiaticsociety.org/event/prof-t...

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Prof Tirthankar Roy – Building a state in late-18th century India: Revisiting the Permanent Settlement debate – Royal Asiatic Society

Date: 9 October 2025 (Thursday)

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UCL Libraries @ucllibraries.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

In celebration of South Asian Heritage Month, students and staff have shared their book recommendations with us. Read through the list here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

india & me: engage. reflect. act. 27 Sept –12 Oct with @ioe.bsky.social A participatory, cross-disciplinary, and innovative decolonial educational programme on intersectional justice in India. www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

india & me: engage. reflect. act.

A participatory, cross-disciplinary, and innovative decolonial educational programme on intersectional justice in India.

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UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Masculinity & Madness in Western India 1871-1940 25 September 2025, 1pm-2pm Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Masculinity & Madness in Western India 1871-1940

Join us at Wellcome Collection for our Historical Health & The Body Reading Group for PhD, ECR & interested historical researchers.

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Dr Edwin Coomasaru @ecoomasaru.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I am beyond thrilled to announce I have been awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship from @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social and a Visiting Fellowship at @ucl-ias.bsky.social to write a book on ‘Queer Ecologies and Abundant Aesthetics in Sri Lankan Art, 1926-2024’. Pictured: Chathuri Nissansala, ‘Saudade’, 2024.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Trace the Forgotten History of South Asian Seafarers 15 July 2025–16 July 2025, 11am-5pm Join scholars and artists to uncover South Asian seafarer histories through talks and a sound-scaped walking tour in East London. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Trace the Forgotten History of South Asian Seafarers

Join scholars and artists to uncover South Asian seafarer histories through talks and a soundscaped walking tour in East London.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Bringing together South Asian film researchers & industry specialists from India, @uclselcs.bsky.social aim to open up new perspectives on colour’s distinctive role in Bombay film culture. The Bombay Film Colour Symposium June 23 · 10am - 6pm GMT+1 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bombay...

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The Bombay Film Colour Symposium

The Bombay Film Colour Symposium

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UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Crowdsourcing the Past: Memory Projects in South Asia Online via Zoom with @ihr.bsky.social and Mallika Leuzinger (@ghilondon.bsky.social) 24 July 2025, 1-1:30PM www.history.ac.uk/events/crowd...

Crowdsourcing the Past: Memory Projects in South Asia (HAP Summer Seminar)

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The Bombay Film Colour Symposium 23 June 10am-6pm @uclselcs.bsky.social Inviting researchers from South Asian film studies, global colour film history & India's industry specialists, to open new perspectives on colour’s distinctive role in Bombay film culture www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-bombay...

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The Bombay Film Colour Symposium

The Bombay Film Colour Symposium

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UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Buddhism in Asia: Anthropology & Everyday Life 5 June 9am–6pm This workshop & exhibition explore Buddhist-influences material culture, embodied practices & everyday experiences across Asia through conversations with scholars, spiritual teachers & Buddhist practitioners www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Buddhism in Asia: Anthropology & Everyday Life

This workshop and exhibition explore Buddhist-influences material culture, embodied practices and everyday experiences across Asia through conversations with scholars, spiritual teachers and Buddhist ...

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UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

How Data-Driven Science Transforms Lives: Spotlight on Water Security 13 May 6–8:30 pm, UCL Join @uclrdr.bsky.social for an inspiring talk on how Prof Shams’ research evolved, focusing on his data-driven research in groundwater science, particularly in Bangladesh. www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste...

Inaugural Lecture: Professor Mohammad Shamsudduha

RDR Monthly Event: Join us as Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha (Shams), Professor of Water Crisis and Risk Reduction, delivers his inaugural lecture at UCL.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Anti-colonialism in the ‘post-colonial’ state 7 April 2025, 5pm–7pm - Mahvish Ahmad, “A Colony in a Colony: Balochistan and the Unfinished Project of Decolonisation.”* - Sara Salem, “Faded Dreams – On Encountering Traces of Anticolonial Pasts.” www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Anti-colonialism in the ‘post-colonial’ state

The political independence of (certain) nation-states in the Global South during the twentieth century was not the end of anticolonialism. The geographical borders and social projects of these new sta...

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UCL @ucl.ac.uk · 28/02/2025

Ramadan Mubarak to all observing in our UCL community and beyond 🌙✨

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Book Launch: Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan 5 March 2025, 6pm-7:30pm Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Book Launch: Lahore in Motion

Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan'

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

📢 Calling all UCL SHAPE ECRs (arts, humanities or social sciences) Want some advice on Getting Published? 📑📚 Join our interactive workshop on 5th March, 2-4pm at the IAS, UCL www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Early Career Network Workshop: Getting Published

This interactive workshop will cover all aspects of building a strong publication record as an ECR.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Book Launch: Lahore in Motion, Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan 5 March 2025, 6pm-7:30pm Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Book Launch: Lahore in Motion 5 March 2025, 6–7:30 pm Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Book Launch: Lahore in Motion

Please join us for a night of conversation, readings and refreshments to celebrate the publication of 'Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan'

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

📢Calling all UCL ECRs & PhDs in A&H and SHS 📢 (if you are not in A&H or SHS you just need to find a suitable collaborator who is!) The IAS Octagon Grant is open for applications 🎉🙌🏽 Apply by 24 Feb - get writing! www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

IAS Octagon Fund open for applications

The Octagon Small Grants Fund supports UCL-based early-career researchers, including research students, from Arts & Humanities and Social & Historical Sciences. Apply by 24th February.

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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Provincialising the Anthropocene Research Labs Grants Closing 23 February 2025 We are offering up to 5 grants of £2-3K to support teams of researchers in a virtual Research Lab to work on cross-disciplinary themes/ topics related to 'Provincialising the Anthropocene' www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Provincialising the Anthropocene Research Labs Grants

The IAS and UCL Anthropocene are offering up to five grants of £2,000-£3,000 to support teams of researchers to come together in a virtual Research Lab to work on cross-disciplinary themes or topics r...

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Panel discussion: The Great Mughals at the V&A 3 February 2025, 5-7pm We are delighted to welcome V&A curators Susan Stronge and Emily Hannam to take part in this panel discussion. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Panel discussion: The Great Mughals at the V&A

The Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World is delighted to welcome V&A curators Susan Stronge and Emily Hannam to take part in this panel discussion.

UCL South Asia @ucl-cssa.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Tour of ‘The Imaginary Institution of India, 1975-1998’ 10 Dec 4:30pm Barbican Centre An exhibition exploring how artists metabolised social upheaval, economic collapse & rapid urbanisation from Indira Gandhi’s 1975 state of emergency to 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests www.ucl.ac.uk/art-history/...

Tour of the exhibition: ‘The Imaginary Institution of India, 1975-1998’