CSAS South Asian Studies in Edinburgh
@CSASedinburgh
Follow us to learn more about South Asian interdisciplinary study at the University of Edinburgh. Co-Directors: @kritcr and @jrs437
Next Thursday, I will be delivering this year’s Ambedkar Memorial Lecture at the University of Edinburgh. The lecture will explore the competing discourses around development models and the caste question in India.
This year's CSAS Ambedkar Memorial lecture will be delivered by @JayRaj_anthro from Kings College London. @uoessps
Join us next week for the 'Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation' book forum! Tues 18 March 3-5pm CMB/Online With @UoE_GENDER_ED , @CSASedinburgh and UoE Sociology Visit: edin.ac/4aUJ3A9
This year's CSAS Ambedkar Memorial lecture will be delivered by @JayRaj_anthro from Kings College London. @uoessps
The Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship - Applications, 3 months, deadline: 17:00 GMT on Friday 28 February 2025. For details: csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ne… @IASH_Edinburgh @uoessps
Our October event schedule will soon draw to a close with the book launch of Gender in South Asia and Beyond - we hope you can join us! 🗓️ 29 Nov, 3pm-5pm 📍 Chrystal Macmillan Building / Zoom 🎟️ edin.ac/4dHrm7P @CRFRtweets, @CSASedinburgh, @ZubaanBooks
We are very pleased to announce the publication of our latest issue: Vol. 43 No. 2 (2024): Special Section - Himalayan Flashes: Regional Ethnography in Short Form journals.ed.ac.uk/himalaya
Thu 16 May, 12-2pm BST (online) The Colonial Constitution: An Origin Story Dr Arghya Sengupta explores the genesis of the Indian Constitution. Through analysis of historical records, he argues the Constitution is a colonial document. 🇮🇳 Register free: colonialconstitution.eventbrite.co.uk
As a part of BNAC Nepal Study Days in Edinburgh 13-14 May 2024. A film screening of 'The Lost Years' as part of a web series that shows the untold stories of ordinary people in Nepal. FREE. Open to public, by registration only. Register here: forms.office.com/e/fQbTzz2n7A
On behalf of @CSASedinburgh and @uoedivinity, my colleague @TeaNicolae and I are pleased to share the programme of the upcoming Annual Research Practice Workshop and Singhvi Lecture. Date - 16 and 17 May 2024 Venue - 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU
NEW FELLOWSHIP FOR 2025 We are delighted to announce a new fellowship opportunity in 2025 to mark the 90th anniversary of the @BritishCouncil 🎉 We are offering two 12-month Fellowships for international early career researchers (at £2,500 per month) starting in January. 🧵
Edinburgh Ambedkar Memorial Lecture 2024: 'Caste from Field to Factory: Dalits and Racial Capitalism in 21st Century India' 28 May, by @JensLerche details: csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…
General registration open for @BritainNepalAC's Annual Conference (Nepal Study Days), 13-14 May 2024, Edinburgh. Supported by: @CSASedinburgh @MedAnthUoE @AnthroEdinburgh, @GeosciencesEd RBGE. Draft programme and registration details: bnac.ac.uk/bnacnews/regis…
Today's @CSASedinburgh Seminar by Dr Vanicka Arora (Stirling) 'Inventing tradition in Bhaktapur, Nepal: Trajectories of lime in heritage reconstruction' Details: csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…
@CSASedinburgh is delighted to host semi autobiographical talk by Prof. Jonathan Spencer celebrating his work in Sri lanka 'Waiting for the revolution: one country, four decades, one anthropologist' Tue, 28 Nov, 1215-1400 csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev… @AnthroEdinburgh @uoessps
Edinburgh Centre for South Asian Studies will host its annual work in progress workshop, 29-30 Nov 2023. Venue details and programme is available at: csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…
South Asianists out there! Edinburgh invites applications for the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship, deadline 23 Feb. iash.ed.ac.uk/charles-wallac…
🇮🇳 The Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship is aimed at Indian citizens under 45, offering £4,200 for a 3-month trip + £600 for travel. The scheme closes 23 Feb, and covers arts and humanities research (including South Asian film, literature, history). iash.ed.ac.uk/charles-wallac…
Scholars working in/on South Asia, do consider applying for IASH-SSPS Research Fellowship, deadline 23 Feb. for details, see the thread: iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-ssps-rese…
👨👩👧👦 IASH-SSPS Research Fellowships close on 23 Feb, offering £1,300-3,900 for academics collaborating with @uoessps on publications, grant applications, seminars or workshops across social and political science. iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-ssps-rese…
Rosemary Collard and I write on 'Nature without Conservation' in @CurrentHistory1 asking what drives the need for conservation and whether conservationist protection is an effective approach to the challenge of sharing Earth with the rest of life @GeosciencesEd @CSASedinburgh
Our new special issue on Human–Nonhuman Relations is out! Featuring Hannah Landecker @UCLASocGen on enzyme power, @kritcrit and Rosemary Collard on conservation’s harms, @AnnahZhu on China’s ecological engineering… online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory…
Happening now! Early Career Researchers Workshop in Northeast India csas.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev…