Universität Göttingen, Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS)

01/06/2026

In Kerala, a Left candidate runs on policy and the promise of creating jobs. A radical act in an era of disinformation politics.


State of Hope
🗓️4 June 2026
📍Waldweg 26, Room 2.112
⏰14:00 hrs

25/05/2026

As Hindu nationalism pushes Muslims to the margins, Owaisi plays a high-stakes political game. Beyond the headlines — what does this movement actually represent?

Crescent in the Saffron Sky

Felix Pal (UWA) will be in conversation with directors Omair Farooq and Alishan Jafri post the screening, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

🗓️28 May 2026
📍Méliès, Bürgerstraße 13, Göttingen
⏰ 20:00 hrs

22/05/2026

Call for Applications!
The Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities (JESH) programme promotes cooperation between excellent young researchers from abroad and scholars in Austria. JESH offers an incoming programme for researchers from 61 different target countries.
Applications are invited from early career researchers who completed their doctorate/PhD studies no more than 10 years ago and are affiliated with a university or non-university research institution in one of the target countries.

Submission deadline: July 7, 2026

Stipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

19/05/2026

The CeMIS Summer Colloquium 2026 began with an engaging lecture by Dr. Jusmeet Sihra on the spatiality of caste in the city of Ajmer. His talk explored how caste shapes urban space, patterns of segregation and mobility, structuring the experience of daily life.

Join us tomorrow for the next lecture in the series with Prof. Douglas Haynes, on advertising, state socialism, and brand-name capitalism in India!

15/05/2026

"The Delivery Guy" by Debarun Dutta - film screening and panel discussion

"The Delivery Guy" (2025, 30min) follows the stories of two South Asian immigrants who came to Berlin as students and now work in the food delivery sector. The film sheds light on their hopes, disappointments, and daily struggle for dignity within a system that barely acknowledges their presence.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker Debarun Dutta, Aju John (union organizer and researcher, Berlin), Göttingen delivery drivers, researchers from Göttingen Campus and union representatives.

Date & time: Tuesday, May 19 2026, 7pm
Venue: Kino Lumière, Geismar Landstraße 19

Entry is free!

12/05/2026

of the Trailer for Election Diaries 2024 is here. Send us a DM if you would like to attend the screenings!

Featuring: Gola Dreams • Inside Out • A Minuscule Minority • Our Symbol Is? • The Battle Royale

11/05/2026

Part #1 of the Trailer for Election Diaries 2024 is here. Watch this space for more information.

Featuring: Crescent in the Saffron Sky • State of Hope • Unstoppable • Coming Together

05/05/2026

From courtrooms to campaign offices, a new generation of q***r activists are petitioning judges and pressuring politicians for their rights.


A Minuscule Minority
🗓️ 7 May 2026
📍Waldweg 26, Room 2.112
⏰ 14:00 hrs

***r

30/04/2026

120 seconds. 9 fragments of a nation in motion.
Rotate your phone left to watch our teaser.

Election Diaries 2024 travels across India—through protests, campaigns, identities, and everyday struggles—to ask what democracy looks like when the stakes are this high.

28/04/2026

Presenting the CeMIS Summer Semester 2026 Colloquium, and Modern South Asian History Research Seminar.

From partition, labour, and migration to capitalism, caste, and political campaigns — CeMIS brings together an incredible lineup of scholars unpacking modern South Asia in all its complexity.

📍Center for Modern Indian Studies, Waldweg 26
🗓️ May - July