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Project description
A cross-faculty interdisciplinary forum to develop a research network under the broad theme ‘Pedagogies of Dispossession’, which approaches ‘South Asia’ from a new frame beyond the usual ethno-nationalist understandings.
Primary participants
Leads:
Dr Radha Kapuria, Assistant Professor in South Asian History, Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, radha.kapuria@durham.ac.uk
Dr Shamira Meghani, Assistant Professor in Diasporic Literatures, Department of English Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, shamira.a.meghani@durham.ac.uk
Dr Christopher Bahl, Assistant Professor in South Asian History, Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, christopher.d.bahl@durham.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Ashe, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health, stephen.ashe@durham.ac.uk
External speakers and workshop facilitators will support the exploration of ‘Pedagogies of Dispossession’ framework more substantially, and provide an intellectual home to the growing academic community interested in South Asia at Durham. The fledgling network includes staff and students from the departments of History, Music, English Studies, Politics, Sociology and Anthropology, as well as the Oriental Museum, Durham.
Events
23 April 2024 - 2.00 - 4.00pm. IAS Seminar Room, Cosin's Hall, Institute of Advanced Study
‘Controlling the Narrative’: art and early East India Company texts
To attend in person or online contact nesouthasia.gmail.com